It is sometimes confusing to apply my work skills to my own life– it sometimes seems like a strange mixing of my worlds to give myself a reference interview. But sure enough, what I was thinking I would have to cobble together myself is already out there. Thank you AARP!

Per the Motley Fool:

Sonic stands apart from peers McDonald’s, Wendy’s, and Yum! Brands for its aggressive use of national TV advertising, introducing its concept to locales that have yet to see one of its signature drive-ins.

The result? Anticipation. Says Hudson: “Our average unit volume in these newer drive-ins, in these newer states, [where] we’ve had several years of national advertising … are averaging over $2 million in sales.”

Here‘s why you should still care about privacy. I haven’t read the whole article, but it cites Bruce Schneier, so it can’t be all bad.

The UK anti-red-hair prejudice knows no bounds.

The BBC was made to apologize for editing a promo in a way that seemed to imply that the Queen had walked out of a photo session. Maybe the English are just very sensitive to editing (the article I’m referring to is the 12 April entry), and what Queen couldn’t get from Fox, The Queen could from the BBC.

and 99 views of Edo would not be enough: 100 (and some bonus tracks) views of Edo.

Having walked past the Nintendo Fan Network booth several times this year, I hadn’t imagined it was so new and exciting.

The stress of working with the public is seldom appreciated.

An excellent mystery, with the drawback of being totally real.

I don’t suppose any of our faithful readers have lost a skeleton? No?