This is truly one for the “you can’t make this shit up” file. Let’s see, the story is only three days old, but we have: overnight bankruptcy of IT-Factory, a supposed “best case” company suspected embezzlement of €70-130 million by…
Bizarre & Unexpected
Communication Director magazine has a little feature on 12 European communication blogs in the latest issue. “Out of over 113 million blogs worldwide, a few stand out as being some of Europe’s leading, most interesting and useful sources for information…
Update: Atlanta Constitution-Journal article on the baggage theft angle. While I don’t buy it, a widespread theory holds that ritualized humiliation and a foretaste of Hell is good for you. Well, if the theory holds, arriving in Atlanta’s Terminal E…
Did Marc Jacobs rip off a design for a scarf? And, if he did, why on earth did he choose this one? From our “frightening-if-true” department comes this dispatch from the Swedish provinces: “A 55-year-old man from Arvika in western…
You may not have noticed the new Alliconnect Blog,. Alliconnect is a place to discuss weight loss with the creators of alli, an over-the-counter weight control medication, approved for OTC sales in the USA, made by GlaxoSmithKline. I am not…
Lunacy apparently reigns at Scales Elementary School in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. On a school trip led by Assistant Principal Don Bartch, teachers staged a fake gunman attack on a class of sixth graders. “During the last night of the trip, staff…
Actually, I made the Moleskine part up, but I do love stories about useful analog tool. Go paper! Woman fights off mountain lion By John Driscoll MediaNews A 65-year-old woman fought off a mountain lion attack in Humboldt County on…
My dear friend The Organic Goddess is good — often too good — at taking the pulse of low culture. Today, she sends word of Huggable Urns: pillows and teddy bears stuffed with the ashes of your dearest departed. That’s…
Here’s a stupid idea to end all stupid ideas. WikiBios believes, in complete denial of the human experience, “that everyone in the world, no matter who they are, has a unique and interesting story that deserves to be told.” Now,…
I guess Stuart Bruce thinks Desirable Roasted Coffee is actually a coffee company, because he’s sure rushing for a free bag of beans. Stuart stirred blood a while back in his Popular Blogs Suck – IMHO post, a response to…
