Stock Photography Embarrassment?

Two women arriving at a party wearing the same dress is a classic embarrassing situation. Do you suppose that marketing and design staff at major websites get just as embarrassed when they select not only the same outfit, but the same woman from the same set of stock photographs to be featured on their website?

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Look closely at these screen shots from the Monster.com and iContact.com home pages (click to enlarge). Notice any similarities? Apparently this girl is the hot ticket when it comes to stock photos this week. Good for her!

Verizon Math Fail

It seems like there must be something wrong with the American education system when multiple people can’t figure out the difference between 0.002 dollars and 0.002 cents. Those units art just tricky.

My favorite part is when the manager says ‘it’s obviously a difference of opinion’. Math is not opinion, at least it wasn’t when I was in school.

Odd Titles

Bookseller Magazine gives away a prize each year for the book with the Oddest Title. Thought this was funny, so I looked up the latest nominees and found these:

I Was Tortured By the Pygmy Love Queen
How to Write a How to Write Book
Are Women Human? And Other International Dialogues
Cheese Problems Solved
If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs
People who Mattered in Southend and Beyond: From King Canute to Dr Feelgood

If anyone knows where there are a full list of these, let me know. I tried to find them on thebookseller.com, but the link didn’t work (more on that later).