Tastemaker

Happiness is the new Rich.

Kevin Federline has a new cause: saving the penny. Britney Spears’ hubby, along with Virgin Records chairman Richard Branson and director Matthew Eggers will “unite to reinvigorate the purpose of the penny in face of its possible legislative elimination,” according to an announcement. The three will appear in Times Square at mid-day on Wednesday and be among the first to “to sign the ‘Save the Penny’ petition to be presented to lawmakers in Washington D.C.” -The SCOOP

Federline really is making a mythic mess out of himself. "Save the Penny" ought to read "Federline, Save Your Pennies." Especially funny is the fact that it actually costs 1.5 cents to make a penny, so we the people lose one-half cent for every penny minted. Ten pennies costs fifteen cents, 1000 pennies costs $15. 1,000,000 pennies costs $15,000. Kevin Federline costs Britney even more...

While googling, I found myself on a stranger's blog with a really interesting tidbit. Read the excerpt below:

I just stumbled across a wonderful "publish/subscribe" application at Folgers coffee's site TolerateMornings.com. It is a "BossTracker" that allows office workers to build a customized map of their office and then have people update the application with sightings of the boss as he/she wanders about the office. Of course, everyone is then notified of the boss' current location in graphical detail. -Bob Wyman's As I May Think blog

Hee Hee! It's like GawkerStalker inside an office!

The bright-minded Dan Fishback has given me a good new word: ZAFTI. Zafti is Swahili for Everything is clean, and no one has died. Sometimes good enough is good enough.

Memory is the enemy of wonder. -Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire