Archive for December 6th, 2011

Apparently the “thrill up the leg” is gone … too bad.

December 6, 2011

During the 2008 presidential campaign, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews made headlines with his creepy comment “Obama sends a thrill up my leg”.

I have to tell you, you know, it’s part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama’s speech.

My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often.

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Well, it seems that the thrill is gone from Matthews leg.

Now, he’s criticizing Obama for being out-of-touch, ineffective, and shirking leadership.

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Oh my.  How things have changed in 3 years.

As a friend of mine observed:

I’ve talked to plenty of people who voted for Obama in 2008 who say they will not vote for him again.

I haven’t run into a single person who did not vote for Obama who say that they will vote for him in 2012

That says a lot, doesn’t it.

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Bad economy? … Jack up your heels.

December 6, 2011

TakeAway: IBM research shows a relationship between the height of women’s heals and the economy … the weaker the economy, the higher the heels..

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Excerpt from AdAge: “At Last a Good Economic Indicator: Heel Heights Poised for Fall”

Historically in economic downturns heels have tended to go up and stay up, according, a consumer-products expert with IBM.

Why? Consumers look to compensate for dismal times with more flamboyant fashions.

Certainly that’s been true during the recent downturn.

Flats and relatively subdued heels of the 1920s gave way to the high heels of the 1930s recession.

Platform heels also soared during the recession fueled by the 1973 oil crisis.

Ominously, the average height of heels mentioned in social media soared from 3 inches in the first half of 2008 to 6 inches in the second half, just as the U.S. financial bubble burst.

Heel buzz most recently peaked in the first half of 2009 at 7 inches, bounced around at 4 to 5 inches through early 2010 and plunged to 2 inches in the most recent IBM analysis from early this year.

IBM’s cross analysis of heel-height buzz and macroeconomic data suggest a strong inverse correlation between heel-height buzz and economic growth.

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