DE-Motivators

Do you hate pithy sayings as much as i do? Some glib rhyming/motivational/alliterated/over-done/inane saying that is often matched with a picture in an attempt to add substence and authority to the “words of wisdom”. Many of these are now excedingly popular in the business realm. I mean, why motivate with a sense of purpose, or people’s paycheck, or even common goals when you can give out pretty, small posters (framed of course) instead?

Now apparently someone, with a similar disposition as my own, has gone out and turned this previous marketing genius on its head. Dispair.com has created a litany of sarcastic, jaded products for those of us not motivated by a sunset and the words like “the value of hard earned money” (which incidently is the EXACT same value of money that was easy to come by). Some examples of their creations are listed below.

A-E-I-O-U…

Until recently, exercising your face required – well – some interesting efforts, such as, over-enunciating you vowels over and over, but NO MORE! Now you can get that same great work out in a new bizzare way: the Facial Gym! And apparently I’m going to have to add a new topic that encompasses all the bizzare stuff I have been finding lately.

Banana Guard

That’s right banana guard. It guards your banana. No really, your BANANA. Apparently squished banana’s in lunches has become quite a problem or perhaps the market for difficult to manufacture products is a bit to saturated right now. Anyway, it comes in a variety of colors and even a glow in the dark model (for a $1 more, of course).

Downhere Is Up And Coming

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hearing Downhere at a local venue. They are a group of Canadians with a great sound. The lead singer sounds so much like Kevin Max in some of their tracks that it’s uncanny. If I hadn’t see it live, I’d be tempted to put forth some sort of conspiracy theory…

You can actually hear their entire albumn So Much For Substitutes on the Downhere.com website. I personally really enjoyed their “In America” track, as well as others but that one is my favorite. :D

I give them:

star star star star star

Downsizing Ice Cream

No you won’t see your favorite ice cream flavors standing in line at the unemployment office, but what you might see is the bottom of container a little sooner. Premium ice cream brands are following Edy’s lead and reducing their “half gallon” size from 64oz to 56oz while keeping prices the same. This stealthily raises prices by 14% mostly in response to rising milk prices…

You can see the full article at Boston.com

— Thanks Jeff