Patrick

That's great.

Welcome back, boyo1991. Patrick

Good to see.

Thank you for the submission. Patrick

Pretty funny. Via Digg.

Thanks for jumping in, skullsplitter. It's good to hear the perspective of a martial artist AND parent of a young student.

Thanks for starting this thread, rogue2257. And great replies beagstkd, Bob, RW, Wa-No-Michi, Brian, Vierna and Toptomcat!

Welcome back, barryives. That sounds great. Great to find the love again, no matter what the activity.

Welcome aboard, mr_obvious. Thank you for coming out of lurker mode! Patrick

Yeah, the Dolphins game was encouraging, but still a loss. The Wildcat was really effective, which was great to see. But, the defense was just bowled over.

That's good. In baseball, I remember I was on a reeeeeaaallly bad team one year. But, I was young and I had fun. Patrick

Sorry to hear that, karate_kat. But, the experience just makes you better for next time.

http://revision3.com/filmriot/batman/#seek=575 Via Digg.

http://directdaily.blogspot.com/2009/09/mcdonalds-free-coffee-ambient.html With Joe and me talking about creative ads lately, here's another one. Pretty cool ad. Via Digg via Gizmodo.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4485941

Interesting thread, Joe. Yeah, I mean, these sorts of advertisements have existed offline for a very long time, in newspapers and magazines. Disclaimers and disclosures are the key. They're integrating legitimate news coverage, with marketing material placed in a news format. There is one big problem with this. If you go to http://news12today.com/, you see the same thing. Notice her name is Janice. Is it Janice or is it Julie? Did one of these sites rip-off the other and change the name? Is this a template site that is being distributed by the manufacturer to affiliates and then they are creating multiple websites using it? It could be a harmless accident, but it is strange. Being a web developer and someone who is concerned with ethical online marketing, I see things from that perspective. The other part that is questionable is the implication that News 9 Today is an actual, news channel. Obviously, the name was created to imply that. This is, perhaps, somewhat deceptive. Other than those issues, I don't really mind the ad and I am all for creativity in advertising. Patrick

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6088109/ZooBorns-cute-exotic-baby-animals-born-at-zoos-around-the-world.html This Fennec Fox is too much: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6088109/ZooBorns-cute-exotic-baby-animals-born-at-zoos-around-the-world.html?image=2 Via Digg.

Welcome to KF, karate_kat. Good luck with your grading. Patrick

Well said.

Funny.

http://www.animaltalk.us/busy/orangutan-and-little-girl-become-friends.html Cute pictures. Via Digg.

Great post, Brian. And, to be fair (you sort of eluded to this), you can do the same thing to adults. It doesn't take much to find a video of an adult practicing martial arts in what you would consider "bad" and then one that you would consider "great." Patrick

This is a great thread. Good replies algernon, Alex and JusticeZero. And thank you, Dark Planet. Patrick

Have you been to a doctor yet, Geminias? That's a long time ago - you should really get it looked at, rather than dealing with the pain, which could lead to something worse down the road.

Sorry to hear that. But, it sounds like you had fun, which is good. Patrick