One of Brinker's recent projects was inspired by the Namib Desert beetle, which survives by collecting the dew drops that roll down the channels on its extremely hydrophobic back.
Let's start at the frenzied end of last week, when Floyd Landis seemed like cycling's version of Hans Brinker, trying to stem the flood of doping rumors with a number of media interviews.
"The results included in the CSPI study were significantly higher than our findings, " said Maureen Locus, spokeswoman for Brinker International, the parent company of Chili's and Maggiano's.