Comments for Shiny Bits of Life http://pmerrill.com PAUL MERRILL Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:38:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Review: Ink Joy by vanassa http://pmerrill.com/2012/01/review-ink-joy/#comment-7895 vanassa Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:38:03 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5029#comment-7895 I am a pen junkie,I really love using these pens they dont last very long, but i will keep buying them. One of the best pens I've ever used. I am a pen junkie,I really love using these pens they dont last very long, but i will keep buying them. One of the best pens I’ve ever used.

]]> Comment on Tastes good, like a cigarette should by Tim http://pmerrill.com/2012/02/tastes-good-like-a-cigarette-should/#comment-7893 Tim Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:40:41 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5066#comment-7893 I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener. Plop plop fizz fizz I have jingles running through my head from nearly every period of my life, and we didn't even have a TV! While we were on furlough I watched a lot of TV at my grandparents' house, and radio jingles were unavoidable. My fiancee recorded a number of Medellín's most notable jingles, but that was after I had moved to the US. Where there's Muriel smoke, there's fire. 1977. (Cigar commercials were allowed for a while after cigarette ones were banned.) I wish I were an Oscar Meyer wiener.
Plop plop fizz fizz

I have jingles running through my head from nearly every period of my life, and we didn’t even have a TV! While we were on furlough I watched a lot of TV at my grandparents’ house, and radio jingles were unavoidable.

My fiancee recorded a number of Medellín’s most notable jingles, but that was after I had moved to the US.

Where there’s Muriel smoke, there’s fire. 1977. (Cigar commercials were allowed for a while after cigarette ones were banned.)

]]> Comment on Tastes good, like a cigarette should by Brother Bill http://pmerrill.com/2012/02/tastes-good-like-a-cigarette-should/#comment-7892 Brother Bill Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:43:11 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5066#comment-7892 Thanks Johanna - You were close on the Coke jingle: "I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony." (Reached #7 on the US charts in 1972!) Thanks Johanna -

You were close on the Coke jingle: “I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony.” (Reached #7 on the US charts in 1972!)

]]> Comment on Tastes good, like a cigarette should by Johanna http://pmerrill.com/2012/02/tastes-good-like-a-cigarette-should/#comment-7891 Johanna Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:38:59 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5066#comment-7891 Hey Brother Bill! I'm a big fan of yours, ever since I read your Amazon review for a hairdryer. Hey, I can answer your first two trivia questions. For Coca-Cola is it "We are the World" or something like that? Anyway. I can't stand all the quick cuts. I personally wonder what the trend will be. How many quick cuts can you do? Will they suffer a backlash, and suddenly all those quick cuts will fade out, and we'll have "slower" commercials? These are the things that keep me up at night. Hey Brother Bill! I’m a big fan of yours, ever since I read your Amazon review for a hairdryer. Hey, I can answer your first two trivia questions. For Coca-Cola is it “We are the World” or something like that?

Anyway. I can’t stand all the quick cuts. I personally wonder what the trend will be. How many quick cuts can you do? Will they suffer a backlash, and suddenly all those quick cuts will fade out, and we’ll have “slower” commercials? These are the things that keep me up at night.

]]> Comment on Tastes good, like a cigarette should by Brother Bill http://pmerrill.com/2012/02/tastes-good-like-a-cigarette-should/#comment-7890 Brother Bill Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:21:31 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5066#comment-7890 Here's a little trivia challenge for the blog readers: Can you name the first line of the famous jingles for Alka Seltzer, Oscar Mayer, or Coca-Cola? The one for Coke was released as a pop single and was on the charts for awhile. Here’s a little trivia challenge for the blog readers: Can you name the first line of the famous jingles for Alka Seltzer, Oscar Mayer, or Coca-Cola? The one for Coke was released as a pop single and was on the charts for awhile.

]]> Comment on Cars: Choose Your Loss by Paul http://pmerrill.com/2012/01/cars-choose-your-loss/#comment-7889 Paul Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:43:19 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5052#comment-7889 <b>Tim:</b> What you say is totally true - and also sad. High maintenance is rarely a good thing! <b>Johanna:</b> Pride of ownership is an admirable thing. It's not necessarily related to the external perceived value of the item. Tim: What you say is totally true — and also sad. High maintenance is rarely a good thing!

Johanna: Pride of ownership is an admirable thing. It’s not necessarily related to the external perceived value of the item.

]]> Comment on Cars: Choose Your Loss by Johanna http://pmerrill.com/2012/01/cars-choose-your-loss/#comment-7888 Johanna Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:02:19 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5052#comment-7888 I feel sad looking at that blue Escort wagon. My grandpa owned one just like it. And he loved cars probably as much as you do, or more so. I don't know. He had many nice cars when I was growing up, but he made a strange decision when he got his Escort. Believe me, he always had it polished. Loved that. I feel sad looking at that blue Escort wagon. My grandpa owned one just like it. And he loved cars probably as much as you do, or more so. I don’t know. He had many nice cars when I was growing up, but he made a strange decision when he got his Escort. Believe me, he always had it polished. Loved that.

]]> Comment on Cars: Choose Your Loss by tim gier http://pmerrill.com/2012/01/cars-choose-your-loss/#comment-7887 tim gier Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:14:41 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5052#comment-7887 You're so right about this Paul. I can't tell you the number of times I've seen people buy an older Mercedes, BMW, Lexus or Acura only to find that it costs just as much to maintain one that's 10 years old as it does to maintain a new one, and worse, that the older ones, without warranty, are simply to costly to repair. All of the technical sophistication that is built into those cars eventually breaks down, and many times the repairs would cost more than what the car is worth. You’re so right about this Paul. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve seen people buy an older Mercedes, BMW, Lexus or Acura only to find that it costs just as much to maintain one that’s 10 years old as it does to maintain a new one, and worse, that the older ones, without warranty, are simply to costly to repair. All of the technical sophistication that is built into those cars eventually breaks down, and many times the repairs would cost more than what the car is worth.

]]> Comment on Review: Ink Joy by Paul http://pmerrill.com/2012/01/review-ink-joy/#comment-7885 Paul Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:32:37 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5029#comment-7885 Mike - I hope that more people discover them. I have half thought of getting rid of all my other pens and only using InkJoys. Mike — I hope that more people discover them. I have half thought of getting rid of all my other pens and only using InkJoys.

]]> Comment on Review: Ink Joy by Mike Hellesen http://pmerrill.com/2012/01/review-ink-joy/#comment-7884 Mike Hellesen Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:30:24 +0000 http://pmerrill.com/?p=5029#comment-7884 I completely agree. After buying a Space Pen and expecting to be wowed I was disappointed that it was just a plain ball point pen with a nitrogen cartridge. I ended up at Target and ran across a display for these pens and just had to try them. After writing one word I was in love. This is now my daily driver pen that goes with me everywhere, and like their marketing it is VERY hard to not have them stolen. They are effortless an smooth to write with and the white has a nice almost hipster look to it. I now buy them in bulk from Amazon. I completely agree. After buying a Space Pen and expecting to be wowed I was disappointed that it was just a plain ball point pen with a nitrogen cartridge. I ended up at Target and ran across a display for these pens and just had to try them. After writing one word I was in love. This is now my daily driver pen that goes with me everywhere, and like their marketing it is VERY hard to not have them stolen. They are effortless an smooth to write with and the white has a nice almost hipster look to it. I now buy them in bulk from Amazon.

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