Ever so often, something comes along that really
makes an impression on your brain for what ever
reason......

One was the Coke commercial with the song
I'd like to teach the world to sing......

that stayed in my brain for about a year.....


Then there was the Alka Seltzer commercial with
the old guy sitting on the side of the bed...
"I can't believe I ate the whole thing"

Then again, Coke came back with the cute snow bears....

Remember the Marlboro Man...?????

Marketing firms try hard to gain your attention and
imprint the brand into your conscious and unconscious
though patterns....Some are very good at this...

I usually have forgotten any commercial for anything
about 2 seconds into the next one....however there is
one that has grabbed me for whatever reason....

Be it the scenery, or the language, or the production
value, or the actors or all of the above....I vote the
following commercial the best of the decade.....Don't
ask me why as I could not tell you....but I love this
spot.....Enjoy....

The Rorschach test (pronounced "ror-shock") has been popularized in films and books for decades, but most people know very little about it. The Rorschach cards themselves are supposed to be kept secret although outlines of them can be found on various websites and in medical texts. (Note that most of the time when you see Rorschach ink-blots in films and books, they are not the real blots.)


The Rorschach ink blots are supposed to remain secret so as not to "pollute" the test population (people to whom the test is given to). The theory behind the test, created by Hermann Rorschach, is that the test taker's spontaneous or unrehearsed responses reveal deep secrets or significant information about the taker's personality or innermost thoughts.

I have included 5 blots from the test....under each blot is the most often given answer
and the most often sexual connotation given....

Under that is what TAB sees in the blot.....

DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOST OFTEN GIVEN ANSWER UNTIL YOU HAVE
DECIDED WHAT YOU SEE.......


BLOT 1:







COMMON RESPONSES:

This is a black and white card, often described as looking like a mask or the face of a fox or wolf.
Possible Sexual Imagery: Breasts, primarily the rounded areas at the top of the image.

TAB SEES: Two dogs joined at the ass...one heading east..the other west..


BLOT 2:






COMMON RESPONSES:

This is a card with black and red ink, often described as people dancing or touching hands with each other.
Possible Sexual Imagery: Male sex organ at top center or, in some cases, a vagina (at the center near the bottom).

TAB SEES: An giant alien creature being attacked by a stealth fighter.. Fighter is headed right between his eyes....and he has very skinny legs......


BLOT 3:






COMMON RESPONSES: This is a card with black and red ink, frequently visualized as two people facing each other or sometimes a butterfly or moth.
Possible Sexual Imagery: Male sex organs and female breasts, right about where you would expect to find them.

TAB SEES: Two naked women trying to pull the horns off a dead steers skull.


BLOT 4:






COMMON RESPONSES: Another colorful card, this time with orange, pink, and green inks. This one is tough to visualize anything specific in; most test subjects struggle to find something to "see" in it.
Possible Sexual Imagery: Female sex organs, usually seen at the bottom of the card.


TAB SEES: New improved version of airline baggage...


BLOT 5:




COMMON RESPONSES: This is the last Rorschach card and certainly the most colorful, consisting of blue, gray, pink, green, orange and yellow inks. It's a very complex mish-mash of shapes with lots of "activity" and plenty of places to "see" things.
Possible Sexual Imagery: Male sex organs at the top center of the card.

TAB SEES: a X-RAY image of "The Alien".

Three men were standing in line to get into heaven one day. Apparently it had been a pretty busy day, though, so Peter had to tell the first one, "Heaven's getting pretty close to full today, and I've been asked to admit only people who have had particularly horrible deaths. So what's your story?"

So the first man replies: "Well, for a while I've suspected my wife has been cheating on me, so today I came home early to try to catch her red-handed. As I came into my 25th floor apartment, I could tell something was wrong, but all my searching around didn't reveal where this other guy could have been hiding. Finally, I went out to the balcony, and sure enough, there was this man hanging off the railing, 25 floors above ground! By now I was really mad, so I started beating on him and kicking him, but wouldn't you know it, he wouldn't fall off. So finally I went back into my apartment and got a hammer and starting hammering on his fingers. Of course, he couldn't stand that for long, so he let go and fell -- but even after 25 stories, he fell into the bushes, stunned but okay. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I ran into the kitchen, grabbed the fridge and threw it over the edge where it landed on him, killing him instantly. But all the stress and anger got to me, and I had a heart attack and died there on the balcony."

"That sounds like a pretty bad day to me," said Peter, and let the man in.

The second man comes up and Peter explains to him about heaven being full, and again asks for his story.

"It's been a very strange day. You see, I live on the 26th floor of my apartment building, and every morning I do my exercises out on my balcony. Well, this morning I must have slipped or something, because I fell over the edge. But I got lucky, and caught the railing of the balcony on the floor below me. I knew I couldn't hang on for very long, when suddenly this man burst out onto the balcony. I thought for sure I was saved, when he started beating on me and kicking me. I held on the best I could until he ran into the apartment and grabbed a hammer and started pounding on my hands. Finally I just let go, but again I got lucky and fell into the bushes below, stunned but all right. Just when I was thinking I was going to be okay, this refrigerator comes falling out of the sky and crushes me instantly, and now I'm here."

Once again, Peter had to concede that that sounded like a pretty horrible death.

The third man came to the front of the line, and again Peter explained that heaven was full and asked for his story.

"Picture this," says the third man, "I'm hiding from a jealous husband inside his refrigerator..."

I subscribe to the KISS method in all things possible...
while at the same time subscribing to saving money
everywhere possible....

For that reason, I have Time Warner Cable
which includes my digital phone lines,
and my high speed internet connection as well as the idiot box...

It all comes in a bundle, in order to simplify and save money.
 Most of the time all is well and good except on days
 like today when there is as they call it an "area outage".

What this translates to is no phone, no idiot box,
 no internet connection until they get it fixed....
With the things I needed to do today with the computer
 and the phone it was most frustrating...
I had to use my cell phone for 4 hours, and
as I write this post the internet connection has
only been up for about 7 minutes now....will it last...
I does not know....

But again what are my options....can't afford AT&T
 phone service when compared to 39.95 for cable
with free long distance anywhere in the US....
Dish T.V. has more problems than it solves...
and just to have high speed internet alone is most expensive
 so therefore we have the BUNDLE....

Very soon I am sure, someone will offer to bundle
my Garmin, my cable, my internet, my TV, my phone,
my fax, my emergency weather radio,
and my lawn service in one package...
then every time we have thunderstorms or solar flares
 I won't be able to do jack shit...........

I read an article today about the credit crunch caused of course by the rising cost of everything....combined with the housing downturn and foreclosure ratios.

It seems even people with good
(on a scale of poor, fair, good, excellent)
are having trouble gaining new credit in certain area's
of the credit market.

You have a FIC0 credit score attached to your credit record.
FICO is a mathematical model created by the Experian credit bureau as a tool for lenders to use in evaluating the risk  associated with issuing you credit.  All credit reporting
agencies use this score.

A FICO score can range from 200-900. A minimum score
of 620 is required to obtain prime interest rates.
Anything less than 620 is now becoming
less than desirable to lenders who have become
gun shy due to high levels
of losses on defaults on all kinds of credit programs.

Added to the FICO computation, banks, automobile dealers,
credit card companies, department stores, and others
are raising their minimum requirements for the issue of credit.

In the lingo of credit issuers "A+ paper" is someone
with a FICO score of 720 and up with zero late payments on
any account open or closed.

DO YOU KNOW YOUR FICO SCORE ? You are allowed to ask
the credit bureau's for a free copy of your credit report
with FICO score. It is something you should know,
plus it is wise to monitor your credit file every
year to avoid mistakes, and to ensure no unauthorized
checking of your credit history and to stop identity theft.

The lower your FICO score, the higher the interest rate
you will pay on credit request. Your FICO score effects
everything you do from applying for new employment,
buying cars, homes, appliances, credit cards,
cell phone rates, etc.etc.etc.

Be sure you know your FICO score, and what's in your credit file.  If the trends continue it could become a reality that only A+ paper will be accepted for mainstream credit...All others may go sub-prime
if you can be approved at all and you will pay dearly in down payments and interest charges.....

Side note: One article I read was relating to the fact that automobile
dealers are approaching the point of not taking certain vehicles in on
trade at any price. One dealer stated that if you wish to trade in a SUV
you need not come to his dealership as he can not help you..He will not
take a SUV on any condition...He said he had 97 SUV's in his used car
inventory and that he could not sell them either to the public or at the
auto auctions and that he did not intend to have 98 in his inventory...
As gas prices continue to rise, other low mileage vehicles other than
SUV's would be added to his list...(such as big trucks with V8 engines
and high performance sport cars)......