This and That

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I have a few things taking my attention away from anything creative today, such exciting things as property release forms and what golf balls should I buy this year. I'm going to join the Door Creek Golf League on Wednesday Night and have to get my balls in order.

I did notice that either the biggest bone blunder in business history OR the most brilliant marketing idea EVER started on this day in 1985 with the coming out party of New Coke.

Depends how you look at it. New Coke was a complete marketing failure. Before New Coke, Coka-Cola was losing ground in the cola wars and was in 2nd place. Exec's felt they needed to change and thus New Coke. Which totally and utterly bombed. HOWEVER - it was SO bad everybody was talking about it.

When OLD Coke was reintroduced U.S. Senator David Pryor called the reintroduction "a meaningful moment in U.S. history". Every major newspaper in the country headlined that Coke was back and TV stations interrupted shows announcing Coke Classic was back.

Coke took charge and zoomed ahead of Pepsi and has never looked back.
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Also on this day William Shakespeare, who I was named after, was born and also died on this day in 1564 and 1616. You will have to figure out which is which.

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I had a taste of a new brew a few days ago and I'm quite excited. Still a month away from actually being ready to drink but I was wonderful. Rare hops were used in a simple recipe and it was YUMMMM MEEEEE.

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We arrived home a few days ago and in the front mailbox garden were two mallards. We had seen them there before and I think they like the fact that I dumped some fresh barley in the garden.

Then as we walked into the house and stepped into the kitchen there were broken beer bottles on the floor and a clock in the living room was tipped over. The animals were standing there looking a little guilty.

WHAT GOES ON HERE WHILE WE'RE GONE!!

SOMEONE knocked the 6-pack of empties onto the floor. I know that Milo and Blake work together at times when there is a container of cupcakes on the counter. Milo will push the container onto the floor and hopefully the top will come off. Then Blake will help himself. Once out of 12 cupcakes we found four whole ones still in the container, 3 with the tops eaten off, 2 empty muffin cups and three were completely missing.

Oddly Blake did not eat his dinner that night!

Milo will also push cups of coffee onto the floor - he HATES coffee. Whenever we're in the living room on a Sunday morning he will jump up and try to tip over the coffee.

I'll show you what Sierra does tomorrow - she ain't no angel either.

Have a great day and enjoy the good weather that will start this afternoon.

Rod