The British Medical Association wants a complete ban on alcohol marketing in the UK. They are concerned British children get drunk or claim to get drunk far more often than their counterparts anywhere else in the developed world and that the marketers of alcohol are contributing to dangerous amounts of teenage binge drinking. So Britian has a booze problem and advertising is to blame. Read the rest of this entry »
Ass worship, anger, masturbation, fellatio, nudity and virgins are risky ways to promote fast food. Read the rest of this entry »
The healthcare debate is the United States is a strange beast for most of us here in Canada. Not just because we can’t imagine taking automatic weapons to a political rally but because healthcare is a sacred cow. To even bring up the specter of reform is to spit on Read the rest of this entry »
I heard a couple of sports talk radio commentators declare athletes who tweet as the height of narcissism and a sign of a coming apocalypse. Sure Nate Robinson probably shouldn’t have tweeted about his being pulled over by the NYPD… Read the rest of this entry »
Maple Leaf Foods recent recall of hot dogs due to fears of listeria, while not good news for the company does stay on their recent brand message and consumers should be pleased. Since a listeriosis outbreak at one of their plants in 2008 Maple Leaf Foods has made food safety a primary focus of their trust re-building efforts. Read the rest of this entry »
I thought the well growing herb in my backyard was basil. It was my mother-in-law, who clearly is better with herb recognition than I, who pointed out I had a good crop of salvia. Salvia is sage. Sage is salvia. It is the genus name for a host of plants in the mint family. The salvia family includes Diviner’s Sage, a psychotropic drug I didn’t know much about until I read a very cool book about called Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities.
What does this collection of trivia have to do with anything? Read the rest of this entry »
I checked my Visa bill yesterday and noticed an entry for something I don’t remember buying. It also had a phone number so I called and discovered I had been opted in to (and charged a 3-year subscription fee for) Read the rest of this entry »
A neighbour of mine recently told me about her son’s creative ways to get out of pre-school preparation class. He asked her if he were to eat ‘lots and lots’ would he turn into a giant. My neighbour, who goes with flow for these kinds of things, said sure and asked why he wanted to be a giant. “So I can go to the school and crush it” was his matter of fact reply.
I love this answer for a couple of reasons. Read the rest of this entry »
A recent Christian Science Monitor article got me thinking about change. In it, Mark Pfeifle, a deputy national security adviser for George Bush, suggests that Twitter and its founders be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize. It is an interesting idea and I can’t disagree with his argument but that isn’t what got me thinking.
What really caught me was his describing Twitter as a change agent. Read the rest of this entry »
I have this idea that Lightbulb can be about finding inspiration (or at least entertainment) in connecting unconnected ideas. I frequently read or see something that allows me to consider a totally unrelated item in a new light. This frequent collision of context is generally the fodder for my offline conversations and I am trying to see if it can work online.
Today I have a list of 5 stories which made me think but I am not sure what the greater context they uncover is. I am looking for ideas so if you look at my list and the theme seems obvious - make a comment and share it with the Lightbulb in a Thought Balloon community.
5 things this week that made me go, hmmm…
