Pants on the Flo

New York state senator Eric Adams opted not to address current political issues like unemployment or health care in his latest public campaign. Instead "Stop the Sag" is a campaign directed at the saggy pant people of NY.....… (I didn't believe it either..) It would be too easy to post that "Pants on the Ground" American idol track ri about now so i wont even bother -- im sure you've all seen it anyway... With all due respect senator you might want to consider investing your time, energy and tax payers $$ trying to raise the economy in New York rather than the pants in New York… -Andy

from the cradle to the grave – maketing2kids

parents and businesses know – kids call the shots. That’s why it’s no surprise that 95% off business put together complete marketing strategies that above all will get the attention off children. photo taken by me (andy) Lets looks at a few of the facts: 1) 70% of purchase decisions within a family are made directly or indirectly by kids. - directly: your child doesn’t like the product so you don’t buy the product - indirectly: your child is allergic to materials used in a product or the product itself so you don’t buy that product 2) Kids decide whats "cool" – as parents age they begin to pay much more attention to what their kids are buying it helps them to determine things like whats “in style” or whats “cool” – cool products turn into billions of dollars for businesses 3) Kids make the post purchase decision: ok so you decided your going to buy new car – guess who gonna choose the colour? Parents welcome kids to be apart of the purchase decision. Once a parent decides they will purchase a product they often seek insight from their kids. opinions from children on things like colour, size and even model can change the end purchase significantly. (3.5) Still don’t agree? lets take something a bit more simple and a question parents ask kids often: “Where do you want to eat lunch today?” child says: child says "happy meal at McDonald's" (because of the toy of course) lunch time rolls around and surprise your at McDonald's ordering a diet coke & supersizeing your fries

Purchase decision made by:??

Found this online, not the most interesting video but a decent addition to this post - check it out with all the marketing activity and attention directed solely at children - is it fair to say its only a matter of time before children lose their childhood? andy, "the moment a baby sees clearly they become a consumer"

just a big kid.

killed sometime on my lunch break with a few co-workers at the Mastermind warehouse sale (Mastermind is just a kids Toy store in Canada)- my co-workers all have kids so they took full advantage of the low prices and did all their christmas, birthday, hanukkah and good report card shopping.. i dont' have any kids to shop for so I ended up taking photo's from my phone... ..lately it feels like everywhere I turn everything's on sale.. the truth is no one is spared from the wrath of a poor economy. When the buying slows many retailers become overstocked with product(s), supply then eclipses demand. Naturally prices will drop in attempt to encourage sell through and balance the scales. It's truly a buyers Paradise if you can afford to spend... anyway on to a lighter subject these photo's..

found ernie?

andy, not bad photo quality from a camera phone...

Mrs. Beckham

“If I go to the supermarket looking like shit, that affects my work. I am selling an image. Plus, I have fun with it.”- Victoria Beckham . Here's a video from the shoot that Mrs. Beckham did for Harper’s Bazaar cover, this time January 2009 issue. She talks about her marriage with the sexy David Beckham, her three sons and wanting another baby, but this time a girl since she has 3 boys.

LMFAO

I talked about this lil boy years ago and running across this video reminded me how much i love him. Oh and i ♥ these commercial!!

Childhood Favo(u)rite or Lifetime Staple?

I had to put that "u" in brackets for all the Canadian readers... It's a Lifetime Staple for me... today it hit me " I dont' think i'v ever had a bad Peanut Butter an Jelly sandwich...ever" in such an inconsistent world it's nice to have a few things you can rely on... even if it is just a sandwich Andy wit a baseball.bat

January 20th, 2009 ...good day

Woke up extra early this morning (but for the first time in months... i wasn't tired.. anticipation + adrenaline is a hell of a drug) ...with all the "History in the Making" sleep wasn't a priority.. I went about my usual morning activities (shit, shower, shave, amongst other things...) but at 7:30 this morning (still half asleep)I caught myself reciting these lyrics in the most monotone sleep deprived voice you could image... this is track is somewhat appropriate for Jan 20th, 2009. dream big, Andy.O pasted the lyrics for your reading enjoyment ice cube: it was a good day Just waking up in the morning gotta thank God I don't know but today seems kinda odd No barking from the dogs, no smog And momma cooked a breakfast with no hog I got my grub on, but didn't pig out Finally got a call from a girl wanna dig out Hooked it up on later as I hit the do' Thinking will i live, another twenty-fo' I gotta go cause I got me a drop top And if I hit the switch, I can make the ass drop Had to stop at a red light Looking in my mirror not a jacker in sight And everything is alright I got a beep from Kim and she can fuck all night Called up the homies and I'm askin y'all Which park, are y'all playin basketball? Get me on the court and I'm trouble Last week fucked around and got a triple double Freaking niggaz everyway like M.J. I can't believe, today was a good day Drove to the pad and hit the showers Didn't even get no static from the cowards Cause just yesterday them fools tried to blast me Saw the police and they rolled right past me No flexin, didn't even look in a niggaz direction as I ran the intersection Went to $hort Dog's house, they was watchin Yo! MTV Raps What's the haps on the craps Shake em up, shake em up, shake em up, shake em Roll em in a circle of niggaz and watch me break em With the seven, seven-eleven, seven-eleven Seven even back do' lil Joe I picked up the cash flow Then we played bones, and I'm yellin domino. Plus nobody I know got killed in South Central L.A. Today was a good day Left my niggaz house paid Picked up a girl been tryin to fuck since the twelve grade It's ironic, I had the brew she had the chronic The Lakers beat the Supersonics I felt on the big fat fanny Pulled out the jammy, and killed the punanny And my dick runs deep so deep so deep put her ass to sleep Woke her up around one she didn't hesitate, to call Ice Cube the top gun Drove her to the pad and I'm coasting Took another sip of the potion hit the three-wheel motion I was glad everything had worked out Dropped her ass off, then I chirped out Today was like one of those fly dreams Didn't even see a berry flashing those high beams No helicopter looking for a murder Two in the morning got the fat burger Even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp And it read Ice Cube's a pimp Drunk as hell but no throwing up Half way home and my pager still blowing up Today I didn't even have to use my A.K. I got to say it was a good day. Hey wait, wait a minute Pooh Stop the shit What the fuck am I thinking about?

It's Nurse Plies TO YOU!

SooOOooOOooooOOoo I was getting my hair done today by the most AMAZING girl in the world, this girl has SKILLS!!! skills and a half she is so sick with it i had to tell her she need to raise her prices lol (whoever is in the GTA area and needs to get their hair did for a good $$$ let me know) she gonna mess around and make beauty shops shut down cuz when i say she hooked it up...SHE H O O K E D IT UP!!. ANYWHO so she's making me all sexy n shit and we're talking about careers and so on then the Ne Yo and Plies video comes on and she says "I wanna meet him" right away i said "he will prob want you to drop it low to the flo and show him why he should pick you to be his bust it baaaaybaaay" she laughed and said "He used to be a nurse... that's so interesting that's why i wanna meet him" i couldn't help but bust out laughing plies!? a nurse?! stop it!! I did my research and she wasn't fronting. Plies graduated from a four year college in Miami with a degree in nursing. you just cant make this shit up.

I heard her say: "i'm hoping for a good 2009"

in case you were hoping to have a good year this year dont' bother... make it happen (I know i will) image taken by a.mangold this feel good message was brought to you by andy and the good people at the segment now go do something nice for someone.. ----------------

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