New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, unhappy with an official probe into the e-mails he sent to a former girlfriend who was also the state union president, has decided to swear off e-mail entirely. (In related news, stocks in smoke-signaling firms surged in overnight trading.)
Meanwhile, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey has also found that old online exchanges can come back to hurt you. In the midst of an FTC lawsuit against Whole Foods’ proposed takeover of Wild Oats, it’s been revealed that Mackey adopted a sockpuppet named Rahodeb (an alteration of his wife’s name, Deborah) to tout Whole Foods and trash Wild Oats on a Yahoo stock-market forum.
These internets, man: crazy, dangerous stuff.
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“New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, unhappy with an official probe into the e-mails he sent to a former girlfriend who was also the state union president, has decided to swear off e-mail entirely. ”
Perhaps speeding cars would have been a better idea.
“New Jersey governor Jon Corzine, unhappy with an official probe into the e-mails he sent to a former girlfriend who was also the state union president, has decided to swear off e-mail entirely. ”
Perhaps speeding cars would have been a better idea.
This is totally unrelated, but Levitt and Dubner, what’s the latest news on the signed bookplates? I’m pretty sure I have filled out the form twice now. I just think it would really be cool to have one…
This is totally unrelated, but Levitt and Dubner, what’s the latest news on the signed bookplates? I’m pretty sure I have filled out the form twice now. I just think it would really be cool to have one…
…and can you send randyfromcanada a t-shirt so that he’ll come back to the blog?
…and can you send randyfromcanada a t-shirt so that he’ll come back to the blog?
@ zoliver
the turnover time for the bookplates is really long. it took at least several months for me to get mine… but it did arrive eventually.
despite the long wait, i think it’s a great idea and i was really happy when i finally got it.
@ zoliver
the turnover time for the bookplates is really long. it took at least several months for me to get mine… but it did arrive eventually.
despite the long wait, i think it’s a great idea and i was really happy when i finally got it.