Al's Blog-o-Sphere

No, not AT&T.

Every time I hear that commercial, I can’t help but think of Oliver Street in North Tonawanda.

Is it just me? Continue Reading…

Here I go again with another commercial comment. I’m sorry, but I just hate the way television ads are so condescending to their audience.

You’ve probably seen the Wendy’s commercial where they say something like “Cows don’t come from Antarctica, so why should hamburgers be frozen?”

Okay, I can play with that kind of logic. “If hamburgers were meant to be square, why are the rolls round?” There, two can play that game. Continue Reading…

Did you ever see those little cryptic numbers in the cap of your favorite soda?

We don’t call it soda here in WNY, but just to be clear what I’m talking about…

I wondered what wonderful gifts I was passing up when I threw the caps away unclaimed. So for the past couple weeks, I’ve been dutifully typing them in on the brand’s website. I won’t name it, but it starts with P, not C. Continue Reading…

Come on, you all know that’s what she was thinking…