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Pardon the Interruption but this ad is too weird!

I was checking out MLS news on Yahoo just now and was served the LowerMyBills.com ad below:

Seriously, what is up with the man’s photo in the ad? Maybe a marketing manager at LowerMyBills.com was drunk from a three martini lunch that afternoon or something. I’m not sure but the long, scraggly hair, unkempt beard and all around look of ‘my mind is somewhere but nowhere anyone else on Earth can go’ on his face do not make me scream “hey, let me go refinance the single largest investment in my life with these good folks!” Nor does his toplessness and potential nakedness for that matter.

The only reason I came up with for using this image is that unlike 99% of ads I see online or otherwise at least I spent a few seconds thinking about this one. Not in anyway that’s good for the company but maybe this is the 2010 equivalent of the dancing silhouette I used to see often on Yahoo! ad network pages.

Still, let’s look at this one more time zoomed in on the picture:

LowerMyBills Ad from Y! MLS News Zoomed

Sorry but I am just not trusting that guy with my money.

Twitters for 2010-09-20

@whump Ruby forgives but she never forgets! in reply to whump #
@eladmeidar do you have a recommended gem for audit trail in Rails 3? #rubyonrails in reply to eladmeidar #
@eladmeidar What addition to devise, I didn't see on the devise wiki 😦 in reply to eladmeidar #
@perezd Is http://blog.siyelo.com/the-easiest-way-to-make-sasscompass-work-on-h still best way to do sass/compass on heroku? #
@perezd LOL, put you on a list to make it easier to read w/out duping timeline… thanks, that was the answer. in reply to perezd #

Twitters for 2010-09-19

@druellan excellent example of how PHP has failed it's community that this hasn't been patched years after discovery! #sad in reply to druellan #
@steno @emilylewis @codepo8 funny for the never grown up men among us 😉 in reply to steno #
LOL @dangerousmeta Just ran into a dark pattern trying to figure out cost of dog insurance yesterday, somewhere between FID & PCP in reply to dangerousmeta #
Feeling sad for my Gunner pals. Not! #arsenotwinningalwaysnice #
I just ousted @ifindkarma as the mayor of Alta View Animal Hospital on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/96r8uy #
Getting @lilsydneyroo booty checked by #vet (@ Alta View Animal Hospital) http://4sq.com/96r8uy #
Supporting my community 😉 http://twitpic.com/2pqkq7 #
#superhappydevhouse40 FTW (@ Microsoft SVC w/ 4 others) http://4sq.com/FyB8N #
@eladmeidar Don't believe the lies! #gogaruco in reply to eladmeidar #
Q: @josevalim @cantoniodasilva Does Devise work best with any specific auditing gem? #ror #
@dweekly I'm here, near Larry M., where are you?? in reply to dweekly #
@kitt /raises hand and waves in reply to kitt #

Twitters for 2010-09-18

@psmith Hard to argue with Numero Uno, he is the Boss after all! #lastfm in reply to psmith #
I joined 1 other(s) at AlamoCiTimes.com http://kachingle.com/s/1508 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
Nice but no match for my yummy TS1 cooked leftovers @screwlewse #
Damn, what happened to the @twitpic attached to this? "Nice but no match for my yummy TS1 cooked leftovers @screwlewse" #
@screwlewse ROFL, was bbq country pork shoulder ribs #inmytummynowbyatch in reply to screwlewse #
@screwlewse Come work remotely for a day at @HackerDojo 😉 in reply to screwlewse #
@screwlewse I will be here. Wonder if we can get @chriseppstein and some of the other #SASS #Compass hackers to join too. in reply to screwlewse #
Sounds good to me, the more the merrier, @screwlewse @girlie_mac @estellevw in reply to screwlewse #
"Hopefully, Kachingle will be there to catch them when they fall (paywalls failing again, I might add)." @dangerousmeta http://bit.ly/bvsEF9 #
RT @screwlewse Doing a Work From Hacker Dojo (WFHD) day, Oct. 1st. Devs are welcome to come. /cc @hackerdojo @dustball #
Oh frak, just realized Oct1 no good, can do Oct8 instead? PPuhleaze? @screwlewse @girlie_mac @estellevw #

Twitters for 2010-09-17

Sorry, @stevemartintogo but 5, 6, neither are right–this year's number of greatness is 3.0.0 #railsrules #
I joined 1 other(s) at blogcraft http://kachingle.com/s/1521 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
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I joined 2 other(s) at The Buie Knife http://kachingle.com/s/1517 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
@HarlanCoben We have to wait 6 months!!! Book publishers really need to catch up to the 21st century!! in reply to HarlanCoben #
@beaulebens TSA must have seen your @gravatars dude! in reply to beaulebens #
@chadfowler Devise? #lazytwitter in reply to chadfowler #
@chadfowler Not sure, didn't see the word provider in yr original tweet–you could ask @josevalim in reply to chadfowler #
Very nice! Diaspora is a #rails3 app that uses Devise! http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora, tho sadly not #compass or #sass #
@chriseppstein I need to get new reading glasses, didn't see haml in Gemfile before. OTOH very nice to be wrong on this! in reply to chriseppstein #
Rock on! Liverpool 4 – 1 Steaua Bucharest Great start in Europa League for #lfc #ynwa #
@kitt You have not yet beaten me, lady #newtwitter #oldtwitter in reply to kitt #
New Cory Doctorow! (@ Mountain View Public Library w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/7b5DT5 #

Twitters for 2010-09-16

BillSaysThis made enuf social cents from 15 Kachinglers for 7 latte(s) http://kachingle.com/mp/6 #socialpayment #
@rbucich As long as its dollars and not Euros, Pounds or bars of latinum, well, okay! in reply to rbucich #
@cmheisel Oh man, nummy nummy! #thatisall in reply to cmheisel #
I joined 2 other(s) at The Ithaca Independent http://kachingle.com/s/1516 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
Is @QuakerOats trying to reuse Reagan's Morning in America campaign?? #oddmentalvibes #

Twitters for 2010-09-15

I joined 57 other(s) at The Kachingle Blog http://kachingle.com/s/1013 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
I joined 59 other(s) at Bunny Bunny Bunny Bunny http://kachingle.com/s/1 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
.@repopular it's your fav monitor calling, same ol' message 😉 /cc @chadfowler #
@WWLoriHC Good cop, bad cop or bad cop? in reply to WWLoriHC #
Hathor, full of the smart ROFL: http://www.thecowgoddess.com/tattoos-classic/ #pregnancy #
@screwlewse 85%, some ninja/rockstar you are! #andimeanthatinagoodway in reply to screwlewse #
@Marchdoe sorry, not working for me 😦 in reply to Marchdoe #
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@Marchdoe Works for me now 🙂 in reply to Marchdoe #
Bill will NOT be flying on these #fail at birth seats! Ever! || New "Pretzel Class" in the air… http://bit.ly/9ZuGxP /via @pragdave #
SFX guys will love this!!! NASA Looks At Railgun-Like Rocket Launcher: http://bit.ly/cwQ5Jt #scificomesrealagain #
@whump Wait, you want the HSR to stop at/run through MV?!?!?! Even though will be trench tracks & require 65ksf station + 3k parking spaces? in reply to whump #
@whump Okay, I buy that, but for my money there're too many stops planned and MV doesn't need to be one in reply to whump #
sniff sniff, no new Twitter UI for me yet… #

Twitters for 2010-09-14

Star Wars pin-up girls want you to support the Empire http://t.co/mWA15YU via @blastr #
RT @sogrady my new favorite page on @lanyrd – conferences in Belgium Waffles: http://monk.ly/aKlCfK #fixedthatforyou #
Hey @soccerbyives "Russia switches to fall-spring football schedule" More pressure on MLS to do same? #
Hard to believe @ChristineOD holds up a Fairly Ridiculous degree as qualification for US Senate but go with what you got, I guess #teabagger #
@whump If you think I'm going to readTHAT much of her site… in reply to whump #
@lilsydneyroo needs his party time (@ Mitchell Dog Park) http://4sq.com/bP1h1L #
Gingrich, D'Souza: Obama Has 'Kenyan' Behavior | @rcade http://bit.ly/b2UJdX #gopfail #

Zoo Station rocked Mountain View Arts & Wine

Mountain View is home to the Shoreline Amphitheater and so hosts many, many concerts. Living just the other side of 101 from it we can often stand in the yard and listen to washed-out, blurry music. Going to a show with 20,000 or so folks, though, is something I’m rarely interested in doing and so I’ve never gone there. If Springsteen or U2 ever changed their location strategy away from arenas and stadiums, that’d be another story.

Mountain View also hosts an annual Arts & Wine Festival on Castro St. and we went to this year’s over the weekend. The Festival has three or four bands on the ‘main’ stage by City Hall each day and this year we went to see Zoo Station, a U2 tribute band–TS1 is a huge U2 fan.

These guys were great! The lead singer, Bonalmost, has charisma to spare and, arguably, the hardest task in singing like Bono. The Sledge has his original’s enigmatic presence down pat.

This year was definitely a comeback year for the Festival overall. The booth count was way up from the last couple of years, stretching all the way from El Camino Real to Evelyn, and while I don’t have an attendance number for sure the crowds were much thicker (we actually went both days). Had some tasty fried calamari for lunch Saturday and a wonderful sweet, light southern style pulled pork sandwich Sunday.

Twitters for 2010-09-13

No, but your critics are from moronistan RT @gruber: Criticism of ugly ball caps = treason #
Zoo Station rocking at MtnVw Art Fest, get yr ass down here http://zoostationsf.com @zoostationsf #
Still rockin' with @viv080 to terrific @zoostationsf (can't upload photo, damn) #
@Fahrni He signed with the Texans a week or so ago in reply to Fahrni #
@whump seven minutes to Bieber, #goosebumps in reply to whump #

Twitters for 2010-09-12

@Discographies 18-19 nostalgia rules! in reply to Discographies #
@igrigorik "504 Gateway Time-out", site is ig'ed 😉 in reply to igrigorik #
Awesome! RT @chriseppstein Announcement: Compass & Lemonade merging w/new Sprite API: http://bit.ly/8ZGzv3. Welcome @hagenburger 2 team! #
Street fest! (@ Books Inc) http://4sq.com/6d4v2U #
Remembering Ruth, who left us for the Broadway up above 9 years ago today. RIP my friend. #
MtnVw Arts & Wine Fest is huge this year, got cute miniature Springsteen Telecaster guitars #
I just unlocked the "Swarm" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/brHfiD #
Cuz there're more than 50 awesome fools like me here RT @billsaysthis: I just unlocked the Swarm badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/brHfiD #
@kitt if you have time, take Opera House backstage tour–it's amazing in reply to kitt #

Twitters for 2010-09-11

@mtnygard Link should be http://github.com/danielwellman/bane /cc @david_a_black in reply to david_a_black #
@pragdave RSpec book ever coming? 😉 in reply to pragdave #
Awesome! RT @pragdave @billsaysthis Waiting for RSpec2 and Rails3 was hard on all of us… But the RSpec book is in production now #
Too intellectual! @jzawodn: Spam subject: "The 8th wonder of the world in your pants" #
@ozjimbob why do we need a discussion group about a discussion group? in reply to ozjimbob #
@mvvoice Oh I hope not! in reply to mvvoice #
RT@ideabing Startup Of The Day: Kachingle.com http://ibng.me/aDZs2I (and the 1st one too!) #

Twitters for 2010-09-10

I joined 2 other(s) at Blog http://kachingle.com/s/1507 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
5 stars to Twitter's titans @theMattHarris & @mccv @PayPal along with @PayPalx Evangelist & @kachingle for #tmeetup http://meetup.com/u/1PHt #
The Scary Fear http://youtu.be/sbzahj8FsKs /via @dangerousmeta #
@kmartino I play a lot with my wife's and it is fun, more so than an iPhone in reply to kmartino #
@eladmeidar Twitter dev evangelist at last night's #tmeetup said they were struggling with geo for imaginary places like WoW and Israel 😉 in reply to eladmeidar #
Are there any video sites that allow javascript so one could post a video along with a JS widget? #lazyweb #help #video #

Playing with Foursquare

Twitters for 2010-09-09

If Fox is so pro-America, why is a corp sib doing business with North Korea? http://bit.ly/bWU11c #moneytalks /cc @dfarber @foxnews #
@aaronsw I slightly favor Before and After Science & Taking Tiger Mountain plus lurve his Fripp collaborations in reply to aaronsw #
@gruber FTS goes well with Eugene Robinson's WaPo OpEd: Gov. Barbour's civil rights fairy tale http://bit.ly/cDDIjG #fts in reply to gruber #
Wonder if any of my RawSugar buds worked on it: "Ahh, Google's autocomplete feature built in Haifa, Israel." /via @Scobleizer #
@mathowie This is the reason I keep renewing my home warranty 😉 in reply to mathowie #
Kachingle demoing at Twitter Meetup (@ eBay Town Hall w/ 3 others) http://4sq.com/9gA4uM #
I just unlocked the "Explorer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/aTVCK1 #
@ufez you crazy, mahan, you crazier than @therealgarybetman #
$685 for Jimmy Page's photo autobiography http://nyti.ms/9SJnWT #zeprules #
Interesting demos at #tweetup of @badgeu and Twitter Bios #userscript #

Twitters for 2010-09-08

DOS on DOPE, ROFLMAO to the nth degree http://bit.ly/daVcyQ #nerdhumor #
@AndrewMueller @chrisabutler Wow, "as long as they get what they want" is an incredibly slippery slope & orthogonal to values #scrm #sm76 in reply to AndrewMueller #
@chrisabutler @AndrewMueller Ends don't justify the means, is what I meant to express #scrm #sm76 in reply to chrisabutler #
@gruber Nanotech in reply to gruber #
@Fahrni Did someone drop his MBP in a ditch or something? in reply to Fahrni #
@kitt really wanted to be there, good luck with the Aussies! in reply to kitt #

Twitters for 2010-09-07

I joined 5 other(s) at poupous geheimes laboratorium http://kachingle.com/s/1360 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
@whump HootSuite works for me for the free in reply to whump #
Another #ridiculous #job post requirement: "You dream in RSpec." #TDD is great, I'm all for it, but if you dream in RSpec you're #insane #
I joined 2 other(s) at Mr. Media TV Interviews http://kachingle.com/s/1505 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
Peter Thiel: In the long run, no good bets against globalization, The Optimistic Thought Experiment http://bit.ly/bFmUKR #awesome #mustread #
Yeah, Oakland's mayor is responsible for the murder rate #megwhitmanNeedsToWatchTheWire #politicalidiocy #

Twitters for 2010-09-06

@BryanJacobson6 You like the acoustic version? To me it was like someone rubbed itching powder over the amazing original! in reply to BryanJacobson6 #
Amazing, #rightwing #morons downvoted my comment on a Scorsese article out of view http://yhoo.it/9a5DTV #hypocrisy #canthidefromthetruth #
Stargate Atlantis "Vegas" was a damn good #sf TV episode! #

Twitters for 2010-09-05

Agree, @JFahrni (cc @fahrni) what I meant was more or less the same as you, just felt like the script was a draft and not final & polished in reply to JFahrni #
@chadfowler When were you last in the Vegas airport?? in reply to chadfowler #
Indeed, @StevenJV, @Fahrni since all had to do was say he went & saw with his own eyes, same rhetorical impact but no lie involved #doofus in reply to Fahrni #
@kitt hope you enjoyed, we can almost hear here at the house 😉 #

Twitters for 2010-09-04

I just ousted himani a. as the mayor of Hacker Dojo on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/2KHDXO #
LOL @beaulebens – @viv0810 and I are too, gonna hit @bbqkalbi before seeing The American in reply to beaulebens #
@beaulebens Come back to MTV and join us #partyfriday in reply to beaulebens #
@JFahrni Uh oh! #somuchfortonightsplan #
I joined 13 other(s) at The Gapsite http://kachingle.com/s/1402 #socialpayment #crowdfunding #
RT @viv0810: Eating dinner with @billsaysthis at @bbqkalbi #
@bbqkalbi you need to open 5 minutes early not late #gotamovietosee #
@bbqkalbi came out after 5 minutes and said 10 more! #fail (@ Sunny Bowl) http://4sq.com/6QOyDB #
The American (@ Cinemark Century 16) http://4sq.com/7N7QzZ #
@Fahrni @JFahrni @LFahrni we didn't hate it but it felt like a prep sketch an artist made before the painting #notquiteallthere #

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