When I first learned about the existence of a company called OxyChem — which happened shortly before this post — I immediately assumed they somehow…

We’re finally leaving the Lewis chessmen behind, but we’re not quite back to normal pieces: they’re still human sized. And they figure in a commercial…

Hah! I didn’t quit at all! After the utter despair at the end of my last blog post you could have been forgiven for thinking…

This year, it is precisely forty years ago that the first Macintosh computers were released on an unsuspecting world. With a full one hundred and…

Glasses! Glasses are brilliant. They’re one of humanity’s greatest victories over nature. Instead of stumbling around in an eternal blur, millions of people can now…

This is going to be a rather boring post, I’m afraid. You see, when the people at Union Investment decided to make a chess themed…

Cox Communications is a company that, among many other things, sells home security systems, including things like cameras, motion sensors, and of course — as…

We have spotlighted countless advertisements on this blog. For alcoholic drinks, for clothes, for cars, for all sorts of services — but not yet for…

It’s not the first time I’ve dealt with hard liquor on this blog. Far from it. But it’s the first time I’m dealing with such…

It’s been a while since we talked about a talk show, but I don’t like doing so, so let’s not. Instead, let’s talk about underwear.…