Coke Zero

Coke Zero Point Of Purchase At It’s Best

(Pay no attention to the sexy blond model wearing nothing but the Coca-Cola Zero logo in body paint)

Coca-cola has introduced yet another diet soda product to their long list of soft drinks. Coke Zero, being a diet soda, has zero calories, (Hence the name) zero total fat, zero total carbs, zero protein, zero sugar, and 40 mg of sodium which is 2% daily intake. I will hazard a guess and say that most diet soda’s claim the same low calorie intake. But Coke Zero separates itself from all the others for one reason.

Taste!

I have tried many diet pops in my time and all of them left me not wanting for more. The only diet pop that is tolerable is Diet Dr. Pepper. (I ordered a Dr. Diet Pepper at a restaurant once and my son and wife almost fell over laughing at my mistake) All the other ones have such a bitter taste and a nasty after taste. I think these diet pops can be used as diesel fuel in a pinch.

Coke Zero however, as the commercials tout, it does taste a hell of a lot like Cokes flag ship brand cola, Coca-Cola Classic. Now hold on a minute! I didn’t say it tasted exactly like Classic, but very close.

I was truly skeptical and I had to find out for myself if the Coke commercials were lying or not. I went to the local gas station, fueled up and went inside and purchased a 20 ounce size plastic bottle of Coke Zero. The cost was 99 cents, right in line with Classic, same price. (I mention this for a few years back, Coca-Cola introduced Coke C2, half the calorie soda but 50% more in cost. A 20 ounce bottle was $1.49 compared to 99 cents.)

I took the bottle of Coke Zero home and placed it in the fridge to get it ice cold. (Nothing better than an ice cold pop) A couple hours later, it was time to test the new Coke Zero.

I twisted the cap off and it fizzled just like Coke Classic which was a good sign. Then I went for it and took a big guzzle. Zero had that full bodied taste that did not disappoint. If I didn’t already know, I would swear it wasn’t a diet soda. After taste? Forgetaboutit! Absolutely none. The first sip left me wanting more. I savored the rest of the bottle and each sip was as good as the last.

Coke Zero is the best diet soda on the market today and the Grassy Knoll Institute awards 5 out of 5 shots and highly recommends Coca-Cola Zero for a refreshing thirst quencher.

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Lost Update - Old Man

Lost Update Season IV 05/08/2008

Old man look at my life,
I’m a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I’m a lot like you were.

Old man look at my life,
Twenty four
and there’s so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two.

Love lost, such a cost,
Give me things
that don’t get lost.
Like a coin that won’t get tossed
Rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life
I’m a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that’s true.

Lullabies, look in your eyes,
Run around the same old town.
Doesn’t mean that much to me
To mean that much to you.

I’ve been first and last
Look at how the time goes past.
But I’m all alone at last.
Rolling home to you.

Old man take a look at my life
I’m a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that’s true.

Old man look at my life,
I’m a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I’m a lot like you were.

I usually only post a verse or two of the song lyric but tonight, Neil Young’s Old Man needs the entire treatment. It speaks volumes about the mysterious old man Jacob and how the island replenishes itself. Read the lyrics slowly and you will begin to understand what course Lost is heading on. And it touches on my Lost theory as well which is a nice touch.

Just what is my theory….. I’ll tell you in a Lost island minute.
Although it appears the survivors of Oceanic flight 815 are on a tropical island, they are being deceived. There is no island. The survivors are in a virtual reality laboratory. All the castaways are interconnected to one another sharing each others thoughts, memories, and feelings. While in this virtual reality laboratory, a battery of physical and mental experiments are performed on them. And who is behind all this other than the mysterious government men? Aliens of course.

Destiny is a fickle bitch!

Richard is on the mainland when John Locke was born. Lets say John is 40 years old. That’s a conservative guess. Richard looks exactly the same forty years ago as he does today. Either time travel, virtual reality, or a race of people that do not age is in effect here. I’m opting for the second one. In a nutshell, Richard doesn’t age.

We have to ask the question why he doesn’t? My answer is virtual reality of course. In VR controlled by someone else, the parameters of the concept of time are can be changed. You may think that 100 days or 100 years have passed but in reality, only a few moments have ticked away.

The doctor was dead on the island, washed ashore, but on the freighter, he is still quite alive. Only later when Kheeme kills him and tosses him overboard does it make sense. Remember, time is different on the island and the freighter. In VR, time has no real value. The doctor is alive in one time sequence, and already dead in another.

Tonight we were introduced to Horace, a character that has been dead for 12 years. John sees him chopping a tree down in preparation for making a cabin. It’s actually a dream John is having. Horace continues to cut the same tree down time after time as he speaks to John. He tells John that he has to find him, and afterward, then he will be able to find Jacob. (In the mass grave pit on the island where Ben shot John, lies Horace’s remains) In the pocket is a map to the cabin.

John Locke needs his ego stroked. We learned this from his flash back as a child. Abandoned by his mother at birth, bullied in high school as a geek, or nerd, and of course pushed out a window by his father after his kidney was taken. In steps Horace. He tells John that they have been waiting for him for a very long time.

John now has a strong connection to the island. It needs him. Unlike back on the mainland. John is being manipulated without his knowing. Just like he did to Hurley when he told him he could leave and Hurley chose to stay. Ben even tells John that he manipulated Hurley into thinking it was Hurley’s own decision. Exactly what the VR lab is doing to John.

Locke finds the cabin, goes inside alone, but instead of finding Jacob inside, he spies Christian, Jack and Claire’s father. And hey, Claire is there as well. She looks different, a little demonic, devious, not herself. Christian tells Locke the copter is coming and will kill them all. He tells John to ask the question. John asks how to save the island?

When John comes out, he tells Ben and Hurley the news. To save the island, they have to move the island!

This could mean several things. One, manipulate the coordinates of the island making it seem that it has moved. Or, simply change the parameters of the VR experiment and literally move the island. that is the real reason it is so difficult to find the island. Because it doesn’t really exist. Onlt in the minds of the people in the VR experiment.

Significant Tidbits from tonight’s show:

The comic book Richard gave John as a little boy was about a hidden land. As in the Lost island.

Michael cannot be shot. Kheeme tries to shoot him several times tonight but his gun does not fire. Just like on the mainland when Michael tried to kill himself.

Everything’s going to hell on the freighter.

The captain agrees to help Desmond and Sayid escape. heading 305 to the island. Desmond stays behind.

Just wait until you read the Twilight Zone tie in to this episode. It” blow you away.

Until next week, Get Lost…

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Papa John’s Pizza Debacle

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Papa John’s Pizza, a national pizza chain joint, coming off a PR nightmare, (A local Papa John’s outlet printed up and handed out T-shirts with crybaby 23 on them in an attempt to taunt LaBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers) has sunk even further into the abyss.

With threats of lawsuits by the NBA and the Cavaliers, papa John’s announced that they are selling their large one topping pizza’s for 23 cents all day today. This was their way to apologize to the fans offended by the shirts. Plus all proceeds are being donated to LaBron James charity.

So what happens? Thousands of people call papa John’s for lunch take out in the North East. Thousands of pizza’s are being made. So far, perhaps the pain was being eased. Until, Papa John’s couldn’t keep up with the influx of orders. Even though the Public Relations director of papa John’s said they would be able to supply a pizza to everyone that called.

Papa John’s was wrong. By noon time in Youngstown, Ohio, Papa John’s took their phone of the hook. The line out the door bent around the block with a waiting period of at least an hour. Some reports said a four hour wait at other local chains.

Papa John’s ran out of dough, left customers hanging as they waited for hours in line, and then turned away empty handed.

Papa John’s should have realized that their pizza shops did not have the capability to produce the volume needed. They made a critical public relations error. It reminds me of the WKRP in Cincinnati public relations nightmare for Thanksgiving. (WKRP was a 1970’s - 80’s TV sitcom) They decided to give out hundreds of turkeys to the people of Cincinnati. To make a dramatic impact, they loaded up the “Live” turkeys in a chopper and dropped them on the city streets.

A good gesture indeed, but they didn’t think it through. Turkeys, as everyone knows, can’t fly and fell out of the chopper and hit the pavement like wet bags of cement.

Exactly what happened to Papa John’s pizza 23 cent give away promotion yesterday.

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Effective Advertising

On my way home from work the other day, I was on Route 224,
(The main traffic artery of Boardman, Ohio) I spied this hard working lad. He was standing on the roadside attempting to drum up business for Boston Market chicken, the restaurant he works for. He had a big wrap around sign displaying the Boston Market logo and a $5.99 meal deal.

He saw me snapping his picture and he waved and laughed. Smile dude, you made the Grassy Knoll Institute.

Made me think of the old style diners back in the 50’s and 60’s where men would walk up and down the streets with Eat At Joe’s type of signs on them. Apparently, it is effective advertising if it is still being used today.

Now doesn’t that make you want to “Bring it on in to Omeletteville!”

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Big Foot Or Giant Alien Proof

Big Foot Leaves Large Impression In Pavement

Walking through the local cemetery in the early spring, I came upon this large foot impression crushed into the pavement. Obviously, whatever made this imprint has to be massive weighing hundreds of pounds. Upon inspection of the footprint, I used my own footprint as a point of reference, (Size 12) the Grassy Knoll Institute surmises the giant alien had to be at least 18 feet tall and weighing in at roughly 650 pounds.

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John F. Kennedy Collector Cards #24

President John F. Kennedy escorts the Grand Duchess ofLuxembourg to the state dining room in the White House.

#24 in a series of 77 John F. Kennedy cards.

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Titt Pavillion

As expected, the Titt Pavilion, nestled snugly and firmly in the heart of Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, Ohio, is booked through 2012, which according to the Mayan calendar, is the end of the world.

Pamela Anderson and Scarlett Johansson are expected guests.

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