Mortie, Mortie: He's no shorty, Mortie.
Low-carb diets are killing Krispy Kreme. Shareholders are suing senior management for misleading them about the company’s direction. No-carb donuts to follow?
Will the Silicon Valley become a place in which executives live in the States, and the employees live overseas?
Jeffrey Skilling of Enron in a drunken brawl. And then two California runaways diguised as rural Canadians were found — what’s strange is one of them is called Tom Green, but it’s not the comedian.
Offshoring is bringing doubters of its effectiveness for a company’s bottom line, which complain about a lack of available programmers. Not so, says Fast Company.
Democrats are better for the economy, and Wall St should take note, says the Christian Science Monitor.
MSNBC opines that the housing market is about to go “Pop!”, if interest rates start rising and people stop refinancing.
Confusion over the gay marriage issue has led to one Oregon county banning all marriages until the issue has been resolved.
Big tobacco is set to pull its funding for Truth, the organization formed to effectively highlight the ills of smoking — their problem with the organization is that it’s working too well.
“Every (environmental) win is temporary, every loss is permanent.”
“There is no such thing as an environmental victory – only a stay of execution.”
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Fun with coffee marketing.
The IEEE agrees we should place limits on offshore outsourcing. Y’think?
Whoops! Coca Cola’s Dasani bottled water is admitted to be nothing more than tap water.
Finally, a break from the offshoring trend. Washtech reports that Washington and some other states may pass laws to ban offshoring, although this ban would apply only to state agencies. Still, it’s a start.
Fun at the Green MBA barn with a fellow student — a wacky night in Santa Rosa:
The realities of the dot-com economy come alive with this job description for an intern at Nullsoft WinAmp.
I’ve felt really clear about the progress of this cleanse… it’s been much easier, although I had a cleansing reaction last night — but then I’m not sure if it was some vegetables I didn’t wash.
More detail to come: part of my education involves journaling, and most of that will show up in this space.
The Organic Consumers Assocation spotlights an Emory University “Neuromarketing” study, which uses MRI technology to study a subject’s brainwave patterns as they relate to advertising and consumerism.
Finally, a site dedicated to santorum (note the lack of capitalization, intended).
Chopstix, the dueling piano bar.
Here’s a better alternative to flower delivery: Organic Bouquet.com, delivering organic flowers to your door, and keeping small growers in business.
Fun with Mr. Picassohead, a nice twist on an old game. Seattle’s own Jones soda makes headlines as it sells out of Turkey and Gravy Soda as a Thanksgiving promotion, now selling for as much as $99 a 4-pack on ebay.
A safe environmental online shopping catalog can be found at GreenHome.com. A limited selection of clothing, though. Why isn’t anyone making organic italian suits?