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Thailand is sending 1 million cannabis plants to private citizens for medicinal purposes—and leaves us wondering why. Then, “The Griswolds” picked up a stray puppy alongside the road while on vacation—and it ended up being a wandering coyote! Finally, Google is allowing you to have private information hidden from the search engine. Address, email contact, and other data can be eliminated from sear...

Shop Talk looks at how companies are pivoting from The Great Resignation to The Great Embrace. Caught my eye explores the drought out West and what the low water levels are revealing. Also, Target is selling a t-shirt for Pride which is a design from the group Act Up. Stay tuned for how Target will resolve the infringement. Jackie Cochran, trailblazing aviator, and cosmetic guru is our Business Bi...

An 83-year-old retired doctor is accused of pooping in the pool, swimming in the wrong lane, and defecating in the spa shower of her Upper East Side NYC condo. She says MOST of the accusations are untrue and she is now embroiled in a legal suit with the Rio Condo and Spa. Stay tuned. Then, a NYC resident, Robert Samuel, has carved out a living waiting in line for clients looking for everything fro...

Shop Talk looks at professions considered by Redditors that have the highest proportion of gays. Caught My Eye suggests the Aldi Dutch Apple Pie could be your go to desert and rock groupie, Cynthia Plaster Caster has died at 74. Mannie Jackson, African American business pioneer and owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, is our Business Birthday.  We’re all business. Except when we’re not.  Apple Podca...

Talk show darling and pioneering comedian, Ellen Degeneres, taped her final show to air on May 26th. Looking back on her 19 years, Ellen thanked her fans and recounted all the changes they shared such as legalizing marriage equality, popularity of social media, and the launch of the iPhone. Then the Russian military steals $5million in farm equipment that they cannot use because the Ukrainians rem...

Shop Talk explores the 5 most LGBTQ banned books in America. Caught My Eye alerts us to an auction for the ax prop from The Shining. Also, a Japanese rail operator is awarded about 45 cents from the public transit authority that docked his pay for not adhering to a schedule. Wallace Carothers, the inventor of nylon is our Business Birthday.  Apple Podcasts: apple.co/1WwDBrC Spotify: spoti.fi/2pC19...

Carnegie Mellon professor, Uju Anya, calls out the double standards of Ivy educated Gov. Rick Desantis and his Florida “don’t Say Gay” Bill. She smartly points out that heterosexuality is a sexual orientation, and this bill is about homosexuality, not sexual orientation. Then, right wing poster boy Rep. Madison Cawthorn, says pictures released of him in women’s lingerie were simply vacation photog...

Shop Talk explores an article that says it is OK to let your mind wander each day. Caught My Eye warns us to be careful with self-pleasure for fear of a torn lung. Also, why is there an “r” in Mrs. (Missus)? Corporate and wholesale printing giant Glen Taylor is our Business Birthday. Happy 81st! We’re all business. Except when we’re not.  Apple Podcasts: apple.co/1WwDBrC Spotify: spoti.fi/2pC19B1...

With at least 15 states enacting or considering bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, the U.S. Air Force is offering medical, legal, and relocation assistance to servicemembers whose families have been harmed by recent laws. While Roe V Wade is under attack in several states, YELP, and other companies are offering to pay the expenses of employees who need to travel in search of repr...

Shop Talk covers the latest hypocritical boycotts from the MAGA crowd. Caught My Eye explains why some Coke bottles this time of year have yellow caps. Also, Elon Musk, the latest Twitter investor, creates a poll asking if the Twitter San Francisco HQ should be a homeless shelter instead. The inventor of Scrabble, Alfred Butts, is our Business Birthday. We’re all business. Except when we’re not. ...

After 125 years, PepsiCo, the owner of Cracker Jack, has launched a brand extension called: Cracker Jill. There are 5 different versions of Jill and monies raised will go towards supporting The Women’s Sports Foundation. Then, educators in Irving, Texas may lose their jobs over placing Rainbow Stickers outside their classrooms signaling a safe space for LGBTQ students. Finally, a man buys a cruise...

Shop Talk covers the 71 countries where being LGBTQ is “illegal.” Caught My Eye finds a marble lawn sculpture in England that may be worth $10 million and Busch Lite’s “Save a Tree Pee in a Busch” advertising campaign are discussed. The inventor of the Taser Stun gun, Jack Cover, is our Business Birthday. We’re all business. Except when we’re not.  Apple Podcasts: apple.co/1WwDBrC Spotify: spoti.f...

Two lesbians sue fertility clinic for the birth of a boy. They wanted a girl, and according to the story out of NY, they are uncomfortable with the boy because of social norms related to masculinity. Then, the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, says celebrating Pride Week in the Austin School System is illegal. Finally, Russia has seized about $10 billion worth of aircraft leased from the EU and...

Shop Talk shares advice from LGBTQ people about getting through life with these experiences that many other Americans probably don’t think about. Caught My Eye includes a smart investment by Lance Armstrong that saved his family, and the slow death of the Peoples Convoy in DC. The founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, is our Business Birthday. We’re all business. Except when we’re not. Apple Podcasts:...

Comrade Vlad has a penchant for fancy Italian duds. At a recent unity rally, Putin was spied wearing a Loro Piana Puffer Coat that will set you back $14,000. Add this to his suits and watches costing in the hundreds of thousand dollars and we cannot help to think of the good old days when Raisa Gorbachev shopped Madison Avenue for sensible slingbacks with her Amex Card! Also, an Applebee’s Exec is...

Shop Talk reveals the 3 E’s that Apple deploys when hiring. Caught My Eye includes a store in Chicago selling LEGO like Zelensky figures with Molotov cocktails. Also, “The Price is Right” celebrated their 50th Anniversary last month and kicked off the celebration by giving away 12 cars on the first show! Bette Nesmith Graham is our Business Birthday. She was the inventor of Liquid Paper and the mo...

A North Carolina shelter received a middle-aged dog dropped off by heartless owners because they thought Fezco was gay. The mixed-breed pup would occasionally show dominance by mounting other dogs—ordinary behavior, the dog is not gay. Let’s hope Fezco lands in a much better home from whence he came. Then, inflation is shrinking everything from your wallet to toilet paper. Inflation is not our fri...

Shop Talk shares sage advice from Dolly Parton handed down from her Mom. Caught My Eye includes the first condom approved by the FDA for backdoor use and a must-see documentary, “Audible.” Marjorie Merriweather Post is our Business Birthday. She was the wealthiest woman in the world when she took over the family company that became General Foods. She also liked all things Russian and frat boys.  W...

Queen Elizabeth left Buckingham Palace and will likely never sleep there again. She is staying put and working remotely about 20 miles west in Windsor. Kellogg’s Corn Pops have joined the list of brands that have left us. It might be the price of corn or the embalming fluid. You decide, but apparently $74 million in profit was not enough for some large holding companies. (We would not leave that o...

Shop Talk explores the importance of “invisible work” and the concept of getting out from behind the desk. Caught My Eye covers a story about stolen human heads in Denver and a caffeine overdose death in England. Jimmy Haslam, leader of the Pilot Corp that runs the Flying J Truckstop chain is our Business Birthday. He celebrates 68 today, March 9th.  We’re all business. Except when we’re not. Appl...

Don’t pour out your Stoli Vodka in protest of Putin! Stolichnaya left Russia in the early 2000’s and is made in Latvia under Dutch ownership. Owner Yuri Shefler left Russia in 2000 and took Stoli with him due to Putin and his views, and has now decided to drop the name Stolichnaya and has rebranded the vodka as Stoli. Cheers! Then many are calling for a boycott of Coke and other companies such as...

Shop talk introduces a man who attributes his business success to the children’s book, “The Little Prince.” Caught My Eye covers a story about how our brains may give us a “best of life memories” when we die. Also, the HRC releases the Reality Flag, and we like it. Desi Arnaz, co-founder of Desilu Productions and the driving force behind I Love Lucy, is our Business Birthday.  We’re all business....

The CNN out and proud evening anchor has been accused of assault and battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The defendant, Dustin Hice, claims Lemon fondled his genitals and then put his finger under Hice’s nose and made a derogatory comment. Hice is traumatized, yet he apparently has done the exact same thing to a kid in high school and Lemon is calling him as a witness against...

Shop Talk revisits John and Bob’s trip to coastal Delaware where we talk about ice cream and Delaware black license plates. Daymond John is 53 today and he is our Business Birthday. Daymond is the founder of FUBU and one of the stars of Shark Tank. Caught My Eye explores a new museum about the vagina outside of London and an Olympian with Polar Penis. We’re all business. Except when we’re not.  Ap...

In ten years the USA LGBTQ population has doubled according to a new Gallup/NBC Poll. 7.1 percent of the USA population now identifies as LGBTQ with Gen Z—those 18-25—having 21% of their cohort identifying as such. It really is about people being more comfortable in living their authentic selves. Then, the Chinese government has censored lesbian and other story lines deemed unfit for Chinese viewi...