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Super Bowl Ads 2023
Disclosure: This year’s review is possibly the snarkiest. That’s just my honest reaction. Well, that was a pile of nothing much. Since 2015 (and maybe earlier), I’ve carved out some time to watch and comment on many of the Super … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisers, advertising, consumer, consumption, frugal, frugality, investing, personal finance, stocks, Super Bowl, wealth
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Super Bowl Ads 2022
As @BiscottiDon, er @WIBakingCo, so eloquently put it; My yearly tradition that comes from curiosity, investing, and getting a perspective on ‘mainstream America’ (or at least what the advertisers want us to think, see, and feel – and buy, of … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisers, advertising, cars, diversity, electric cars, escapism, fast food, investing, personal finance, stocks, Super Bowl, travel, trucks
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Super Bowl Ads 2021
I feel sorry for the people who had to produce ads for the 2021 Super Bowl, and yet, maybe not too sorry. We’re in a pandemic that’s mutating. The US is so not-united that one of the ads was wise … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisers, advertising, electric cars, Great Recession, Microvision, MVIS, pandemic, personal finance, Second Great Depression, stocks, Super Bowl
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Super Bowl Ads 2019
Silly as it sounds, I watch the Super Bowl ads for insights into personal finance. Want to see who has the biggest marketing campaign? Want to gauge the country’s mood? Want to check for trends in discretionary spending? Yep. Watch … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, climate change, inequality, investing, Microvision, MVIS, personal finance, social injustice, stocks, Super Bowl, technology
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Super Bowl Ads 2018
The game is over. Finally, I can sit down and watch one of the two most interesting events from Super Bowl Weekend; the ads. (The second most interesting event to watch is the Puppy Bowl, but I’ll enjoy that some … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisers, advertising, consulting, digital singularity, investing, personal finance, stocks, Super Bowl
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Super Bowl Ads 2017 Sell Success Carefully
The game is over. As usual, I skipped the game and watched the ads. I’ll assume some team won the game and some team lost the game. Congratulations. Sorry to hear that. The ads are entertaining, but I watch them … Continue reading
The Real Super Bowl Competition 2015
“A toast to the Seahawks. I heard that they … ” lost. Just a one word edit from last year’s Super Bowl post. Ah, the power of words. I worked through the game, or at least most of it. So … Continue reading
Total Perspective Shift
The philosophical underpinning for today comes from the Hithchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Welcome to the “Total Perspective Vortex“. ” . . . the TPV is now used as a torture and (in effect) killing device on the planet Frogstar. … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, disparity, frugal, frugality, health care, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, housing, income disparity, inequity, mortgage, occupy, Olympics, Simple Living, Super Bowl, wealth, wealth disparity
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Your Moving Money Game
A toast to the Seahawks. I heard that they won. Maybe someday I’ll watch a replay. I worked through The Game because it was the best way to spend my time. Then, after my work was done, I watched the … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisers, COKE, Duracell, entrepreneur, frugal, frugality, investing, Jeep, Maserati, occupy, personal finance, Seahawks, Simple Living, Smartcar, stocks, Super Bowl, wealth
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