Coca-Cola and The China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences have jointly created “The Coca-Cola Research Center for Chinese Medicine.”
No, this is not a joke.
Their objective: to secretly design a new commercial beverage incorporating Chinese herbal medicine [link].
“[Coke is] looking for exotic herbal ingredients to make a completely new drink and sort of revolutionize the whole soft-drink industry . . .” said Matthew Crabbe, director of Access Asia [link].
About every other month, my neighbor Kate and I will explore one of the many foreign grocery stores in our area. And we always come back with tons of random unidentifiable stuff. This month’s adventure: Daiso in Daly City, CA - it’s kind of like a Japanese Wal*Mart (everything in Daiso is $1.50).
What we brought back (each was only $1.50):
Japanese Barf Bags
Japanese Instant Inflatable Boobies
(Model: Kate)
Japanese Instant Swan Boner
(Model: Me. Note the creepy guy on the package)
Japanese Golden Nose with Blue Mucous
(model: Kate)
C - The KII EMF Meter (with switch modification). $66.95 (or $44.95 unmodified), available through Ghost Augustine.
D - The TRI-Field Natural EMF Meter. Don’t let the name mislead you, it also works with supernatural EMF fields also. $207.99, available through Ghost TRHAPS.
E - The Baketan Ghost Detector 1.0. Strap it to your cellphone, it changes color to indicate the nature of the supernatural presence. Only $19.89, cute ghost charm included, available through Strapya-World.
F - The Baketan Ghost Detector 2.0. Small enough to strap to your cellphone, it changes color to indicate the nature of the supernatural presence, also includes new ‘ghost voice translator.” $19.12, available through Strapya-World.
“It’s not that all granite is dangerous . . . but I’ve seen a few [granite countertops] that might heat up your Cheerios a little.” - Stanley Liebert, the quality assurance director at CMT Laboratories.
This morning as I rode the bus to work, I passed by 2 separate AT&T stores where hundreds of people were lined up, presumably waiting for hours for the brand new 3G iPhone. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely want an iPhone, but what’s so special about getting it first and waiting in line for hours today, when you can just walk into a store tomorrow and get the exact same iPhone with no wait?
Maybe I’m on my own here for thinking this is ridiculous, but taking this concept to the extreme was Jonny Gladwell, a New Zealander who camped out for 3 days (keep in mind it’s winter now in NZ) to get the first 3G iPhone in the world. Check out iPhone Jonny’s blog for some notes on the wait and for some humorous video clips of how he passed the time, including the following ridiculousness:
The Wall Street Journal reports: Hasbro Games is taking its products to Hollywood with the intent of making feature films based on their acclaimed boardgames - such as Monopoly, Ouija, and Candy Land.
