via freakonomics
it looks like the shiba inu larvae are only hours old at this point. delicious.
...will arrive about 6 months after I've actually used an iPad (and apps written specifically for the iPad).
(Also, my reaction will be directed at my cats and spoken in baby talk, so you probably won't get to hear it. Sorry.)
Is the idea of shamelessly pimping your goods or services with "all proceeds going to [insert disaster victims here]" a uniquely American and/or 21st Century idea? Or is it just serendipity and the fact that in the New New New Economy, everyone is a marketer and, like marketers of days gone by, they have no soul?
Or, more likely, am I just offended because I was taught that anonymous charity was the highest form of the stuff?
Hanging out on the high road,
your pal,
H.