Outercourse meets accounting
“Orally,” said the governor’s attorney, and the memories came flooding back.
Long ago and far away– actually, during the recall election in 2003 and at OC Weekly– I wrote about a BBC documentary, Arnold Schwarzenegger– Made in Britain, featuring Gigi Goyette, a former mistress of Arnold’s, though Gigi preferred the term “avenue of [...]

Doing good made easy, effortless, facile, simple, smooth
As everyone knows, few technological advances have created such opportunities for wasting time as the internet. And now, the time-wasting power of the internet has been harnessed for charitable purposes.
The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) has launched FreeRice, an online vocabulary game. You’re given a word, and you [...]

The skinny on the dollar
For a few precious hours this morning, the drones who cover economics were able to stop thinking about dreary numbers, and concentrate on supermodels instead. It was widely reported that Gisele Bündchen, that most super of supermodels, was refusing to accept payment in dollars. It was said she insisted on euros [...]

Hard rock mining meets the tender touch
You often hear calls for labor and management to work more closely together– but I’ve never heard anyone suggest they work this closely. The BBC reports:
Australian coal miners are being given lessons in foreplay and the menopause in an attempt to boost productivity.