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Random Notes

A chimpanzee brain at the Science Museum London

Some random thoughts to end the week. You can tell I’m feeling lazy since I stole the title from Rolling Stone.  I’ve kept some of these rattling around in the back of my brain for a bit hoping they’d emerge into full-blown posts. Alas, they’re more notions than full ideas – seeds that haven’t quite bloomed yet. Continue reading

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The Problem With Cheap

Ruinair, only £0.01! (price excludes fees & ch...

Ever been left at the gate by an airline?  I almost was twice – once because a connection was late and the other in circumstances similar to the story I’ll get to in a second.  It’s an incredibly frustrating feeling under any circumstances and when you believe it wasn’t really due to anything you did that frustration can change to anger rather quickly.  Which is why I read reports like this and wonder what the airline is thinking. Continue reading

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Stupid Company Tricks

Frank Avruchas as Bozo the clown

Will the stupid things companies do ever cease?  Maybe when the companies themselves go out of business for being complete idiots, I guess.  But in the interim, they sure provide a good amount of material for this space.  I only found three examples over the weekend (I know – slacker) but since they’re all pretty egregious, I thought I’d share them.

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