“Management-speak, that buzzwordy lingo that flies about recklessly in conference rooms, PR statements and other corporate communications across America, is an evolution of language as much as a Rube Goldberg contraption is an evolution of technology. It is just a complicated way of expressing something very simple that sounds more impressive than it actually is.” -DMD
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Utah makes every weekend a 3-day weekend
Two years ago I wrote an essay here called How to make every weekend a three-day weekend. In it, I advocated the radical approach of moving to an 8-day week. Somebody was listening and saw the wisdom of this idea. Today the Governor of Utah, Jon Huntsman, signed into law an order with the goal of trimming budgets and conserving resources in the state government, through a more workable solution: a 4-day workweek, taking Fridays off.
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Breakfast Slurry!
From the “Ideas Not Ready For Prime Time” Department, we have the latest in food-on-the-go: Breakfast Slurry! Take your favorite breakfast cereal, throw it in the blender with some milk, and blend it to a thick milkshake consistency. Sound delicious? It’s terrible. This isn’t just a good idea with a bad name – no amount of clever marketing can make it unsuckful, so don’t even think of trying this at home. That is all.
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BBC announces Top Gear America, ruins it instantly
Good news: The BBC series “Top Gear,” a cult-fave here in the US through the magic of YouTube and torrents, but a sensation in Europe, is at last coming to America.
Good news: The current “presenters” (or hosts, as we call them stateside) of Top Gear will remain on the current show and will not be hosting the new show.
Good news: Adam Carolla is the first host chosen for the series.
Bad news: The show will be aired through NBC.
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