The Geek Cool

One way to reduce the power to insult is to appropriate the terms that are being used to insult. The black people appropriated the term "nigger," which used to be a very insulting term, and have been using it among each other. Similar thing has happened with the term "geek."...

Big Wheels Rolling....Cool Daddies Strolling

A buddy of mine (and his wife, natch) just had a baby the other day. And amid all the ooooing and ahhing that invariably accompanies such a joyous event I tried to warn him about one of the greatest purchasing...

The Old Man & the Skateboard

Nostalgia can be pretty potent stuff when it’s deployed in service of a consumer product. Few things can rival the glossed perfection of a fond memory, which means that any ad successfully tagging the good times...

Zoom, zoom, zzzzzz: Aging gracefully & what "cool" actually means

Young and cool or old and lame? Which do you want to be? Judging from the rocket-like sales of face smoothers and rod stiffeners it would seem the answer is fairly clear. Nobody wants to be old and lame, even when...

Blue Poo: Diapers as duds and why age is just a number

The grass is always greener. When we’re young, we want to be older. When we’re finally older, we want to be young. How insane is it to spend the first half of our lives pulling every trick in the book to age...

Wild Horses: Bullitt, Steve McQueen and why going fast is cool

Hands down, one of the best movie car chases of all time has to be the Steve McQueen Mustang-Charger chase from “Bullitt.” Those cars absolutely tore up the streets of San Francisco, and did it at real speed...

Woman Wants African Farming to be Cool

Can farming be cool? Especially on a continent where it has long been associated with hardship and poverty, can agriculture be attractive to a young generation looking for big opportunities? A young woman ...

Economist declares economic 'train wreck' in America's future

" If you thought last week’s job numbers were bad, take a look at the latest from Morgan Stanley’s chief economist, Richard Berner. In a research note that’s been making the rounds of economics blogs this...

Meet Lauren, Microsofts new weapon against Apple.

It looks like Microsoft may be onto Apple's achilles heel.  Where is it? Cost. With the economy so bad, people are starting to weigh cost to performance to coolness.  Microsoft has a new campain, that...

Cupcake Cool!

As the recession kicks in we're told that feel good films and music will be what everyone turns to and so it seems with food too as cupcakes make a comeback big time. Who can resist the guilty pleasure of...

Calls mount for disgraced Illinois governor to quit

" Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich faced pressure to resign on Wednesday after his arrest on charges he tried to sell U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, swap favors for money and strong-arm a newspaper...

Race Car Driver and Actor, Paul Newman Dead

" September 27, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by Los Angeles car accident attorneys, the legendary actor, racecar driver and entrepreneur of Newman’s Own food line has passed away after his battle...

Cool Way To Spend NDP Money

I’ve read the NDP needs campaign funds fast. If I wanted to be mischievous, I’d tell you how to play a game to see how much they have remaining… 1. Search Jack Layton (Google or Yahoo) 2. Click on the Sponsored Links on the right. 3. Spend a few moments on the site....

WEATHERAmerica Newsletter, Thursday Evening, September 18, 2008 at 8:45 P.M. CT

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK(potential for tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail within the next 24 hours)ISOLATED Severe Thunderstorms(Microbursts, Large Hail, Isolated Tornadoes)W ON....C QBSome Thunderstorms May...

US implements COOL food labeling

The US has finally implemented a law that requires country-of-origin labeling on meat, fish, poultry, produce and peanuts as of September 30, 2008.  "On May 13, 2002, the Farm Security and Rural Investment...
 

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