This & That, Ceci et Cela

When big companies copy goods made by entrepreneurs. Target, Kmart, GMAC and the Pottery Barn are all corporate giants accused of modifying product samples from entrepreneurs looking for their big break, then manufacturing large quantities overseas and undercutting the price – essentially running the smaller competition out of business. In fact, furniture designers, woodworkers and other artisans are allegedly so weary of Pottery Barn’s practices that company buyers ...

AKA Custom-minted Word Of The Day. My suggestions for the next edition of the Oxford/Webster/etc dictionaries: Gauditecture: organic/Gaudi-like architecture Gaudytecture: gaudy architecture Rubbash for anything too distinguished to be called merely rubbish. Newspapers: modern-day ruminants; information regurgitators. All that paper, so little news. Useless multinational - an individual of multicultural descent (i.e. has parents with origins from 2 or more countries) but cannot speak any of his/her native languages.

Leonardo da Vinci: anatomist, architect, botanist, city planner, costume and stage designer, chef, humorist, engineer, equestrian, inventor, geographer, geologist, mathematician. His seven principles:- *Curiosita: An insatiably curious approach to life and unrelenting quest for continuous learning. *Dimostrazione: A commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence,and a willingness to learn. *Sensazione: A continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven ...