Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Excellent summary of How to Win Friends and Influence People

- The reason renewables can't power modern civilization is because they were never meant to. Renewable power polices in Germany have been an utter disaster. Will we be smart enough to learn from their failures?

- I did not know this

- Yesterday was the anniversary of one of the most courageous military charges in US history. Col. Joshua Chamberlain - where do find such men?

- Dunkin' dumps store owners for hiring illegals. Good for Dunkin'.

- How the Battle of Gettysburg turned the tide of the Civil War. (Ht Stephen Landry)

Dunkin

"I'm going to Dunkin' do you want anything?" That has been such a common question asked in New England for over a decade. We have been shortening the name of Dunkin' Donuts to just "Dunkin" it seems forever.

That's why the news that Dunkin' Donuts is officially shortening their name to just "Dunkin" has been met with a yawn in New England.

It should be noted that the name of the franchise (aside from the spelling of "donut" vs "doughnut") came from their unique traditional plain donut that had a "bump" or "handle" that you could use to hold your donut while you dunked it into your coffee. Hence the name. Just thought that bit of Americana should be mentioned.

The name change that I've been expecting because of the times we live in is for Dunkin to change the name of their "Munchkin" donut holes. I mean society forced the name change of Midget Hockey. Can the name change of these tasty treats be far behind? Think about it - if you had a little person working in your office and you brought in Munchkins from Dunkin's as an office treat on a regular basis - could you be reported to human resources for harassment?