Wednesday, July 9, 2008

More New York Discoveries

My brother Paul has an unusual coffee mug in his house. He said our mother gave it to him, one of the many "drug company" gifts that have been bestowed upon us over the years. But this one was something I've never seen before:





So we have here a three-handled coffee mug. Aranesp, by the way, is a drug for chronic renal failure. Does this have anything to do with the mug shape?

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Foldables


Isa and I were working on her science lab, from her 4th grade text book. It was to measure the mass of an apple (I broke down and bought a kitchen scale) and then wait a few days, and weigh them again, ostensibly measuring the mass of the water which had evaporated. Fair enough. The instructions detailed that she was to fold a piece of paper in half, lengthwise, and label the two columns "Fresh" and "Dried". It was then I noticed the logo Foldables™ next to the Two Column Chart™. I peeked through the book, and sure enough, various permutations of the piece of folded paper were each emblazoned with the logo Foldables™.
That's right, folding a piece of paper as part of an educational assignment is trademarked.

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