what i learned today

Eli Lilly, the global pharmaceutical company, to make doggie Prozac - chewable beef-flavored pills to treat separation anxiety in dogs.

Merrill Lynch CEO Stan O’Neal plays 20 rounds of golf in Aug and Sept, including three rounds on three different courses in a single day. In October, he retired with a comp package of $161.5M. (meanwhile, they layoff thousands)

Fitworld gym in the Netherlands introduces Naked Sunday.

Australia’s Toy of the Year, a bead toy called Bindeez by Moose Enterprise contains a chemical that converts into the date-rape drug GHB when ingested.

Energy drink Cocaine receives warning from the FDA, changes its name to Censored, then to No Name.

Cartoon Network, promoting Aqua Teen Hunger Force with electronic lightboards throughout Boston, causes a bomb scare that shuts down the city.

Serendipity 3 unveiled the world’s most expensive dessert (28 cocoas infused with edible 23-karat gold served in a goblet with a diamond bracelet at its base), was shut down one week later when inspectors found a live mouse, droppings, fruit flies, and >100 cockroaches.

This commercial.

Southwest Airlines ordered a man boarding the flight to change his T-Shirt depicting a fishing shop with the words MASTER BAITER.

Maria Bartiromo, CNBC anchor, trademarks her nickname “Money Honey” for use for children’s products like piggy banks, stuffed animals, mousepads, you name it!