I was intrigued last week to learn that Chipotle, the struggling Mexican-style food chain, has hired former Taco Bell executive Brian Niccol as its CEO in an effort to spice up its menu. Critics, if you think “spice up” is a poor pun, let me point out that in commenting on the hiring, ...
What to do? You’re texting away on your smartphone when, suddenly, your nose hairs become entangled in your fingers. Don’t worry. The Japanese firm Thanko has your back. And nostrils.Thanko’s Smartphone Nose Hair Cutter ($13) comes with an adapter that makes it suitable for use with ...
In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet bemoans the fact she is forbidden to wed Romeo Montague because his surname makes him an enemy of her family, the Capulets. “What’s in a name?” she muses. “That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.”It’s sound ...
In the mid-1970s, a Pennsylvania legislator proposed a bill making it illegal for a thrice-divorced person to be married again in the state – three strikes, yer out, bub! There were, of course, problems with applying baseball logic to marriage. Not the least of these was that the bill failed ...
In a fine example of calling a spade an implement for digging, the Trump administration has instructed Centers for Disease Control officials to eliminate seven terms from documents being prepared for next year’s budget. The list: “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” ...
Need some whiskey to ease your carpal tunnel pain, but find it too agonizing to move your wrist to pour a shot? Then there’s good news from Kentucky: The Jim Beam distillery is selling an electronic bourbon decanter that will dispense a jiggerful on voice command.“JIM,” the ...
