Monthly Archives: March 2006

I’m still slowly working my way through the idea that there’s a living, gurgling, farting little baby inside my wife, and I’m responsible for it. We went to the baby doctor again yesterday and it was a pretty short visit. They didn’t take a gallon of blood from my wife, they didn’t make her...
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Lately our office has taken to playing a little game we call “News or Spam?” Here’s the way it works: We each take about five minutes in the morning to scroll through our miles of junk email and then surf around various news websites looking for attention-grabbing headlines. Then we each take turns calling...
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Today, (Tuesday, March 15th, 2006) from 10am until noon Starbucks will be giving away free cups of coffee in a promotion they’re calling the “National Coffee Break.” They are estimating they’ll be giving away more than 500,000 12 once cups of coffee in the event. They’ll also have ‘Ventri Vans’ roaming around towns delivering...
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Okay, I admit that I’ve been a Men’s Health reader the past eight years or so. It’s written in a breezy “guy-to-guy” sort of style that only occasionally makes you think, “Are all these guys gay?” Generally, though, most of the topics are squarely centered on the things guys care about the most: justifying...
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The small site of huhcorp is pure fun and pretty much sums up 99.9% of American corporate websites. It’s got that great, professional look and feel that makes you say, “Wow!” Click through the headers on the right and read all about their exciting ideas, their really cool office space and their shiny espresso...
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Martha Stewart is trying to kill me. A few weeks ago I wrote about the lousy customer service I received from Sears. And, despite the fact that I’m really not a fan of Sears, I do happen to own a very new stove which was purchased from them about a month ago. I did...
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Subway Sandwiches has made The List of Companies I Really Hate. Surprisingly, they haven’t made my list because of any sort of food poisoning incident, lousy food or horrible franchise practices. They made my list because of their recently finished (though still advertised) “Fresh Resolutions” sweepstakes. A sweepstakes sounds like a fun way to...
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I, Tom Coffee, have discovered a completely new way to jumpstart our economy which will create millions of new jobs and completely revolutionize marketing in America! The problem with our economy now is that, really, everyone has everything they want and need. Instead of spending all their time creating new and better products, companies...
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