Attorney TV Ad Fail Update
I had posted on this ad the other day. Office was misspelled with only one f. A commenter noted that the “s” in Dallas also kind of looks like an “x.”
Since then I’ve noticed an different ad with office spelled correctly on a pink background, and today there’s a corrected ad with the blue background.
I noticed that this ad has a different toll free number as well as the corrected word. Dallas still looks as if it ends in an “x” although I think that’s just the font choice since the x in Tx is a sharper x.
So, did we have anything to do with the correction?
Cross-posted at Schratwieser Consulting
Attorney TV Ad Fail
I happened to look up at the TV during a commercial for Freese and Goss this morning and something really jumped out at me. This is the “full screen”:
and this is the close-up:
Did you catch it? Somebody didn’t run spell check. This ad has been running for several months. I generally don’t actually watch the commercials, but I happened to look up at just the right moment today and hit pause on the TiVo.
Cross-posted to Schratwieser Consulting.
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Ouch
Yesterday we went out shopping to get a few things. Trader Joe’s for some Two Buck Chuck, Irish Breakfast Tea and some vanilla beans.The Container Store is almost next door to that Trader Joe’s so we went in to check out the Lego storage units. We ended up with one of the Large Boxes and a Large Boy Head.
Then we went to Walmart for some other items and back home until it was time for dinner and Cub Scouts. After Cub Scouts we went to Dairy Queen for a treat.
Sometime later last evening I got up and I had a lot of pain in my right leg below the knee. Somehow during the day I must have twisted it some way. It still hurt later in the day and even overnight. It’s still hurting this morning. I have to be careful when changing direction because twisting the leg increases the pain. It’s amazing how many times you just twist to change direction during the course of a day. You don’t notice until there’s pain accompanying the movement…
Resolutions
I don’t do resolutions really. I tried last year to keep a daily food diary, didn’t last long.
I need to lose weight.
I need to exercise more.
I need to de-clutter my house.
I need to get more business for Schratwieser Consulting.
I won’t be making any resolutions, per se, but I will be working toward these goals as the year progresses.
A Child Is Born
Luke 2: 10-11
10And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
11For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
KJV
Merry Christmas to all!
Norad Tracks Santa
Norad is tracking Santa again this year!
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Early on a beautiful Sunday morning 70 years ago, the world changed.
At 7:55 a.m. December 7, 1941 the attack begins.
Pearl Harbor Attack
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor to remove what it saw as a threat to the empire’s southern expansion. The Pearl Harbor attack hurt us badly, but it also hardened our resolve and brought us fully into WWII.
Snopes has some photos that were purported to be found in an old Brownie camera years after the attack. The story was untrue, but the photos are archival and genuine.
The U.S. Navy has a Pearl Harbor site with more photos.
Chris at A Large Regular has linked to this National Geographic Pearl Harbor site in the past. It has a multimedia timeline, survivor stories, kid’s section, and more.
11/11/11
Single Digit Day!
The last binary day of the century.
eleven eleven eleven.
Editing Fail
There are many copies of this at my local Walmart. One on each cash register.
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“hero’s” should be “heroes”. The word is a plural, not a possessive.
“veteran’s” should be “veterans”. Once again, we have a plural, not a possessive.
This sentence has problems:
Help us honor your veteran’s, police officer and fireman, by bringing a photo to your photo dept.
As noted above, it should be “veterans,” not “veteran’s”. Then we have the plural of veteran, but singular “police officer” and “fireman”.
There is some controversy over serial commas. Some say that there should be a comma before “and” or “or” and some say that there should not be a comma before “and”. I am from the comma-before-and school. Whichever you prefer, the comma in the above sentence between fireman and by is wrong and should not be there. I also think the “and” should be replaced by “or”.
“Department” should be spelled out instead of abbreviated.
The final sentence is way off as well.
Starting October 20th – November 11th and honor your special hero by receiving a coupon for 2 5×7’s.
The “and” is superfluous. Some people use the apostrophe to indicate plurals with numerals, some do not.
How does one honor one’s hero by receiving a coupon? Apparently you take a photo of your hero to the photo department and the employee there will put your photo on the “Wall of Honor” to be seen by Walmart employees and customers. They will also give you a coupon good for two 5″ by 7″ prints.
It’s also out of balance with all that black space.
My suggestion:
Translation Bleg – Updated
Can anyone translate this from Arabic? (click to embiggen):
The whole box:
The interior and contents:
This was given to my father many years ago when he was with the Traffic Institute at Northwestern University. I believe it was given to him by a Saudi Police Officer. There is an engraving on the other side of the vessel. I’ll try to get a better picture of it or a rubbing of the engraving.
UPDATE (August 24): Here’s a close up of the engraving on the other side of the pitcher.
