Hope for sex-boost slimming pill

BBC is reporting that scientists are working on a new pill for women to not only boost's women's libido but decreases their appetite!!! Talk about killing two birds with one stone ... It'll take about 10 years to develop and get the pill to market but when it does maybe it'll create a new breed of women -- always ready and never hungry!

A bit of a downer but the article does mention that according to psychologists when women go off sex its mostly as a result of problems in the relationship rather than physiological issues ... just something to keep in mind...

Oh and the article has a really bad photo accompanying it.

My MC Commercial

Replacing cell phone: $50
New student ID: $18
Bottle of Advil: $4
Doing the senior fountain run: Priceless!

Forbes Homepage

I have a major issue with the Forbes homepage ... maybe it's just my computer but this is not really working for me ...

The strange existance of Ram Charan

I am a bit of a Consulting buff. I am planning to go into IT consulting when I graduate USC and for the time being am planning to make a career of it. So it was no surprise that I got sucked into an article in by David Whitford in Fortune today about the (apparently) most influential consultant alive, Ram Charan.

It's a long article (for CNN), five full pages, and it's worth every word! I mean this guy is truly fascinating. He started college (in India) a the age of 15, went to Harvard Business School (graduated top 3% of his class), was a professor at a number of Universities before abandoning academia to pursue his passion of solving problems, aka consulting.

He never married, never had kids, he never even learned how to drive or bought his own place (until recently, although he is planning to move in "maybe never"). He lives out of hotels and airplanes. Rents an office in Dallas, TX (where he's never really been) and has his assistants FedEx him boxes with clothes and supplies to where ever he is in the world (and he's all over, trust me!)

If you have some time, and you are interested in reading a profile on a truly extraordinary (if at times peculiar) individual, read the article on the strange existence of Ram Charan.

Interpersonal skills important in the business world

In case you're a business junkie like me but opted for a different major, say Communication, this should make you feel a little better about your choice.

According to an article in Fortune newly hired MBA's are said to be lacking interpersonal skills and more top-tier B-Schools are starting to offer communication, team-building, and leadership classes as part of the curriculum.

Home stretch

So I am pretty much 2 weeks away from graduating and I am one of the lucky few to get half of my finals out of the way before finals week even starts. This privilege comes at a price though, which is having to study for two tests this week. So I will try to post some fun and interesting stuff this week, but it might be lame so I apologize in advance.

Back to studying now ... and preparation for excessive-graduation-related drinking

BMW M5 vs. BMW M6

Picture Order (top to bottom): M6, 5 Series, M5, 6 Series

So I have a bone to pick w/ BMW about the new M5 and M6 bodies. I realize that the M5's body is modeled after the 5 Series, which was fine, for last year's body. But now that the new 5 Series came out, it's much smaller than the older body and looks just like the 3 Series ... Granted it's more powerful, but why pay $20,000 more for a car that looks just like it's $35,000 model?? (Side note: The 3 Series Coupe is excluded from this entire conversation.)

Okay so now you look at the M6, which I LOVE b/c it's just the absolutely sexiest car EVER. It doesn't exactly beat out the Lambo -- it's just a different kind of sexy. Anyway, I digress.

So moving onto the M6, which is modeled after the 6 Series, which is totally fine b/c the 6 Series doesn't look like the 3 or 5 Series.

So why couldn't BMW just put a little more work into differentiating the 3 from the 5?? My life would be much easier b/c (although I wouldn't actually be able to buy either) I used to love the M5 and now I just want the $105,000 M6 -- see what you made me do BMW?! Maybe I just don't like the new 3 and 5 Series bodies ...

Pictures are on the left.