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You can gather all that speculation elsewhere.

We prefer to sit back and watch the ads with a Miller Lite in one hand and big batch of chili nachos on our lap…in a bowl on our lap, that is.

Tiki Barber: Great NFL Back or Next Patrick Ewing?

In some non-advertising, Super Bowl related news, we find it tremendously humorous that NONE of the Giants will give Tiki Barber an interview on NBC’s Today show (Market Watch).

Problem is, Barber is persona non grata now. Based on media reports, he stands a better chance at scoring a sit-down with Osama bin Laden than with Eli Manning or Michael Strahan. Barber is on the outside looking in at a very bad time for NBC.

We never really liked Barber, mostly for Fantasy Football reasons.  We had him when he was Mr. Fumble and we refused to draft him when he was leading the NFL in all-purpose yards. Grrrr.

Whether the Giants win the Super Bowl or not, we think that Tiki has more than fulfilled the Ewing Theory, as explained by One Bill Simmons. 

This is sorta how we feel about most of our ex-girlfriends.  Sorry Tiki!

Toshiba, The Poorly-Run Evil Empire

On January 9th, we gave you a brief, informal history of HD DVD vs. Blu-ray DVD.

Apparently the folks @ Toshiba have not been paying attention to the news.  Every major studio has sided with Blu-ray, yet Toshiba has purchased $3m worth of Super Bowl air-time.  Ha!  “Worth.”  It was awfully silly of us to use that word!

We wish Toshiba the best of luck in selling the rest of their $499 $149 HD DVD players that will, soon enough, not play DVDs from major film studios.

In the meantime, rumor has it that Microsoft is scrambling to put together a deal that will allow their X-BOX gaming console to house a Blue-ray player. 

The Blogosphere, Slighted Again!

Boo-freakin-hoo. 

The latest anti-blogging sentiment is coming out of Target’s PR department.

Apparently ShapingYouth.org  got all bent out of shape over and advertisement that “targeted” a female’s crotch.

You can see the image here.

Target’s response was a bit snippy:

Unfortunately we are unable to respond to your inquiry because Target does not participate with nontraditional media outlets.

We think it’s a bit of a stretch to get offended by this ad.

Either way, it’s important to remember the following, whether you’re a blogger or a large corporation:

BLOGGING IS NOT JOURNALISM. And it doesn’t aspire to be. It’s a completely different art form that has absolutely nothing in common with journalism. They aren’t the same thing, and they aren’t supposed to be.

A blog is a blank website with roughly 17 trillion potential applications. You can use it to make stupid dick jokes. You can use it to post pictures of your trip for your family and friends to check out. You can use it to sell t-shirts…It has no rules. No supposedly built-in set of ethics. No style guidelines. It’s a blank canvas, for you to do with as you please.

Thanks to Deadspin’s Big Daddy Drew for this rant on blogging.  We think it will happen everyone understand the big picture of what blogging REALLY is.  You can red the full rant here.  (Deadspin)

 Other Boxworthy Items:

We’re happy to see that Steve Carell has no interest in talking to TMZ.  Smart guy. He must have attended a quite splendid academic institution. (TMZ)

Wendy’s is moving their creative chores over to Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners.  We expected this, and we’ll miss Mr. Wendy and his red wig. (ADWEEK)

Jeff Zucker is tossin’ the high heat @ mobile companies, commenting on the fact that mobile providers are short-changing content companies as part of mobile deals. (ADWEEK)