Hey, Marketers, Leave our Kids Alone!

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I keep on telling my son to get off of StarCraft. He'll play all day if I let him. Now I have some validation
of my concerns: A 29 year-old Korean man died after playing for several days.

At least I haven't let "Grand Theft Auto" into the house. A jury didn't buy it as the defense from a 20-year-old who shot three cops (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165259,00.html). Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas", designed for the PlayStation 2 game console, was the No. 1 selling game of 2004.

Anything for fashion?" -- Is this piercing/tatooing trend ever going to end. Recently "Discovery" did a stomach-turning show on the b/Fascination with self-mutilation/b.
Before you go Naval Piercing, check out this story: http://www.nbc10.com/family/4826464/detail.html

Right out of the box

IS IT "OUTSIDE THE BOX"or "OUT OF THE BOX" thinking that corporations crave?

Fortune writer Anne Fisher has this one at the top of her list of "Business Buzzwords that make you Cringe"
"Readers wrote in with their nominees for this column's first-ever Most Annoying Lingo awards (the Mallies). Find out which phrases they would like purged from our professional conversations." (Hate to admit to using more than one of these myself).
By Anne Fisher (http://www.fortune.com/fortune/annie/0,15704,1089754,00.html)