It'll be at least another week or two before the usual bombardment of Christmas/holiday marketing kicks in, so let's take a minute to enjoy some classic Halloween-themed advertisements.  Not surprisingly, most of the ads you'll find are very costume or candy-centric, as Halloween is most definitely seen as a children's holiday.  Of course it wasn't always that way, and even today there are many visible vestiges of the holiday's pagan roots.  But I digress... Now I don't remember getting any Cracker Jack in ... Read on, Daddy-O

For those of us in the good ol' U.S. of A, Independence Day celebration time is almost here.  And that means that for those of us not spending the day looking for fingers blown off by illegal fireworks, it's cookout time!  So invite your friends and family over (Except for your second cousin Fred.  Holy crap, that guy's a boor.) and let's consume some charred flesh! First things first: let's fire up the grill!  (Kingsford Match Light charcoal, 1981) Who's up for some hot ... Read on, Daddy-O

Yesterday marked the 75th anniversary of the practical end of Prohibition in the United States. On that day in 1933 - eight months before the passage of the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution - it became legal brew and sell beer with 3.2 percent alcohol by weight (4.0 percent by volume). For reference purposes, a can of regular Budweiser is 5.0 percent alcohol by volume. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, I've grabbed a sample of beer ads throughout the years. ... Read on, Daddy-O

According to the Website Value Calculator, this site is worth a whopping...wait for it...$103!  But wait!  It gets even better, according to the Calculator... "Your site could sell text link advertisements at a rate of approximately $0/Link/Month." "If you sell eight links, you could earn approximately $1/Month selling text links on your site." "Your site could earn approximately $2/Month through creative product placements." I have my principles, but that sweet, sweet product placement money may be too good for me to pass up.  I'll have to ... Read on, Daddy-O