I have the Patton Oswalt recording of one of his 40 Watt Club nights, called Feeling Kinda Patton. And for those of you who are familiar with this CD recording, I am going to add to Patton's rant about really wrong advertisements.

I recieved in my mailbox an ad for The Oregonian (Portland's Local Newspaper.) Now, on the left-hand side is a mother, sitting on a barstool, leaning on the kitchen counter, reading The Oregonian, and in the background is this mess of a kitchen - probably left by the unphotographed children.

Now, even though this ad is for something else, it was the main tagline that got my attention. "The Oregonian - Still the Best 15 Minutes Of Your Day."

Now, I don't get The Oregonian because of many reasons. 1) I have the Internet access not only as my source of entertainment, but my source of news as well. 2) The Oregeonian has an obvious Republican slant, and also has reporters that do not capture all the details (although the reporting bit is slightly redundant after mentioning the Republican slant.) News is supposed to be news - not everyone's opinion about the news - that's the opinion section. 3) Why the hell would I want to pay an extra $52 a year (special offer) for paper that I have to go and recycle?

And now the Big One - 4) THE BEST FIFTEEN MINUTES OF MY DAY ARE COMPRISED OF HEADLINES READING: WAR, FAMINE, CORRUPTION, CRIME, DISEASE, NUCLEAR DISASTER, AND POLITICS?!?!!? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO MY LIFE TO MAKE SUCH TRAVESTIES OF THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE THE "BEST 15 MINUTES" OF MY DAY?!?!?

I normally wouldn't rant about this at all, but Patton Oswalt had something similar to say, and I felt that this all sort of tied in. But with less alcohol.

Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV - Cash Machine (I hear this on the radio, I don't have the album, but it's a pretty decent song, so I mention it.)

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