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A flawed painting of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol may auction for $200 million in May

A flawed painting of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol may auction for $200 million in May. Flawed? How? The late performance artist Dorothy Podber was visiting “The Factory” in 1964. While in Warhol’s art studio, she asked Andy if she could shoot some of his paintings. Warhol assumed she was referring to a camera and consented. Podber […]

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Adidas teams up with Waffle House for sweet-looking golf shoes

Pink Goldfish / stan

adidas teams up with a Georgia icon this week. The result: a masterfully sweet-looking golf shoe. Move over Augusta National… enter the TOUR360 22 x Waffle House – truly a golf shoe unlike any other. A shoe that would make Nike‘s co-founder, the late Bill Bowerman, proud. The University of Oregon track coach Bowerman infamously used

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Free calls to and from Ukraine

Purple Goldfish / stan

T-Mobile started it three weeks ago. Free calls to and from Ukraine. The Seattle based carrier decided to waive any fees associated with international long-distance and international roaming on calls and text messages made between the U.S. and Ukraine. They shared in a statement that, “This includes calls made within Ukraine to local numbers to

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P!NK’s message for both life and business

Pink Goldfish / stan

“We don’t change. We take the gravel and the shell and we make a pearl. And we help other people to change so they can see more kinds of beauty.” This was advice from the artist P!NK to her daughter as part of a Video Vanguard award acceptance speech at the 2017 VMAs. P!NK shared

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3 business lessons from the toughest race in the world

Pink Goldfish / stan

Not familiar with the Barkley Marathon? It just happened two weeks ago. And for the fifth year in a row, there were no finishers at the infamous race. In fact, in 36 years of the annual race in Tennessee, there have only been 15 finishers. David Rendall and I feature the race in our book,

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Three things Coach K can teach us about business

Pink Goldfish / stan

Three things Coach K can teach us about business. First, we have to understand how Mike Krzyzewski became Coach K. Mike played basketball under legendary coach Bobby Knight at West Point. Upon graduating in 1969, Mike began fulfilling his service commitment in Fort Carson, Colorado. In his off-duty hours, he would work out and play

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Need words of encouragement? Call this hotline to get a pep talk from kindergartners

Pink Goldfish / stan

Take a minute. Call +1 (707) 998-8410 and you’ll hear, “If you’re feeling mad, frustrated or nervous, press 1. If you need words of encouragement and life advice, press 2. If you need a pep talk from kindergartners, press 3. If you need to hear kids laughing with delight, press 4.” This is the menu

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Would you eat beef liver willingly? After all, it’s nature’s superfood

Pink Goldfish / stan

I’ll never forget watching a YouTube video of a Killer Whale taking on a Great White Shark off the coast of California. It grabbed the shark … flipped it upside down … and then proceeded with the kill. The Killer Whale only took only one chunk of the shark. It extracted the liver. That whale

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What’s black and white and red all over?

Pink Goldfish / stan

What’s black and white and red all over? There are three responses to this question. 1. The set-up to the old corny joke. A newspaper. 2. The set-up for a joke by Rebecca in “Ted Lasso.” Rebecca offers it as support for her position on picking a lion over a panda. She says, “What’s black

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Would you try McDonald’s China’s Cilantro Sundae?

Pink Goldfish / stan

Move over Shamrock Shake, would you try a Cilantro Sundae? Last week McDonald’s China had the Cilantro Sundae on offer. The limited-edition dessert came with vanilla ice cream and neon green cilantro sauce. It is topped with cilantro flakes. Would you try this? For upwards of 20% of the US population, this herb is revolting.

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A flawed painting of Marilyn Monroe by Andy Warhol may auction for $200 million in May

Adidas teams up with Waffle House for sweet-looking golf shoes

Free calls to and from Ukraine

P!NK’s message for both life and business

3 business lessons from the toughest race in the world

Three things Coach K can teach us about business

Need words of encouragement? Call this hotline to get a pep talk from kindergartners

Would you eat beef liver willingly? After all, it’s nature’s superfood

What’s black and white and red all over?

Would you try McDonald’s China’s Cilantro Sundae?

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