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Getting fired doesn’t get any better than this. Rick Thoman oversaw Xerox Corporation’s unsuccessful restructuring and got the boot as CEO. As a retirement package, he will be getting about $800,000 a year. Wow… I wish I could screw up that well and get fired. (spotted on /usr/bin/girl)
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Is Caffeine to Soda what Nicotine is to Cigarettes?A Johns Hopkins study suggests that yes, Caffeine is added to soft drinks as a mildly addictive, mood-altering drug that hooks people into drinking more of it. The soft-drink industry says it adds flavour.
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Hunter S. Thompson is so bored with the political climate these days, he’s given up writing about it. “Anyone with half a fucking brain would be apathetic.” Lately he’s been more interested in shooting bears (and wounding his assistants).
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Lou Pearlman, the man behind the boy bands Backstreet Boys and ‘NSync announced this week, “Well, as I’m sure it’s been clear to you all along, I’m not interested in making music. I’m interested in making money. And ever since that whole MP3 thing started, I realized that the death of the recording industry as…
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Mistakes happen – Some are just more painful than others.
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Summer is here! Finally… an entire weekend that felt like summer! It was a welcome change from the usually rainy weekends Ottawa has seen so far… let’s just hope it keeps up well into the fall.
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Name Your Baby IUMA! – iuma.com, an online music site, has launched the “Name your baby Iuma” contest. Taking marketing to a whole new level, IUMA (Internet Underground Music Archive) will pay parents $5,000 or New Music for life to name their child Iuma.
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Obscene Interiors – A professional interior designer and a self-proclaimed “Smartass Designer Extrodinaire(sic)” take a look at, and comment on the horrors of interior design in Amateur Porn photos.
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Love Hurts – Registration is required to read this article. Some guy proposes to his girlfriend, she accepts, and he goes psycho. He tells her he has a surprise for her, and takes her to the landscaping business where he works. He tells her to close her eyes and lie down, then he lays down…
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Fairtunes.com Y’know, I enjoy a free ride every now and again, just like anyone else… Napster is a great way to fill your hard drive with MP3s, and I love sticking it to the record companies… but I know that while I am screwing the record companies out of their profits, I am also screwing…