Well, it seems the French have finally found a way to stop the Germans (note that Burghardt is from Germany). The other big news comes from Tennessee.

A while back I went to the American food store in Melbourne. Interesting enough that there is a food that specifically imports American food into Australia. Also interesting was the Pop Tarts Box - promoting a free music download with purchase. Two points of note. First "Crazy Good" is apparently a trademark of someone. Second, while the circled text on the bottom is difficult to read, it states "Content Kelloggs deems explicit according to its standards has been excluded from this promotion." To apply corporate strategy terminology I've learned this semester (and thus make myself sound smarter), apparently Kelloggs believes there are synergies between food production and music censorship. More likely, Kelloggs has decided not to allow Pop Tarts consumers to download tracks given "Parental Advisories" by the RCAA, but I think my conjecture is more interesting.



As for the Melbourne update that typifies my blog postings - winter has arrived, and while it is not really cold, it's rainy quite a bit. Classes are going alright. And I've moved from my downtown apartment to a near suburb.

BTW, both dog and biker are alright.