Eponym taken from Greek

Over my vacation once again we, the collective, get into a discussion over something stupid. However it has me thinking... Have you ever cut your self and asked someone for a "Band-Aid"? If so you may be guilty for brain washing. Band-Aid is the Band-Aid brand name adhesive bandages. And you might think what's the big deal, but what if I do not have a Band-Aid I have Next-Care? Not a big deal I know what you mean and will get you what I have. This is really not the issue.

The problem I have is the constant branding of everything in our lives. Now, I like marketing and I will most likely be a Hippocratic in most of what I say, but like Private Joker "I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir." It's a Carl Jung thing. Anyway, the shirt you wear, it's Ralph Lauren or Polo no longer the red one. The streets we drive on, is it Michigan, 421, MLK? Why? I guess in a way we Identify more with names then numbers, but that is not true 88 is NASCAR's favorite son, 99 is the circuits biggest cheater and no one like the 24 car. What it really boils down to is money and how much the people buy this crap. We are told through tradition and marketing what is acceptable. Just like it is fashionable to hate Jeff Gordon the 24 car, but we should clap every time Dale Jr. takes the lead. when did this happen. Or how about Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson, selfish and whiners, but when Bret Farve holds everybody on the line weather or not he is coming back we give him a pass. He has won only 1 ring and has had almost all of his records broken. Maybe Payton will fall under the same category. The difference is the marketing of each player, Favre has good PR because he is open to the media and played Monday Night Football the day his dad passed and Terrell Owens was doing sit-ups in his front yard wanting more money.