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I overheard a strange conversation at the store today, between two men who I’d say were in their late teens or early 20s. “Newports make you sterile,” the first one said. “What?” “Newports, the cigarettes.” He twirled an invisible cigarette at his face to clarify what he meant by Newports. “If you smoke them over [...]

In corporate a marker was never called a “magic marker.” At the corporate level the magic becomes “permanent” or “blackout.” Corporate markers are used not for coloring but to redact subpoenaed documents and to brainstorm on conference room whiteboards. Black markers were most common but red, yellow, and green markers might be wielded at exciting moments of thinking outside the box.