An open letter to small businesses trying to pick a typeface

I hate the font Copperplate Gothic. I am not alone. Here are some examples of its overuse in society. CPG and Comic Sans need to ride off into the sunset.

An open letter to small businesses trying to pick a typeface. Please DON'T use this font. Ever.

Random Duck News

Old Dutch Dill Pickle Chips

1. Is it just me, or do Old Dutch Dill Pickle chips taste different now? It’s like they changed the ingredients or something. If you have noticed this, please reply.

2. How much bubble wrap would you need to wrap yourself in if you wanted to jump out of a first story window and survive? Click here to find out.

3. The first camera-phone image taken was this.

4. Political correctness run amok. Nursery World Magazine reported that Anne O’Connor, who is an “equality and diversity consultant” for school districts, thinks we should replace white writing paper with other colored paper in the classroom and replace witches’ black hats with a pink ones for Halloween as a way to prevent kids from becoming racist.

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5. Facebook is kinda becoming terrifying I think. I have seen it ruin relationships. I have seen  updates from people that make them look bad. I have “friends” that have completely dropped any form of human interaction and insist to only be communicated with via Facebook.  I’m not saying Facebook is all bad. A lot of it is fun. I just wonder what the long-term ramifications of it will be. Here are some things about Facebook that should scare you:
– Why You Never Really Log Out of Facebook – here

– Why Facebook Integration Is Actually Antisocial – here

– A List of Creepy Things Facebook Will Remember Forever – here

6. Here is some good insight on the recession, and why it is here to stay. Factories were at the center of the industrial age. That age is now over due to new technology and efficiency that does everything faster, cheaper, and smarter. If you want to save American jobs by creating more factories, you can’t. We don’t need those jobs anymore. Seth Godin says “Job creation is a false idol,” and explains why here.

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Rush - 1978

7. So the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced nominations this week. RUSH apparently was snubbed again despite having the more gold and platinum albums than any artist except The Beatles (#1) and Elvis (#2).

Nirvana Live at the Paramount – Halloween 1991

This is newly released footage of Nirvana performing in 1991 at the Paramount in Seattle on Halloween. This is the band that threw rock music, as I knew it, on its head. The full concert will be available on VEVO here if you want to check out the entire show. Here is a video you can watch now of how the show starts.

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Cool ad for KIT KAT

Clever use of bus bench advertising from Nestle to promote the KIT KAT chocolate bar.
Cool ad for KIT KAT
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Testament cover of Metallica’s Seek and Destroy

This Testament cover of Metallica’s “Seek and Destroy” is sure to melt your computer speakers. Turn it up! I think I like Chuck Billy’s vocals more on this song than I like Hetfield.

Thanks for the tip Junior.

False advertising

As with any deal that sounds too good to be true, the devil is in the details.

False advertising
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Heckler Interrupts Obama and calls him the antichrist

A heckler shouting about Jesus Christ interrupted President Barack Obama at a fundraiser before security dragged him out. As he was removed the man called out that Obama is the antichrist. The President maintained his good composure, but was probably thinking (like me) that now would be a good time for God to do some of that striking-down-upon-thee-with-great-vengeance-and-furious-anger type stuff.


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The original wedding crashers

Here is an awesome picture of an entire bridal party sinking into a lake this past weekend. Be sure to check the weight restrictions on those docs before saying “cheese.” (via Reddit)
My cousin's entire Bridal Party sank into a lake this weekend. Awesome picture....

You can see the photos that followed by clicking here.

Duck Duck World News

Speaking out: Joshua Fattal, centre, and Shane Bauer, right, speak in New York after being released from prison in Iran

Speaking out: Joshua Fattal, centre, and Shane Bauer, right, speak in New York after being released from prison in Iran. Source: CNN

1. Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer were finally ransomed out of Iran and are back safely in the U.S. With all the places on the globe to hike, why would you go anywhere near there? They were either very stupid, or actually were spies. Maybe they were stupid spies?
2. Deformed puppy, rescued from trash, learns to walk. See story.
3. Did you hear about the California couple fined $300 by the city for holding a Bible study in their home? Story here. I have no problem holding a small Bible study in their home. It does appear that Charles and Stephanie Fromm had as many as 50 people at their home twice per week. I think it is time to move a group this large to a nearby church or community building.
4. I thought this was impossible for a human to do? Guess not. Kobayashi chugs a gallon of milk in 18 seconds.

5. Carlsberg beer takes a page from Punked and makes things very uncomfortable for some regular moviegoers as they encounter a theater FULL of bikers. Watch
6. If you don’t like your neighbor, you could always use creative gardening to get back at him.

Random duck news

Teen with no vagina becomes pregnant – True story.
Before you decide to travel abroad, review this collection of the world’s rudest hand gestures and what they mean for each country.
This YouTube video includes a lingerie model for the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign. Don’t worry, your significant other would want you to see this. It’s a matter of life and death.
Somewhere, an advertising copywriter is still giggling.
I like the name and van for this dog shit clean up company.
Probably will be terrible, but I’ll still watch it. The Thing (remake). View trailer here. From producers of Dawn of the Dead.
Home security South African style. See pictures.
The executed bodies of 23 men and 12 women dumped yesterday during rush hour in Veracruz Mexico.