Being the richest, most bad ass country in the world is kind of like being the captain of the high school football team: There are certain privileges that come with the position.
In the case of high school, that means not having to lug heavy equipment around and getting the hottest (and often dimmest) dates to [...]
Posts under ‘Things I Love About America’
#27. Not adopting the metric system [because we can]
Three ways hamburgers are like America [guest post]
Hamburgers are perhaps the most American of foods. They combine cheap meat with a bun made from subsidized grain and can often be bought for very little money. Thanks to the good folks at McDonald’s, they can be had pretty much anywhere you’d want to go in the world too.
Now being an American, I like [...]
#26. Green Beer
Now that you’re all sobered up, let’s talk about Green Beer.
I’m not sure who first invented Green Beer (Budweiser + food dye), but it’s probably safe to assume he wasn’t Irish—or even Irish-American. And that is fine and dandy, because St. Patrick’s Day isn’t about Ireland or Irishness anymore. It is an American Holiday to [...]
Denny’s introduces free refills on fries, pancakes [progress]
Their Grand Slam breakfasts are excellent. They’re open 24/7 and their refills are free. How could Denny’s possibly get any better? (aside from giving us all another round of free Grand Slams).
By offering free refills of pancakes and fires, that’s how.
A corporate press release has the details:
Starting now and continuing through the end of March, [...]
Here is one way to boost newspaper sales
I used this picture before in my post on the wonders of credit cards and chargebacks, but with all of the talk of the decline of print journalism, I thought it was worth running again. After all, it is a uniquely American solution to problem of not having enough change for the newspaper box.
I’m not sure what [...]
Raising morale [ads]
In honor of the Commercial Bowl, I thought it appropriate to reflect on the wonderful ability of Madison Ave. to not only sell us products, but also lift our national spirits and restore faith in the American dream as well. The NASDAQ Visionaries ads were quite good, but no one does it better than Allstate.
E-mail [...]
The world the way it should be…
Sometimes all it takes is a picture to remind us that progress is still possible.
God Bless America!
Best attack ad ever? [video]
Negative campaigning is one of the great things about America. And thanks to the Internet and an increasingly competitive economic environment, we are seeing more negative ads than ever targeting both politicians and companies.
A friend sent me a link to this ad out of the Orleans Parish Coroner’s race (I think Coroner is one step up from [...]
Flowers: any hour of the day or night [Open 24/7]
24/7 Technology is one of the things that make America Great.
Some things—like drug stores, coffee shops and diners—are just meant to be open 24-hours. It is expected that the drug store will be open when you need it and that the diner will always have a light on for you. And when they don’t, it [...]
#25. Delivery
The French—and professional food whiners like Michael Pollan—might have the time to enjoy an organic, locally-grown, slow-food lifestyle. But for the rest of us, shopping at the farmers’ market all day and slaving over a stove all night is simply out of the question.
We don’t have time to chop vegetables, marinade meat or sit around [...]
