Sitting Here Drinking My Cheerwine, Doing Professor Moptop's Homework and Typing These Blogs

Right now I am doing the homework assigned me last night at McHenry Library (Illinois).  And that was having to listen to the entire "Abbey Road" album" by you-know-who.  We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of this album's release this year.

And, what better way to find out about it than by having the "Fessa tell you about each and every song on it. He went into great detail and did it with plenty of video.  I doubt that anyone, even Terri Hemmert (and she REALLY KNOWS A LOT) knows more about the Beatles than Professor Moptop.

Plus, I am greatly enjoying my 12 ounce bottle of Cheerwine, the taste of North Carolina.  Yesterday, while shopping at our Spring Grove (Illinois) Jewel store I was fairly shocked to see a four pack of bottles for sale ($4).  That is much more than the usual $2.50 I like to spend for a 12-pack of pop.  But, the fact you can only rarely find it here in northern Illinois made me pay that price.  (I really stock up on the stuff when I'm in N.C..)

Sure made my day.

So, here I sit, typing away with my own two little fingers, drinking the good stuff and doing my homework.  I figured I had left homework behind when I got out of college, but evidently not so.

How 'Bout Dat?  --RoadDog

Gettin' Respect

From the Yahoo! Finance, The Exchange "Coca-Cola, Pepsico Rank High in Brand Respect, But Delta Lags" by Chris Nichols.

From a survey by Core Brand, researching corporate branding, not specific products. These are the highest ranked for most respected:

PepsiCo and Coca-Cola- tied
Hershey's
Harley-Davidson
Bayer
Johnson & Johnson
Kellogg's
Campbell's Soup
Colgate-Palmolive
Estee Lauder.

--RoadDog

JSIS: New Menus-- Old Coke Commercials

JSIS--  Just Some Interesting Stuff
1.  NEW MENUS--  We went to favorite restaurants the last two days and both had new menus.  Never a good thing as that means the prices will be higher.  And, they were.  Imagine that.  Of course, they will tell you that they have new offerings, but the main thing is that it will cost more.


2.  OLD COKE COMMERCIALS--  Came across this excellent site if you're an OF like me which had eight old TV commercials for good old Coca-Cola, even if you call it soda.  One features Ozzie and Harriet.  A couple of the commercials didn't play, but check it out at Vanished Americana.  Relive those days gone by.

www.vanishedamericana.com

You'll need to scroll down when you get there.

Just Some Interesting Stuff.  --RoadDog


WHICH CAME FIRST  And Remember, put them in order, even more of a challenge:

Pressure Cooker,  Zipper, Pop-Up Toaster, Electric Blender

JSS-- Ice Gone--Windstorm Yesterday-- Bears Party-- Grape Crush

Just Some Stuff:

1. All that ice on the driveway and sidewalk is finally gone thanks to the warm weather Thursday to Saturday. I helped it along with a LOT of chopping, chopping, and chopping. Boy, are my wrists and hands ever sore.

2. Yesterday, we had ten friends over for a Bears-Packers party. And DaBears won!!! As horrible as this season is going, if you beat DaPack, things are good again. However, I'll be backing the Pack in the playoffs. I would like to point out to Kip that the Bears beat the Pack both games this year!!!!

3. We had major wind yesterday, with gusts up to 55 mph around Spring Grove, Il. We were lucky not to lose electricity as we usually do in any sort of inclement weather. It blew down my spiral Christmas tree, lost a red ribbon, and put out one strand of lights.

4. Grape Crush--Earlier last week, I bought a six pack each of Orange and Grape Crush in 12 ounce bottles. Getting a pop in a bottle anymore is rare, but I haven't had Grape Crush in a long, long time. It was as Good as I remembered it Being.  Wasn't that what Radar drank on "MASH?"

Life Just Goes On. --RoadDog