09/27/11 10:53 - ID#55206

Eat Right. Be Active. Have Fun.

Why does this message require either government spending on Disney or free advertisment for Disney. It makes me sick. Why not a generic exercise scene or some delicious looking healthy food?

Do most people even realize this is not just a Disney advertisment?

uncutsaniflush writes at 08:21:43 09/28/11 - Comment #65246: This is a public service annoucement (PSA) :::link::: . This PSA was created for the Let's Move campaign :::link::: for the Ad Council :::link::: :::link:::

My assumption is that both Lamar the owner of billboard and Disney donated their services to the Ad Council.

metalpeter writes at 05:00:39 09/28/11 - Comment #65243: -be our guest is part is a famous part of the Disney ads....For the theme park
-Dancing is a good way to be active and a candle that would normally would just stand there that moves and yes its fire moves also is a great example of getting people moving....

-Now I know nothing about the ads but I think it is aimed to get kids to move. Yeah you can watch the DVD you bought but ok now also go play.... This is how the play movement is currently. You sit down and do nothing all day as you watch football but you will see ads about the youth going out and playing and Nike has one also..... Back to the ads I don't know if they have other characters on other ads that appeal to kids but they could...

tinypliny writes at 07:23:10 09/28/11 - Comment #65240: Hmm... a few questions come to mind. Is disney funding the letsmove campaign? It could be. So I won't be sure this is completely government money.

Who are the targets of this campaign? Most ostensibly, children. There are more obese children in the US than anywhere else on the planet (well.. maybe UK comes close) and it's likely to get worse in the next few years. But do these target children care about disney anymore? It seems a bit out of sync with what the target age kids really might be into these days.

Perhaps music icons or sports icons could have been a more attention-getting choice. By putting disney on, does the ad imply that it's perhaps an old-fashioned but fun way to live? That cannot altogether altogether appeal to kids who tend to not like anything old fashioned.

So I don't know. On the positive side, the font and colour are well done. I scarcely saw the disney characers before you pointed them out. The only thing REALLY prominent on that board is the message - which is good.

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Category: biking

09/27/11 10:48 - ID#55204

Bikeride to the outer harbor

The other day we took a family bikeride over to the outer harbor. The weather was so amazing. We saw the new empty business park where they already have a bikerack and toured to defunct new casino. I winder if the building will rust through before it is ever used? Leave it ti Buffalo to dilapidate a building before occupation.

We traveled up to the old water authority building. Someone left a bunch of nude playing cards all over the ground at the front steps. What a weird find.

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Category: buffalo

09/27/11 10:41 - ID#55203

Where cars go to die

I know every city has these but damn this is an eyesore on the way out to the outer harbour by bike. Maybe once the Chicago Street bridge is completed in 2050 I wont have to see it anymore.

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Category: buffalo

09/27/11 10:39 - ID#55202

Welcome to a dead city

The dead trees lining the subway station at the new harbor/HSBC look even worse now. Nothing like dead EVERgreens with a crow to spruce up the place. If I went and chopped them down would it just be extreme community gardening?

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Category: pets

09/25/11 12:38 - ID#55193

Live gay sex show

The foaming at the mouth part is so funny. The little one looks pissed but I guess its better than being beaten up and Basra isn't really having sex with him, just humping his shell.

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Category: hiking

09/25/11 12:35 - ID#55192

Hiking with Casey at zoar

(e:yesthatcasey) and I went hiking at soar yesterday. The weather was awesome. We managed to hike a climb a lot and planned an even more rigorous adventure for next time.

I even managed to swim.

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Category: pets

09/24/11 12:48 - ID#55190

The beast

No matter how cute the other one is, basra is still my favorite

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Category: food

09/24/11 12:53 - ID#55187

Exclusively Alaskan Goods - now on sheridan

The other day I got an email from the store saying they have a new location on Sheridan and Eggert. This is so exciting because its so close to my parents house. So today my mother and I went down and picked up a bunch of delicious seafood.

We got king crab legs, halibut cheeks, cold water Alaskan wikcaught shrimp and Alaskan scallops. We had to eat the crab legs as soon as we got home. Ten minutes later my mother was cooking up the halibut cheeks. Despite my undying love for crab legs, the halibut cheeks were honestly just as tasty. In fact the texture and flavor makes them a great crab substitute.

Adele, the shop keeper made the whole experience so pleasant as always. She also mentioned they are also starting to get in seafood from Florida and at some point in the near future clams from the northeast which I am very excited about.

I will post again when I cook up the scallops and shrimp.

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Category: pets

09/23/11 09:26 - ID#55185

Cute tortoise needs new home

Its time to let the new tortoise go. He is healthy and eating but Basra the much bigger tortoise just keeps beating the crap out of him. This morning he was on his back and and basra was repeatedly was ramming his shell into a cinderblock at full force. Then when he tires of beating him up he tries to have sex with him. Its just not a good existence. Not sure what to do because we have to find someone with enough space.

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Category: television

09/21/11 11:48 - ID#55178

Hulu, abc, fox, etc

So I watch more TV now that I have no friends and get home late from work M-TH. I used to like the way hulu had the shows on the night after they aired. Sames with Abc, Fox, etc but it seems that now all of the content providers have switched to airing the episodes the following week unless you buy hulu plus or have cable. For example, the raising hope that aired last night will be available wed sept 28th unless you pay $7.99/month for hulu plus or sign up for cable which is surely like $50+ a month.

I really don't get why Time Warner doesn't consider us a valuable enough customers to let us watch he shows online that are normally on the free over the air channels. Its not like we don't already pay them $120/month for our internet. I mean I don't expect to see HBO, etc but at least the shows on fox, abc, etc. What is the difference if I watch it as cable or over the internet over a cable wire. They are getting paid either way and I am subjected to advertisements that they profit from.

The whole thing makes me so aggravated. I probably just need to learn to be patient.