Humor
Making a Living in Second Life
Jennifer Grinnell, Michigan furniture delivery dispatcher turned fashion designer in cyber space, never imagined that she could make a living in a video game. Grinnell’s shop, Mischief, is in Second Life, a virtual world whose users are responsible for creating all content. Grinnell’s digital clothing and “skins” allow users to change the appearance of their [...]
Spray-On Condoms
Masculan, Goliath, Pullitt…the names may vary, but traditional condoms all had one thing in common. Someone had to fish them out of the package and put them on. But if an idea by the German company Vinico World of Condoms pans out, that will be changing. The firm is hoping to market a spray-on condom. [...]
A Christmas Business Story
Brian Jones, runs a rather unusual business venture–he sells lamps reminiscent of the one Ralphie’s father receives in A Christmas Story, with a base in the shape of a woman’s stocking-clad leg. Red Rider Leg Lamps, launched back in 2003, has generated sales of almost $700,000. Ever since Jones was a little boy, he’d wanted [...]
Brazilian town’s free Viagra gives elderly a boost
The mayor of a small Brazilian town has begun handing out free Viagra, spicing up the sex lives of dozens of elderly men and their partners. “Since we started the free distribution of sexual stimulants, our elderly population changed. They’re much happier,” said Joao de Souza Luz, the mayor of Novo Santo Antonio, a small [...]
Make A Million On Butterflies
An entrepreneur starts a business on a dare – and wins. Jose Muñiz’s career began when a friend bet him $100 that he could not sell butterflies for a living. Now, seven years later, the former business consultant and his wife, Karen, own Amazing Butterflies, a live-butterfly distributor with offices in Tamarac, Fla., and San [...]
Woman Auctions Self and Kids on EBay
People buy and sell just about everything on eBay — sometimes offering up something as valuable as themselves. The latest bizarre episode in the eBay universe is potentially one of the saddest. A Cleveland woman posted an ad asking someone to provide a home for her and her children so that they could escape what [...]
A homesick woman, a buy on eBay, a surprising connection
Suzi Dagney and her husband, both retired military, have been all around the world. They’ve lived in Spain, set up housekeeping in Sicily, sent the children to school in Japan. So it was no wonder that one day Suzi got to thinking about home – specifically, her hometown of Mosiertown, Pa., population 42. She was [...]
