Who's This Judy Character And What's The Big Deal About Her Book

What the interweb really needs is someplace to aggregate complaints about local businesses, right? Because isn't online life just unbearable without a place to go to hear someone rant about lipstick on a wine glass or rave about the best donuts they ever crammed their face with (and they have the cutest little kitten statue on the counter behind the menus)? Man, that would just make the internet such a better place... Let's think of a name: Hows about "Craig's List?" Nah, that's not it exactly... Ok, "Judy's Book?" Yeah, that's the ticket. "Judy's Book" should have no problem hauling in $8 million in second round funding.

Whoops, sorry guys. Judy's Book has already BEEN DONE. If you don't know what we're talking about and you refuse to click on links (good for you), Judy's Book is based in Seattle and bills itself as "the only Local Word of Mouth community on the web — a place where friends and groups can swap local tips with people they trust." Really? And someone just paid them $8 million dollars to do this? Seattlest is in the wrong business. Even if they weren't starting out with a tired old script, the name alone insures that Seattlest won't be stopping by to read flames of our local cafe anytime soon. Who the hell cares what someone named Judy has to say? (Not, you Aunt Judy - You're one of the good ones.) We don't need Judy to tell us the place has scone spore experiments growing under the couch cushions and that they roll their eyes every time we say "soy."