As reported in “The Onion” and with holiday weekend implications, consumption of double stuff Oreos may lead to “tolerance”: For 90 percent of Americans, it now takes twice as much stuf to reach the same level of satisfaction once achieved with a single layer of stuf,” the report read in part. Health care practioners are bracing for the surge of new patients with “S.O.S” or “stuf Oreo syndrome.”. Read more »

With the economy this bad, you’d probably want to hold on to your wallet tighter than ever.  Unless of course you’re a king.  The Burger King in this case. So Good, a blog devoted to “the absurd world of food” reports that stealth marketing agents are “losing their wallets” around Chicago, Orlando, and Phoenix and Los Angeles.  Pick it up and inside you’ll find: Cash – ranging from $1 to $100. Read more »

Riding the packed 6 train in New York at rush hour, chest to chest with total strangers, separated only by the thin white cord of earbuds and hidden iPods, I feel the anxiety rubbing off on me. New York City is emotionally charged at the moment. Read more »

If you’re trying to get your mind around what a mashup is, take a look at Platial.com and see how consumers are geocoding retail by theme and recommendation. The site is designed to enable anyone to find, create and use meaningful maps of places that matter to them. Read more »

While working in Sarajevo a friend showed me what has to be the world’s most ridiculous inter-office form [click to download PDF version of the "Toilet Paper Tracking Form] … a toilet paper tracking sheet. Read more »