I lived through the dot com era, so I’ve seen companies do a lot of ridiculous things to win customers. (My favorite dot com freebie was iResearch.com, which paid me $200 to write 20 stock tips of 25 words each)….
For many years, California has seen more in-migration instead of out-migration except in periods of economic downturn. But recently, California has seen net out-migration despite relatively good economic times. See the Mercury News story. There are a variety of possible…
You may recall that I’ve blogged several times about SaveToby, the site that threatened to kill and eat Toby the cute rabbit if people didn’t donate a total of $50,000. People went bonkers about the threat to a bunny (as…
Californians are wimps when it comes to weather. Low temperatures are dipping into the 30s at night (which is unseasonably cold), and this produces lead stories in the local paper that “It’s Balmier in Buffalo.” I’m still able to remember…
Some observant Jews are suing Vienna Beef Hot Dog for extensively marketing that they are 100% beef (and, thus, acceptable for some Jews to eat, even if the hot dogs aren’t otherwise strictly kosher), even though allegedly the wholesale ingredients…
Half Moon Bay is our local pumpkin-picking capital. There are at least a dozen pumpkin farms in the area, most of them straddling Highway 92 as it heads west towards the ocean. These farms range from no-frills pick-your-own farmstands to…
Jacob turned four last week. After a birthday party at his school, where he got to wear a crown, we had a birthday party for him in our backyard–it was 70 degrees, sunny and beautiful. At Jacob’s request, Lisa made…
I haven’t had the chance to mine YouTube for good nostalgia, but on further reflection it seems obvious that the slinky commercial already would be posted there.
A Wisconsin lawyer is defending a client from charges of “sexual gratification with an animal.” But in this case, the deer was dead at the relevant time, so the principal defense is that a dead deer isn’t an “animal” as…
From NY Lawyer: Seth Zimmerman was an FTC lawyer and an active eBayer. He actively sold Washington Redskins tickets via eBay–a total of 1,100 sales over the course of 3 years, grossing nearly $100,000 in revenues. After he fell behind…