http://merrillmarkoe.com The site for all things Merrill Markoe Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:24:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://merrillmarkoe.com/re-the-super-bowl-how-i-tried-to-win-a-million-dollars-last-year http://merrillmarkoe.com/re-the-super-bowl-how-i-tried-to-win-a-million-dollars-last-year#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:37:22 +0000 Merrill Markoe http://merrillmarkoe.com/?p=1182 Okay, I know it is The Superbowl on Sunday but I don’t watch any sports. There. I said it.  None. Nothing. And I am fortunate enough to now live with a man who shares my lack of interest. (In fact, just last night he said to me “Who is playing this year? The Monkeys versus The Coconuts?”)I also never enter contests. Never ever.  But for some insane reason last year, when I saw that there was a contest that was about winning a million dollars by making a Dorito commercial, I was moved to  try and win. I thought “I can’t be the worst person entering this contest. And maybe I will be one of the best!” And thus, in the throes of a delusional headwind,  did I make a theoretical Dorito commercial that would have aired on the Super Bowl broadcast last year  had I won a million dollars. Which I didn’t. Read more

]]> Okay, I know it is The Superbowl on Sunday but I don’t watch any sports. There. I said it.  None. Nothing. And I am fortunate enough to now live with a man who shares my lack of interest. (In fact, just last night he said to me “Who is playing this year? The Monkeys versus The Coconuts?”)I also never enter contests. Never ever.  But for some insane reason last year, when I saw that there was a contest that was about winning a million dollars by making a Dorito commercial, I was moved to  try and win. I thought “I can’t be the worst person entering this contest. And maybe I will be one of the best!” And thus, in the throes of a delusional headwind,  did I make a theoretical Dorito commercial that would have aired on the Super Bowl broadcast last year  had I won a million dollars. Which I didn’t. Read more

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