Don’t hide your light under a bushel (a measure of capacity equal to 8 gallons)

The reason for the clarification of the word bushel comes later.

I think the author of this press release shouldn’t be so reticent about the claims she makes about her predictions. Come on; why not be a bit more positive about the worth of your forecasts.

Here is the title and opening statement.

The Wait is Over, Strategy Diva's Annual Top Ten Consumer Trends Are Out. Another list of 2006 consumer trends from the Strategy Diva and annual prognosticator of consumer trends.

Wow.

Hidden away at forecast number five is “Update the Dictionaries, Artisanal is the New Product Adjective”. Other than sending my parental controls into a state of trauma, I needed to rush to dictionary to find out what the women was talking about. To save you the trouble it means: a skilled worker who makes things by hand. I bet an artisanal knew about bushels. There ends the News Year's resolution about less aserbic comments. Dick Stroud