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Entries from June 2006

You Learn Quickly, Grasshopper

June 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment

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It’s summer, I should be dieting. When I get around to it, I will use one of these two online calorie-counters: Calorie Count | Fitday
In case you want to see if an author [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Italy · Work

How to Make a Grown (Italian) Man Cry

June 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Beta-tester: I am testing the Beta versions of Hotmail as well as Yahoo mail. I am partial to Yahoo’s as it uses tabs as well as drag and drop!! Both are using AJAX technology which in layman’s terms means the page won’t have to reload now every time you click on something. Also using MSN [...]

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Tags: Italy

Drinking the Green Kool-aid

June 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

Luckily I never did this in real life with mine, but now you can Crash Your Jetta into various things like a Rhino or a dinosaur (click on “Watch Safe Happen”)
Know how to pour a Stella Artois beer correctly? This fun advergame/movie will tell you, and how.

This week, a rather large bottle full of a [...]

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Tags: Italy · Work

The Bigger the Butt, the Better

June 21st, 2006 · No Comments

Not for the easily offended, but a great online Pinball advergame for Beer League (NSFW - need headphones)
Snickers Satisfies - now daily! Every day they will have a different game, flash or something to keep you occupied. It’s an interesting idea with a lot of upkeep!

Che culo hai!! What a butt you have!
Welcome to Italy, [...]

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Tags: Italy · Language

Watching the game in Piazza Duomo, Milan

June 19th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Create your own Picasso masterpiece online
Put your Etch-a-Sketch skills to the test with the online version

Can you feel the excitement at the beginning of the game? There were about 5,000 people there watching the game with us. I didn’t see any American flags but I did hear a few Americans who were in true form [...]

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Tags: Italy · Milan

Are you ready for some…FUTBOL?

June 16th, 2006 · 6 Comments

Some links for the weekend…

A sunburn (not yours, natch) can be fun with the: Sundown “Human Piano”
Fortunately, I AM a morning person. For those that aren’t, there’s this hilarious commercial (I think this is how my husband sees me)

If you still have warm & fuzzies about Bob Saget from Full House, you need to [...]

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Tags: Italy

Expats in Italy GTG in Greve in Chianti

June 15th, 2006 · 8 Comments

Now that I’ve recovered from my sickness, I can put up some pictures from the Expats in Italy Get-Together in Greve in Chianti.
Of course, I remember my pictures as really capturing the moment, the happiness and the openness of the event.
Instead, what they really look like are: creepy white hazy backgrounds and people either talking, [...]

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Tags: Expats · Italy · Tuscany

Just the Perks, M’am

June 12th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Remember that Honda Civic Choir Ad I told you about? Here are two different spoofs of the ad. I likee.
Food photographers take MREs (military Meals Ready to Eat) and make them look appetizing

This week is a bit more partying and general enjoyment which was lacking in the overworked last week. Or at least, I hope [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Italy · Work