The catalogue of brand-naming disasters got a new entry this week, when Russia’s Gazprom entered into a joint venture with Nigeria’s state-run gas company and decided to call the new entity… Nigaz. What could possibly go wrong?
Entries from July 2nd, 2009
Question time
July 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
I normally avoid BBC’s Question Time, but I may make an exception tonight: Jarvis Cocker is on the panel. I wonder if he will get a question about Michael Jackson…
Tags: TV
Benn says blog
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Benn says blog · Politics
Tony Benn said lots of things last night. There were observations, reminiscences, aspirations, explanations, theories, jokes, and so on, but unlike most politicians he did not give out instructions. Maybe that is what makes him different.  Anyway, one of the few specific pieces of advice was to blog.  He said that he intends to […]
Tags: Blogging
