Today I had to work. I didn't want to be there is a lot of work. On wendsday I may get to meet Dave Mira. If it works out that would be awesome. He is supposed to be at the company I work at. He does Adds for Oxy not sure if they are one of his sponers but I do know they Had some adds at the X games. Today on break I was Reading the Paper and found this article in the business section about Cliff Claven aka John Ratzenberger. Hopefully it will increase sales and profits and how much work we have. Hopefully I will have some issues or more interesting things to post about. Maybe I will have a crazzy dream or something.



In the first ad, John Ratzenberger offers advice on Mentholatum's WellPatch to a "canoe guy' with sore muscles.


John Ratzenberger used a WellPatch on his leg after mountain bike riding.

Mentholatum hires 'Cliff Claven'

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'Cheers' actor will wear firm's WellPatch in TV commercials

By MICHELLE KEARNS
News Business Reporter
2/25/2006



A national ad that begins airing on TV stations today features the actor who played postman Cliff Claven in the 1980s sitcom Cheers, a canoeist with a sore arm, medicine made by the local Mentholatum Co. and the creative work of a small Orchard Park firm.
"They let me make up my own lines and they let me have fun, so it was a pleasant experience," said actor John Ratzenberger, whose latest work includes voices for Pixar animated movies and hosting the Travel Channel's "Made in America" show.

In the new commercial, developed by Campbell Associates, Ratzenberger appears driving an RV as he does in the Made in America shows, which are about U.S. made products - including Westfield's Welch's grape juice and Olean's Cutco knives.

In the first ad to debut for Mentholatum's WellPatch - medicine patches that work like nicotine patches - Ratzenberger pulls up to a lake somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. He sees a canoeist rubbing his shoulder and calls out to the "canoe guy," a reference Ratzenberger ad-libbed into the script. "Hey canoe guy, try a little WellPatch relief on those sore muscles," the actor says in the spot.

The script for the ad was written by Bob Campbell, president of Campbell Associates, a four-member ad firm that counts Mentholatum as its chief client. Another Orchard Park firm, Media Pros, arranged for scheduling the commercials.

"They are the largest national ad spenders in Western New York," said Ken Dobmeier, president of Media Pros.

WellPatches come in formulations for muscle aches, arthritis, migraine headaches and coughs and colds. They first came out four years ago. Ratzenberger said he had friends and family try them before he agreed to be spokesman. "They all reported back that this stuff actually works and so I said, "Yes,' " recalled Ratzenberger, who tried one on his leg after a strain from mountain bike riding.

Campbell said the actor was a creative pleasure to work with, improving the commercials with his suggestions. "Every time he added something, he added something that was a keeper," Campbell said.


e-mail: mkearns@buffnews.com

I remember hearing that there is this part of your brain that makes it so you can't act out your dreams it is like an inhibator. Not really sure if that is true or not but it is interesting. I admit I don't usauly remember my dreams. But the ones that can be strange or verry intense are the ones you have after you wake up. I don't mean day dreams. You wake up and go back to bed and close your eyes but your mind keeps going and it as if you are in the dreams but you are wide awake you then move or react to something and your eyes open and you see your souroundings and they don't match the dream so they close again. This can happen many times. But sometimes I wonder what would happen if You where just to move since you are aware and your eyes don't open or you don't blink. What would happen. Granted if any thing caused them to open you would be fine. But When you are awake eyes closed but you are in that middle ground where your brain is going as if you are awake but you really arn't it can be intense. I did have a couple dreams like that, whare I can still remember parts of them but i can't repeat them here. I have never had a sports dream that I can remember. I wonder if I was sking and did a back flip with two rotations and crashed in the snow if I would wake up in pain. Right now I'm listing to Triple Crown by Jackdaw it is a burn with some hidden tracks or maybe it is just one it is a good CD. I had some other question about dreams. I can't imagine what it is like to be blind but I wonder how the blind dream. If they never had any vision does the brain make up images. If they had seen before do they dream both ways. I think someday I should do some dream reserch that would be something I might be able to reserch and enjoy.

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Watching The Olympics is great. Some sports like figure skating I can't watch. But I saw some aeirals ladies qualifing it was amazing. Well except this one girl looked like she really messed up her knee. I had some other sports I wanted to mention but forgot what the were.

First of all thanks to everyone who responded to my previous post. I will come clean about the two dreams. One of them had Ladycroft in it. I admit I have no idea why I can't remember it had something to do with my apartment but other then that I have no clue. The second Dream Had IMK2 in it she woke me up with a kiss. That dream was really strange since I don't think I have ever met her. The dream is a little fuzzy but from what I remember it was intense. It wasn't sexual it was like Ok who is the hot chick, why is she here, how did she get in, and what is going on? It wasn't sexual at all from what I remember.

(e:Paul) sent me this link. Part of one of my journals is qouted. It is an article from the Buffalo News about the sex laws of Canada. The website is interesting.

I read a bunch of journals today since I feel behind and there where a couple interesting ones. I like that the elmwood hotel is being mentioned.

Reading IMK2 journal the other day got me thinking. I remember I knew this girl and guy who where dating really seriously. There was some problem sexualy not sure what it was. But she would tell her girlfriends about it, that he couldn't lay her right or something. But is soundend like she didn't tell him that other wise the problem would have been corrected. I wonder why didn't she just tell him that it could have fixed a lot of problems. But what makes thing more interesting is that some of us guys know that women talk dirty to there friends about there boyfriends or boytoys. We know that there are things that they wouldn't tell us. So that can make us self consicus and wonder what if I'm doing something she dosn't like or that is no good and she just isn't telling me. That is one reason I think the truth is verry important. That way everyone can be happy.

I am thinking about starting a service for angery ladies and ladies only of (e:strip). It would be completely free of charge and would benifit both you ladies and me. I would let you ladies take you anger out on me. The theroputic release of anger is good for you. The key is to let the anger out slowly and let it build. You can provide the belt or I could. The key with any physical activity is to start out slowly and build if you over do it before you warm up you can pull a muscle and we don't want that to happen. Sord of joking but it is an interesting idea. With my luck someone would slip and buckle will crack my head open.

I watched some of the Mens Freestyle Skiing last night and this morning when I woke up and it was truely amazing. I may get off this computer some time today and get to watch some olympics and maybe Mill Maher tonight that is a great show. I don't agree with every thing he says but still a good show.

I get to work on sat. Not looking forward to it but the OT will really make the check nice.

Hopefully one of these days I will get my own computer so I can chat, read and post here as I watch TV that would be cool. Sure I forgot something. Oh yeah Mardi Gras is going on in New Orleans and Buffalos Annual Celerbration is Tuesday I belive. Lacrosses All Star Game is in Toronto on Saturday not sure if it is on tv or radio. Ok I think that is everything.

I didn't get to see the USA womens Hocky game that they won to win the bronze Medal. But I did get to see the medal Ceramony that was cool. I did watch the end of The Canada game they beat sweeden and got the gold and sweeden the silver. Below i included some pics that I downloaded. I forgot to mention the other day that the Bandits beat the Swarm and Johny Tavares tied the all time points record. I'm been trying to watch as much hockey as I can but it often is on when I'm at work. Hopefully I can watch some of the medal rounds for the men. Tonight is going to be tough with wrestling, House and the olympics on as I tape 24. I love watching aierals the tricks they do are amazing Bobsliegh is awesome to.