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Friday, February 03, 2012

Napoleon theme park? Dynamite idea.

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Like most Europhiles, I tend to make knee-jerk assumptions about the cultural superiority of European countries. The longing to live in a mo...
Thursday, February 02, 2012

Klout-less (and proud of it)!

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Man, it’s both Groundhog Day and James Joyce’s birthday. So I really should be focusing my attention on whether Punxsutawney Phil and/or Ste...
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Glockenspiel

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One thing I’m just as happy for is that, in my family, there’s no such thing as the family business. I suppose if there’d been no such thi...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Really Smart Cars

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I love the look of Smart Cars. Seriously, who wouldn’t want one of these cutie-patootie little vehicles. Every time I see one, it fills me w...
Monday, January 30, 2012

$14,000? Costa Crociere’s got to be kidding

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Forget the lost luggage and the ruined vacation. Capri pants and cotton sweaters, Tumi bags and iPads are all replaceable. Ruined vacati...
Friday, January 27, 2012

Kodachrome: True colors are fading (or maybe just showing).

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The other day, I was in the car with my niece Molly, driving near her old grammar school. “Oh, no,” she gasped. The ice cream shop where...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

De(bed)bugging: help is on the way.

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Long time Pink Slip readers know that I have been on the bed bug case for a good long while. My first post was way back in 2008, and I’ve ...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

‘Til death do us party-hearty!

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It’s easy to think that the funeral business will always be with us. After all, everyone dies. And those left behind, if nothing else, hav...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

O Captain, my Captain. “Get back on board, for [expletive] sake!”

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Along with the “routine” plane crash and the terrorist on board, the sinking ship has got to be one of the top travel fears. Lusitania. Tita...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Surrendering your hamsters

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I was going to start the week with a post about hedge fund managers. Or more dubious technology from CES.  Or a possible cure for the bedbug...
Friday, January 20, 2012

Wi.Spi. Who do you spy?

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I’m not a gadget-y type of person. I don’t have to possess the leading edge on anything. I would get bored with Siri after asking the second...
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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Serfin’ USA

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A couple of months back, there was an interesting article in The New Yorker on a growing industry: temporary personal assistants . (Not su...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Worst. Excuse. Ever.

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I was never one for mental health days. Or physical health days. Extraordinarily fortunate – knock on wood and formica – when it comes to h...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Yes, ICANN invent some new gTLDs.

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When I saw the ad in The Economist for a new president/CEO, the organization’s deliciously Huxley-ian name -  Internet Corporation for Assi...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

Sorry, cupcake. You’re no longer the Hostess with the mostest.

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I saw an article in The NY Times Deal Book the other day on Hostess – the cupcake folks – filing for bankruptcy. Well, my first thought wa...
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Friday, January 13, 2012

Checking out the library

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One of my New Year’s resolutions was to start going to the library. This resolution was prompted by the closing of the Border’s that I wal...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Of Mice and Mountain Dew

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I’ve never been a Mountain Dew drinker. Actually I dew do not  believe I’ve ever had one. Then again, I don’t believe I’m the object of thei...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Guess I’ll never work at (Barney) Google

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The Wall Street Journal , a few weeks back –Remember then? Last year? Whoa:  talk about the way-back machine  - had an article on the oh-so-...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Learning from the failures of others

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As I wrote yesterday, The New York Times had a recent article on a handful of small businesses that didn’t quite make it over the line and ...