Since the Watergate scandal, the media has referred to some social and political scandals by adding the suffix "-gate" to one of the key words used to describe it. This new label has sometimes stuck but often a new name is used. The process, an example of a snowclone, is known as -gate construction.

weil wir guten Willen annehmen, heißt das noch lange nicht, dass schlechte Aktionen toleriert werden

Office Snack Gourmet are recipes designed to turn even the most disgusting of office snacks into delicious gourmet meals. Since a lot of these ingredients are laying around a typical office (or vending machine), there's no better time to get creative, save money, and still treat yourself to something special! I suggest investing in a really great porcelain plate and some stellar silver to complete the experience.

In the late 90s, Bill Geerhart (a grown ass man and pop-culture historian) posed as a little kid and wrote to Charles Manson, the Unabomber, Richard Ramirez and other killers; as well as nonmurderous celebrities like Larry Flynt, Alan Greenspan, Dick Cheney (well, allegedly nonmurderous), Clarence Thomas, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, asking for advice on tough topics like dropping out of school and saving up for a speedboat.

Graphic Sexual Horror takes a peek behind the terrifying facade of Insex.com, the most notorious of bondage websites, exploring the dark mind of its artistic creator and asking hard questions about personal responsibility.

This seventh annual trend report, as always, is as much a forecast as it is a study of the past 12 months. The past informs the future, and the recent past has such momentum that designers would be well-advised to stay this course, even when clients are only maintaining the brands they have, not creating new ones. Business may be slow, but it does not have to be dull.