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| NEW YORK - Amid the wall-to-wall sound during next Sunday's Super Bowl, one commercial from PepsiCo could send some viewers grabbing for their remotes to check whether they'd accidentally hit the mute button. The pre-game advertisement features a joke that originates from the deaf community and will play out on screen over 60 seconds of total silence, a veritable eternity when it comes to the noisiness of Super Bowl ads. "It's a popular story and we just turned it into an advertisement," said Clay Broussard, a supply and logistics manager at PepsiCo who proposed the idea for the ad. "This is the PepsiCo flavor of that joke." The joke goes like this: Two guys are driving to their friend Bob's house to watch the Super Bowl. Once they get to Bob's street, neither knows which house is his. They sit in the car, arguing, until one of them has an idea. He starts laying on the horn, and one by one, the houses light up and dogs start barking. One house stays dark and quiet: It's Bob's. Deaf people will be falling out of their chairs in disbelief, National Association of the Deaf president Bobbie Beth Scoggins wrote in an e-mail response to questions. Hearing people, Scoggins wrote, will stop what they're doing to see why there are no sounds. She believes it's an historic first for an ad featuring American Sign Language to get such prominent play. "I was glad to see this part of deaf culture awareness shared in a most clever way," Scoggins, who is deaf, wrote by e-mail as she was traveling. Broussard, who plays Bob in the commercial, has worked for PepsiCo in Dallas for 27 years. He got involved in the deaf community through a church he and his wife attended, where the services were conducted entirely in sign language. Broussard is not deaf. The two actors who play Bob's friends — Brian Dowling and Darren Therriault — are also PepsiCo employees, and are deaf. Dowling works for Frito-Lay in Arizona, and Therriault works for PepsiCo in Chicago. Broussard worked on the ad concept on his own time. He said, "This was all extra credit." It was 18 months before he showed it to senior managers, who decided they wanted it for the Super Bowl. |
| I dislike my job. This is not what I want to do with the rest of my life. I am 31 years old and had about 100 jobs already. I am tired of switching jobs! Why can't I just find one job that I absolutely love? I want to work at the same job for 30+ years then retire. I was off Monday due to Martin Luther King Jr Day. I called in "sick" on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. I dread going to work tomorrow! I should have been filling out applications while I was off. I really want to get a better education, then become a professional writer. A work from home type of deal! Publish a novel or have a weekly column. Write blogs for a living. Go on assignment somewhere....be a sports writer.... OR get in the ministry. I want to be a youth minister. I want to help people. I want to teach people. I want to train people. I want to speak in front of an audience. I want a job where I have to research. I want a job that is different everyday. I don't want a job that a robot or a monkey can do! I want a job that will challenge me! I want a job that meshes with my talents and personality. |
| It's easy as ABC to avoid hell. Admit that you are a sinner. ("For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."- Romans 6:23) Believe that Jesus died for your sins. ("But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."- Romans 5:8) Confess Jesus as your savior. ("That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved."- Romans 10:9) "EVERYONE who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."- Romans 10:13 You want to be saved? Then say this prayer: "Jesus, I know I am a sinner and need your forgiveness. I now turn from my sins and ask You into my life to be my Savior and Lord. Forgive my sins and give me your gift of eternal life. Thank you for dying for me and saving me." If you said this heartfelt prayer and MEANT IT..... You are now saved! CONGRATULATIONS! |
| I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones? What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets? What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it? What if we flipped through it several times a day? What if we used it to receive messages? What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it? What if we gave it to kids as gifts? What if we used it as we traveled? What if we used it in case of an emergency? What if we upgraded it to get the latest version? Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cellphones, we don't ever have to worry about our bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill! Have a blessed day! |
| "The book I find extremely helpful and inspirational in my writing is Stephen King's book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. I have read it multiple times already, and I'm reading it again. Mr. King writes: This is not an autobiography. It is, rather, a kind of curriculum vitae - my attemp to show how one writer was formed. I like that. Every writer from Ernest Hemmingway to James Patterson was formed by their life experiences - and it is in reading about those experiences and efforts to get their stories onto the printed page that inspire me to work hard to attain my own writing goals. It is definitely one of my favorites and I would recommend it to any writer." by J.P. Farris id# #1239164 |
| The two Superbowl teams were decided yesterday. drum roll please.........The New England Patriots versus the New York Giants. Last time they played each other was on December 29, 2007 (apx 22 days ago). The final score of that game was Patriots-38 and Giants-35. I hope this Superbowl is close! I don't care who wins just as long as it is a good, close game! Who do you think will win? |
| No team has had a perfect season since 1972, when the Dolphins won all of their regular season games, all of their playoff games and the Superbowl. Patriots have a chance this year. They have one game left in regular season. They are playing the New York Giants. The Giants' mentality is this: "We are pulling no punches during this matchup. We are coming with everything we got." The Giants have a couple of things going for them. 1. They are determined. 2. They have a decent defense 3. and they will have home field advantage (that crowd is brutal) and one thing against them: Eli Manning.......He is not a very consistent player. He can either be a hero or he can be a zero. There is no middle ground with him. He has proved that all season long. I am torn about this "perfect season" stuff. This could be the one and only time someone goes undefeated in my lifetime. But they are the Patriots.... and I never really liked them. Plus I like rooting for the underdog. And I kinda like the Giants, every since Lawrence Taylor played for them. But like I said earlier, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Now, if the Patriots make it to the Superbowl and lose...that would be some funny s*** right there! Unless the Cowboys are the ones that beat them. That would SUCK big time! I would have to hear Cowboy fans talking s*** for eternity. They would never let that subject die. They could be 0-16..winless! and still be talking about "Remember that year when we beat the Patriots?" |
| There are people who died in combat and people who are fighting right now to protect our freedoms. For example, freedom of speech. Carlos Mencia said, "If we do not exercise this freedom, if we do not say what it is on our mind, if we hold our tongue, then these soldiers are dying in vain." When I was younger I thought you could say anything you wanted and not get in trouble for it. Then, I learned that I can not say a cuss word around my parents because I would probably get slapped. As I became a teenager, I learned that you can not yell FIRE in public if there ain't really a fire. That is a federal offense punishable by law. I also learned about slander and libel. I learned that certain things will get you expelled from high school and I learned about something called "hate mail" That's right! You can not cut up a picture of your ex-girlfriend and mail it to her because it might be viewed as a threat. Where is this freedom of speech I heard about? First they said you could burn a flag, then you could not...and now...well, who knows anymore? Hey, I am just as patriotic as the next guy, but what about MY rights? I am afraid to display any Christmas decorations at work because I might offend somebody of another religion. I am afraid to talk about gay people because I might be viewed as prejudice. I am not sure whether to call Barack Obama black, negro or African-American. All three seem offensive to me. He is not really "black"...he is kinda like a brownish color.............LOL..........now Bernie Mac on the other hand...........LOL African-American? Maybe if he used to live in Africa and now he lives in America, maybe? For example, I would be an Oklahoma-Texan. Well, I am just venting...just trying to ruffle some feathers. Just trying to exercise my freedom of speech. |
| Did anybody see the football game Monday Night? The Baltimore Ravens versus the undefeated Patriots. The Ravens came out strong! They looked determined! They looked hungry! They looked intense, extreme, and emotional. The list could go on and on. They were heated, impassioned, spirited and unrestrained. (Well, you get the point) The thought of: "this could be the first loss of the season for the Patriots" was starting to become a reality. The score was 10-10 going into halftime. Fast forward to the fourth quarter...this is when it really got exciting! Right after the two minute warning, Tom Brady switched to the no huddle offense. (This is the first time I actually seen him hustle all season long.) He is driving down the field, but he is postponed by a couple of penalties, like offsides and false start. Then, one of the most shocking things of the game: Patriots had 4th and something. If they get the first down, then they are still in the game. If they don't, then Ravens have a chance of scoring again or at least running out the clock some more. The feeling in the stadium and most living rooms across America was this: if Patriots do not get this first down, then the game is over. "Set, Hike! Handoff...up the middle. Ravens stop him! But wait...the Ravens head coach called timeout from the sidelines right before Brady hiked the ball! Patriots will get that down over again!" (Ravens' defense was furious with the head coach for doing that. That has been their complaint all season long. That the defense is doing their job consistently, but the offense and the coaching staff keep screwing up.) Next down, "Brady draws back to pass. No one open! Brady runs, passes the line of scrimmage. First down!" A couple of plays later, Brady throws to the end zone, his wide receiver drops the ball, but the defense is called for pass interference....Then Patriots score....then kickoff...then Ravens get some major penalties called on them, like unsportsmanlike conduct. (The referee threw a flag for something and one of the Raven players got angry, picked up the flag and heaved it toward the crowd...LOL) Well, to make a long story short...Patriots are still undefeated as of Tuesday morning. The final score was 27-24. |
| I wish I had something important or interesting to say today, but I don't. Somebody email me because I am bored. I like this blogging stuff. Clearing my mind, typing my notes (AKA journal) at the end of the day. Reminds me of that old TV show called Doogie Howser M.D. or that newer show (on TV now) called Run's House. |
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