“A study from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that 8% of the rise in obesity since the 1980s was due to low gas prices, which lead to less walking and biking and more restaurant meals.”(Source: BusinessWeek, 8/4/08)
“Comics are a low-cost laboratory, with instant feedback, for what’s happening in pop culture.”— Milton Griepp, publisher of ICv2 (via USA Today)“Today critical consensus is that anyone who categorically does not read comics will miss great literature.”— Jeremy Smith, writing in The Chicago Tribune
If you’re in Seattle next week, join us for the next Bunko Breakfast. More details on the BunkoBlog.(And if you’re on the other side of the continent, in the other Washington, don’t forget our Washington, DC, event tomorrow night, July 24, at 630pm.)
American medical schools, those bastions of left-brain muscle-flexing, continue their march toward whole-mindedness. Yesterday’s Boston Globe reports that Harvard Medical School has followed the lead of places like Mount Sinai Medical College and begun taking its students to art museums. The goal: To improve young physicians’ observation and diagnostic skills.This isn’t about the artsy-fartsy or touchy-feely. It’s about dollars
A collection of confiscated Louisville Slugger mini-bats displayed at the security line of Louisville International Airport.(BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP!! . . . My metaphor detector just went off.)Photo taken: 7-17-08, 1245pm
“Today a Big Mac in New York costs $3.79, which is still less than a gallon of gas; in 1974 [the year the Big Mac premiered], the price in New York was 85 cents, which was significantly more than a gallon of gas.” (Source: NY Times, 7/17/08)
A quick update on what’s going on over at JohnnyBunko.com: We’re about to launch our first Johnny Bunko contest — wherein we’ll ask readers to supplement Diana’s list with a seventh lesson. But we haven’t figured out the grand prize. If you’ve got 30 seconds, help us decide by casting your vote. In an effort to make the
If statisticians could fashion an on-base percentage for business gurus, Seth Godin would be Ted Williams. Nobody has a better rate of success in getting smart ideas in play.One of my favorite bits of Godin guidance is to “remarkablize” even the most mundane aspects of your business — a great example of which arrived in the mail yesterday.I subscribe
According to new U.S. Census city population figures: Jacksonville is larger than Boston. El Paso is larger than Washington, DC. Fresno is larger than Miami. (Source: USA Today, 7/10/08)
Idea: Dance-powered eco night clubName: Club4Climate — whose dance floor supplies enough energy to power 60 percent of the facility and whose door policy offers discounts to patrons who walked, biked, or subwayed to the club, according to Springwise.Founder: Dr. Earth(Via Springwise)
