Tag: Is It Just Us?

Anyone notice that all of a sudden there are a lot of TV ads for UC Davis Health System – the ones where these physician-type people are cycling, rowing and going about their daily business in their lab coats, and looking very physiciany?

I couldn’t figure it out because I’ve never seen anyone out in the city dressed up like a physician going for a jog. But then it made sense…

I believe that the “physicians” in the commercials are not real physicians, at least in the human sense. They are, in fact, physician androids designed and constructed by the health system for the sole purpose to practice medicine. I call them “physiciadroids”.

What’s my proof? The narrator in the commercials is none other than Brent Spiner – aka LT. COMMANDER DATA of the STARSHIP ENTERPRISE (1701-D). If that doesn’t give this whole thing away, I don’t know what would.

Dear Folsom Chevrolet Marketing Department:

People who are online and naked are likely not shopping for cars.

You may, of course, feel differently and decide that the naked-web-surfer represents an untapped market for vehicle sales. If so, more power to you. But, you can’t say you were never warned.

Sincerely,

SinghCity

I sure do and going to a pizza parlor or gas station was a real treat when Mom or Dad would shell out a nickel or dime for me to get a shiny new ball from the machine. Ah, those were the days, right? And if you were really in luck you’d come across the coveted Super Bouncy Ball machine.

Well, my friends, as you can tell from the photo, times, they have a changed. These were found at the Taco Bell on Fair Oaks and Arden. Man, nothing says being a kid more than tramp stamps and dollar signs!

An observant and curious reader sends me the following:

Is it just me or has anyone noticed the foul smell in the air around town? I know that Sacramento has been labelled a cow town, but it sure is smelling like cow shit around here since this latest storm passed through. Is there something I’m missing? Is there a livestock zone somewhere near here? I’ve lived in Sac for 15+ years and never caught whiff of this before…

Personally I haven’t had the pleasure. My recent forays downtown have suffered their share of sensory offenses but none was the distinct odor of cow shit.

I’m sure this phenomenon is by no means unique to the Greater Sacramento region, but nothing makes me feel more like Ward Cleaver than shaggy haircuts on the young men, aged 8-12. I get the feeling that the parents of these boys with the shaggy hair (what’s next, slingshots in the back pocket? hooch? marbles!!!??) think it looks very appropriate, a classic hairstyle, even. Wake up. Your kids are walking all over you. This new shaggy cut, the rebirth of the coif made famous by Shaun Cassidy (pictured) and his ilk of the 70s, is no better than the rat-tail was, but at least with the rat-tail, everybody knew what was going on–if your kid had one, everybody but you thought it was ugly, unless their kids also had rat-tails.

Watch out for them, Sacramento. If you see a group of young men, and one of them has a shaggy haircut, I guarantee that’s the one who will cause the trouble. Would you trust that he had not spit on your pizza while delivering it? Would you let him anywhere near your daughters? Would you trust him to give correct insurance information when he rear ends you in his 4Runner (if not now, soon enough)?

Some great hairstyle research to be done at Gene’s Barber Shop.