Category Observations

Workday Super Bowl Commercial

In an effort to save money, Workday laid off 400 people…except the guy who spent around $14M to run a Super Bowl ad. Doritos and Chevys I get, but no one who’s in charge of selecting a multi-million dollar enterprise…

State of standup

I’ve been watching a bunch of standup clips on YouTube and Instagram. Most of them involuntarily because they’re injected into my feed. Either the platform algorithms are working overtime, or there is a crisis-level glut of standup comedy, or possibly…

How about advertising less?

In what I assume is a cost-cutting move, GEICO is closing all its offices in California. I’m no accountant or financial whiz, but if I were GEICO and trying to save money, the first place I would start is cutting…

Choco Taco Shocko

In news this week, the McRib of frozen treats, the Choco Taco, has been discontinued by the Klondike company. I didn’t realize this was a real thing. I just thought “Choco Taco” was slang for an STD. …and yes, if…

Bad Apples

Can we please stop using the expression “One Bad Apple”, especially when talking about the police? While I’ve never known a rogue cop, personally, I can name plenty of examples where there has been more than one bad apple. For…

Turn yourself in

I’m assuming women who are 100% behind the SCOTUS’ decision to eliminate Roe vs. Wade are also willing to turn themselves in if they themselves had an abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth. Wouldn’t that make sense? Shouldn’t they lead by example?…