Bring on the trumpets!

I keep playing this back, and it really cracks me up. I don't think they sell their product in the US, but I would sure like to grab some of those. Amusing advertising works on me, I must admit. There are a few other ones on YouTube they have posted; they're all very good.

Awareness Test

Please hold, an expert will take your call shortly

While getting a philosophy degree in college, I thought one way to try to make money with my degree would be to create a "Dial-A-Philosopher" number. People could call up with life's questions, and I would tell them what a dead Greek classical philosopher or maybe a dead German existentialist would have to say about their situation. Pretty silly, right?

In this Internet Age, it seems like anything is possible. I just learned of this service called http://www.liveperson.com/ that will chat with you online about your questions in a variety of fields. This includes...philosophy. There are over 200 people who will collect up to $18.00 per minute to answer your philosophical questions (in addition to tens of thousands that will help you with everything else from legal, business, romance, and lots of other subjects).

I don't remember much of my philosophy studies, but maybe I could sign up to be an expert on Surfing the Internet for Random Stuff...

Seeing Your Relatives Can Warp Your Brain

Recent brain study research has indicated that we process images of ourselves and our family members in a different part of the brain than we process people that are not related to us. This may cause weird things to happen...like holding your family up to a higher standard than you would hold non-family members to because it is the same standard that you hold for yourself.

Of course, if on an objective standard your family members are a bunch of loons, then your brain is probably doing the right thing in getting stressed out.

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Antidisestablishmentarianism used in a sentence

A word that I once thought I would never see actually used, antidisestablishmentarianism, was just casually thrown into this article about reflections on religious institutions in Britain during this Christmas season.

Also, apparently there will be buses driving around London with this on the side: "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life". I think that's wonderful advertising.

Link.