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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
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Entries from June 2006
You Learn Quickly, Grasshopper
June 30th, 2006 · 1 Comment
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Advertising · Italy · Work






