Archive for August, 2007

Just My Size

I know that you have seen the new small watermelons, seedless, etc.
Today I saw even smaller ones, labeled Personal Size watermelons.  I bought one just as a reward for their ingenuity.
If we can have Personal Pan Pizzas, why not Personal Size watermelons?  Not arranged as a brand, but would have been a good idea if [...]

We all need a little emotional boost from time to time.  I heard this on the radio yesterday.
“Falling down is not failure.  STAYING DOWN is failure.”
If you are down at the moment, GET UP.

I discovered STOK today in a service station on Cobb Mountain in California north of the Napa Valley.  The merchandising on the gas pump alerted me to it.  “After long nights or even longer days.”  Since I was awakened last night in my cabin by an earthquake, I was a sitting duck target for this [...]

The Seven Percent Solution

Some of you will remember The Seven Percent Solution as the title of the excellent 1974 book on the life of Sherlock Holmes the fictional character and coke addict (not the soft drink, the drug). I used it to describe a fascinating fact that I recently learned about Diet Coke.
Coke Zero has been introduced [...]