Topical Insights for March

A Japanese liquor store has invented “bilk”, a concoction that is 70% beer and 30% milk. Their target customers…people who like buffalo wings covered in peanut butter. Their ad campaign… “Got ipecac?” Engineers for major airlines are studying birds as inspirations for aerodynamic solutions for problems such as drag and Read more…

Topical Insights for February #2

The Cartoon Network accidentally created a terrorism scare when they placed blinking lights around Boston as part of a new marketing campaign. Most Bostonians, however, weren’t fazed. In fact, Ted Kennedy told TV executives… “You wanna scare me? Put those flashing lights in my rearview mirror when I’m driving around Read more…

Topical Insights for January

Tiger Woods’ wife is pregnant. Tiger’s mom told reporters, “It’s about time! What was the par on that hole anyway?” The consulting firm Accenture is developing a system called “The Virtual Family Dinner” that would utilize the technology of videophones and computers to unite distant loved ones with the elderly. Read more…

Topical Insights for December

Some Catholic Church officials have expressed regret that Keisha Castle-Hughes, the 16-year-old who portrays Mary in The Nativity Story, is actually an unwed expecting mother. They’re really going to be upset when they hear that Willem Dafoe, who once played the role of Jesus, later tried to kill Spiderman. A Read more…