As most of you know, we've appeased the naysayers and recently took a huge leap of faith. We asked Amanda to resign and she did. We rebranded and moved to Furthermore.com.

Suffice to say, we're having second thoughts. Certainly, Furthermore purposely lacks the brand sting of our dear Strumpette. But most of all, we've been inundated by cards and letters from fans and supporters that miss Amanda. Frankly, we do too.

FYI: Amanda is presently on St. Kitts vacationing with a friend. She is expected back stateside next week. Stay tuned.

As always, we look forward to your thoughts.

Ya know when Rubel speaks and you get that empathetic tinge of discomfort that says, "what the hell is Richard thinking?" Well, at least now we've got a name for it. There's a new marketing term being bandied about the water cooler this week; it's the "cincombrandouche."

In a nutshell: In the spirit of the over-hyped marketing fad "the conversation," Cincom, a small Cincinnati-based software company, recently empowered a numbnuts product manager to the role of Cincombrandouche. The guy not only thinks it's his right... he thinks it makes the company more human if he takes a dump in the lobby (figuratively speaking, of course).