image making the rounds on social mediaWell, there goes another retailer in the dust-bin.  Toys R Us, with their well known mascot, Geoffrey the Giraffe,  are going away - declaring bankruptcy and being liquidated. The toy store chain was only 70 years old, so it's been around for a respectable time period, but not as long as other brick & mortar stores.I think I've only been into a

A while back I (and others) had seen this commercial on the internet which basically shows a couple of engineers (of the mythbusters kind - very unconventional ;-) ) making friend shrimp by blowing shrimp out of an air cannon into batter, breadcrumbs, and over a flame. Then, they enjoy some nice fried shrimp.  This seemed implausible, but the mythbusters in their final season tackled it. 

There are some commercials that have become sitcoms in the past, the Geico cavemen come to mind. That was a nice, albeit short-lived sitcome. Watching shows on Hulu I've been served up this ad (as well as other ads in the same series). The idea is that a bunch of experienced men (in a retirement community?) guide the younger of the clan along their life paths. I don't know why, but this commercial

One of the funniest things in Metal Geat is hiding and moving in a cardboard box - as if the enemies don't notice a cardboard box moving about, or appearing out of nowhere. In any case, the Japanese commercial for MGS Peacewalker decided to poke some fun at this staple of Metal Geardom. Enjoy :-)