Earlier this year I wrote an article about the inane Planet Fitness chain and its commitment to making sure you don’t judge anyone within its walls. Planet Fitness advertises its “Judgment Free Zone” – a registered trademark, and don’t make me laugh – as a place where “members can relax, get in shape, and have [...]

Somehow I missed the death and the funeral. But apparently, smooth jazz passed away in its sleep almost two years ago and it was pronounced dead on the scene. Where was I? Says one critic on PopMatters: I come to bury smooth jazz, not to praise it. The evil that radio formats do lives after [...]

This is hilarious, though it’s all supposed to be serious. Anecdotally, therapists who now specialize in video-game and Internet addiction say it’s a growing and serious problem. But it will be some time before it meets the threshold for inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). ReSTART, at $300+ per day, [...]

Crocs won’t go away easy. But in the past 18 months, the company has faltered financially. Crocs lost $185 million last year, significantly curtailed its operations, experienced declines in shoe sales and stock value, is embroiled in an array of legal battles and has fallen out of fashion in some circles. Some consumers, analysts, retailers — [...]