world
football’s coming home…
the world cup, the world’s largest and most important sporting event is underway. i was thinking today how little i knew about the world cup when i had the great opportunity to live in a football loving country during the world cup in ‘98. i was in england, and all eyes were on a young [...]
how to know if you should give up your seat
i remember when my friend was pregnant with her first child, she declared that chivalry was dead as evidenced by the refusal of dudes riding the blue line from bucktown to downtown chicago to offer their seats on the subway–we of course were all appalled. turns out men are very afraid to offer up their [...]
don’t tell the people of arizona
here’s an interesting one from across the pond. a road sign in wales, where the signage is bi-lingual, had a bad translation due to an out-of-office message from the go-to translator. when the road-works people sent this message “No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only” they received an almost instantaneous response from their [...]
employees jumping for joy, not
employee suicide at foxconn, the manufacturer who makes ipads and iphones, is a problem
she sure could use some reinvention now
duchess of york caught on video trying to sell her influence
the other dan and dave
remember dan and dave from the olympics and how they failed to meet expectations? well, another dan and dave–dan abrams of msnbc and mediaite.com fame and dave zincenko of eat this not that and men’s health have joined forces to open a new restaurant called the lion in new york’s greenwhich village–this one seems poised [...]
walked like an egyptian
i guess that’s because he is. but anyway, news came that one of the most famous stores in the world, harrods located in london, england, was sold by mohammed al fayed to a group of royals from qatar. the deal is worth $2.3 billion bones — a considerable profit over the original purchase price 25 [...]
