My name is Beth, and I am a Coke whore. And now that I know about Coca Cola's latest soft drink innovation, I may need to go ahead and submit my application for an Intervention. Launching early next year in the UK, Coca Cola fans will be able to enjoy a Super Chilled Sprite. The drink bottle will contain technology that will cool the drink by creating ice from the Sprite when the top is twisted off.
One word of warning, dropping a Mentos into a Super Chilled drink might put an eye out.
A WikiHow contributor posted a useful tip today on how to confront someone who is giving you the cold shoulder. I was enjoying the article, which started out with good solid advice. "Make sure you're not just being paranoid." Good point. Now I'm paranoid about being paranoid.
The article continued with calm and sympathetic advice on how to resolve the issue peacefully using empathy and understanding. But I was feeling aggitated, and I couldn't quite figure out why. Until I realized, HE was there. Cold Shoulder Man himself, standing there in his black and white mime hoodie, giving me the freaking silent treatment, just like they said he would in the WikiHow tip.
So, I asked him. "What are you lookin' at?"
Of course he said nothing.
"Ohhhh, I see! Okay, now I get it. You're here to make a point. Well, I hear you loud and clear, mister." And then I threw in, "Do I know you? Didn't we date in college?"
I took a deep breath, and set out to the work at hand. I practiced confronting him using the 9 Step Program outlined in the WikiHow tip. It took a while, but finally I felt closure. I patted myself on the back, as instructed in Step 9, and thanked Jeebus that I was not just being paranoid.
On This Day in History!
September 26, 1966 - General Motors introduced the first Chevy Camero in an attemp to compete with the Ford Mustang.
Find Out How General Motors and the United Automobile Workers Union Are Celebrating
True crime shows are all the rage in Prime Time television right now. Thank you, Jeebus! Anyone who knows me knows that I am a sucker for non-fiction and biographies. I was the kid who thought the Encyclopedia was the best book in the entire library, and couldn't figure out why all of my tween friends (this scenario takes place back in the day when we were just called kids) were going bonkers over Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
All my life, I have sort of secretly hated television because it was just one boring novel after another. Occassionally there would be a break in the Fantasy Island, Love Boat, Dukes of Hazard routine, and a new pre-Reality TV show would shake up the airwaves. Real People, I'm talking about you!
I'm getting to the true crime part, I swear. Just keep reading.
I thoroughly enjoyed this Flickr group - Stick Figures in Peril. The world is a dangerous place, and we owe a lot to these stick figures.
Jack Links Beef Jerky has a wonderful series of commercials out right now called Messin' With Sasquatch. My personal favorite is the Pickup Truck spot. But go check out the Official Messin With Sasquatch site to see them all!
Sasquatch even has a MySpace page, which he updates regularly, unlike everyone else!. His life is absolutely riveting, so of course I added him to my friends list. I love being able to get all Web 2.0 with Big Foot!
He was down on one knee asking for her hand in marriage. She had just said yes. Then, WHAM, out of the bushes jumped a mugger with a gun! Let's just say that their life together started with a bang, but nobody got hurt.
Central Park Lovers Get Engaged, Mugged
It was announced today that Standford has purchased a large interview archive from New Dimensions, and plans to digitize content to make it available online. New Dimensions is a non-profit organization who has spent the last few decades interviewing and broadcasting session with the world's more innovative thinkers. The collection that Stanford bought includes interviews with Buckminster Fuller, Timothy Leary, Deepok Chopra, Maya Angelou, and tons of others.
READ ABOUT IT HERE
If you don't know about New Dimensions, and all of their wonderful podcasts and Internet Radio options, you should. So here you go. Go forth, and become enlightened!
New Dimensions Podcast Subscriptions
New Dimensions Internet Radio
Buy New Dimensions MP3s for $1.99
New Dimensiona Audio Club
Oh boy. Bring out your crazy, 24 Hour Fitness. A Houston woman went to work out at 24 Hour Fitness Center where she had been a member for 3 years, and got locked inside when the gym closed around midnight. She wound up calling police who coached her through finding the building's emergency exit, where she was able to escape. She didn't realize the gym had operating hours. I wonder why. It might have something to do with the name of the company - 24 Hour Fitness. Ya think?
Read the Local Channel 13 Story About the Incident
Signs point to Yes!
I guess the newspaper organizations have finally woken up and smelled the coffee Google and AOL have been brewing for the past decade. Free the content, and the advertisers will take care of the rest.
Try looking at this photo without having Puff the Magic Dragon stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
