[Source: Reuters] Krispy Kreme profit plunges, stock hammered Thu Aug 26, 2004 09:04 AM ET By Ellis Mnyandu NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.(KKD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday reported a sharp drop in quarterly profit and signaled that business may not recover any time soon, sending its shares down more [...]

Have you stopped my friend Britt’s blog, Hookers on Stilts? Here’s what you might find: One thing that I find really annoying is people expecting me to figure out what I want to do with my life when what I really want to do is eat potato salad and watch Montel (what I’m doing right [...]

In today’s NY Post , Page Six links John Kerry with actress (and Old Navy old lady)Morgan Fairchild in the 1980s. Apparently, Kerry courted some other notables: “…before his marriage to ketchup heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry, [John Kerry] was also linked to Catherine Oxenberg, Michele Phillips, Patti Davis and British gin heiress Emma Gilbey, now [...]

Guess who’s 1 year old? Panda birthday! (Enter conga line, stage left)

After Michael Phelps lost out on the opportunity to erase Mark Spitz from our nation’s collective memory, I kind of lost interest in this whole “Olympic Games” event that everyone (Katie Couric) seems so excited about. So, here’s something a bit more entertaining: a real-time look at the Google IPO.

The Kennedy Fried Chicken nearest to my home is the one on Fulton Street. I’ve never eaten there. You can bet I will after this article, published this past Sunday in The New York Times. Steven Kurutz unlocks several mysteries about this weird fast-food chain. In my view, this is a tremendous public service. Read [...]

Check out the awesome 13-step plan (well, 14 actually) to saving MSNBC posted by Steve Safran, executive producer, New England Cable News, on Lost Remote:

This nice lady helps me with my homework from time to time. Here’s an interview with Deborah Wassertzug, Columbia journalism school librarian, from Gawker.com.

“Rick James, Rebel Rocker of ‘Punk-Funk,’ Dies at 56″ New York Times, August 7, 2004 My reaction to a celebrity death is often unpredictable. This year, the big ones — Ronald Reagan and Marlon Brando, for example — seem to have barely made an impression on me. A lack of emotion following the Reagan death [...]