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Sex Sells III

June 22nd, 2006

Over in Europe, Ax deoderant is called Lynx. Over in Europe, they don’t have quite the prudish attitude toward sex that we in the States do. Over in Europe, this tv ad demonstrates that they have a healthy sense of humor.
Over in Europe they have nude beaches. That doesn’t have anything to do with the [...]

Popularity: 18% [?]

Everything is Laundry

June 12th, 2006

You’ll probably want to watch this video twice. Everything in it is laundry. It was a nice enough idea, but the execution is downright brilliant.

This work of art was found courtesy of Advertising for Peanuts.
Popularity: 12% [?]

Popularity: 12% [?]

Truth is Funny

May 26th, 2006

Before you hit play, be aware that this is NSFW. The following is a condom commercial sponsored by a (the?) league against AIDS. I think it was done for a Portuguese market, so there’s some brief nudity that wouldn’t make it past the censors here in the US. I watched it with the sound completely [...]

Popularity: 12% [?]

Stepping back a moment, I suppose in all fairness Lucasfilm is in a no-win situation. They could either stand by their Han-shot-second revisionist version of the original Star Wars trilogy, or they could go back on their word and re-release the trilogy as originally shot. Well, let’s analyze this for a moment. Which option would [...]

Popularity: 11% [?]

American Dad vs. Family Guy

April 24th, 2006

In a bit of “adver-gaming”, the makers of American Dad and Family Guy have created a free arcade-style game in Flash to celebrate promote the release of new DVD box sets. It’s actually a fun little game. Each character has his or her own special moves. Haley’s is the “Burning Bra” and Chris’ is “Fierce [...]

Popularity: 16% [?]

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Flametoad is the personal website for Preston DuBose, a full-time e-commerce and credit card security professional for the higher-education market, a part-time RPG publisher, and a full-time husband and father.

I ignore conventional blogging wisdom and refuse to focus on a single topic. This website covers gaming, family life, marketing, security, literature, music, and just about anything else shiny that catches my eye.

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