I saw one that said "An F-5 fighter jet was seen leaving Oklahoma City airspace just prior to the tornado "forming" and wiping out the town". (It was pointed out that the F-5 refers to the tornado strength and that isn't an aircraft)
- Johnny
from iPhone
Yep. I thought after Sandy hit, people would stop saying such incredibly deranged things, but it's like they're addicted.
- Anika
If a massive tornado is heading for a military base (in this case, Tinker), it's logical they'd fly as much gear out of the way as possible. Plenty of fodder for wackos to work with there -"squadron spawns, controls and directs massive tornado!" It's like these folks need constant drama in their boring lives and create conspiracy theories to ease their plight...
- Bash
"Because movie stars aren't actually Michelin starred chefs, shouty chef Gordon Ramsay is going to teach Bradley Cooper how to look like one for the upcoming film, Chef. (Which is not the same as Jon Favreau's Chef; don't worry, they're trying to sort that confusion out.) Sources tell the Sun that Ramsay has signed on to consult for the Cooper project: "Gordon's going to be giving Bradley a crash-course in cookery and teaching him some flash tricks like knife-work so Bradley looks like an experienced chef." Cooper's character in the film opens a London restaurant with Michelin aspirations; Ramsay certainly knows a thing or two about that. Bradley does have some experience in this arena, having played "Jack Bourdain," the Anthony Bourdain-based character in the short-lived Fox series Kitchen Confidential (see photo). It is not uncommon for chefs to consult on food related movies and TV shows; most famously perhaps, Thomas Keller consulted with Pixar on Ratatouille."
- Eric - seven eleven
from Bookmarklet
I was going to say, I watched "Kitchen Confidential". One of the very few who did. That show took a bunch of things from Bourdain's book, but it noticeably did NOT make most of the kitchen crew Hispanic, which Bourdain had said had been his experience in every NYC kitchen he'd ever cooked at. KC the show had one Hispanic character.
- Andrew C (✓)
It didn't look or taste particularly oatmeal-like. They looked like chocolate chip cookies. Everyone thought they were chocolate chip cookies. Then we bit into them. :/
- Katy S
How to make more money. Label your product "For Migraines". Excedrin charges $2 more per bottle of their Migraine pain relief pills vs their "Extra Strength" pills even though they are the EXACT SAME active ingredients and strength.
My understanding was that the large difference was in the dosing directions - Excedrine MIgraine says explicitly that you're not supposed to take more than one dose in a 24 hour period of time (mostly so people see a physician if they need to.) Not that people often read the directions.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Lots of Brands do that. You have to market to the lowest common idiot denominator.
- Jeff (Team マクダジ )
from iPhone
Active ingredients doesn't equal same product. We sell two products with the same active ingredients but one has a surfactant which helps with leaf stick. The other has one the accelerates the penetration. That's not registered cause its not part of the Mode Of Action. The migraine version may have other ingredients not required for listing that could effect translocation
- Johnny
from iPhone
Johnny, medications, at least in the US, are required to list all ingredients and active ingredients especially. If an ingredient has anything to do with the efficacy of a medication it needs to be listed. Since all of the ingredients are the same they are charging more money for the same medication until proven otherwise.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Both have caffeine and both are a mix of aspirin and acetaminophen.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I guess they're hoping people with migraines will read the product name and not the ingredient list and happily pay the extra $2!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
In general, take a product and make it sound especially for your situation. It makes you feel like someone made a product just for your needs, and you pay more. Or make them just slightly different, so that you'll want all of them: a lime squeezer and a lemon squeezer and also an orange squeezer.
- Amit Patel
Sorry, I didn't catch that since I was zesting my Bergamots with my Bergamot zester.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Okay. Marginhancers branding, web dev and photo/video. Now for migraines.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Actually, niche-ing a product does build exclusivity. That tells folks who it's for and will increase sales.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Re Excedrin: if you really have migraines, Excedrin won't begin to help. Assuming you can get scripts, Vicodin generic is about five bucks for a 55-gallon drum. Course, if you REALLY have migraines, Vicodin just makes them worse after a while.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
This morning I woke up early because of a dream. I was on the ground photographing something when a giant centipede came up behind me and started biting me. I was hitting it to try to get it off, and each time I hit it, it said "ow!" o_O
Dominic: "Which beer do you want?" Me: "I dunno. They all look pretty good." Dominic: "Oh hey, there's one with that Robin Hood guy from that book you're reading." Me: :O :O "SCORE!"
"I wish I could tell you that Colette fought the good fight, and the Sisters let her be. I wish I could tell you that - but college is no fairy-tale world."
- SteVe C
Professional cover designs are one thing that traditional publishing has over self-publishing. Except when you can get a design that professional (that *is* a compliment) in a self-published book. Congratulations!
- Walt Crawford
Walt, I am touched by your compliment, after I have been a jerk to you too often. Thank you. That said, Laura supplied the photo of the couch, I chose a classic typeface and sampled colors from the photograph. So I'm happy with how it turned out, but it's more a matter of listening to what the author wanted.
- Steele Lawman
OMG You mean Steele Lawman is actually Steve Lawson! I take it all.... Nah. A good book cover, especially a good uncluttered one, is great and not always easy to do. This one's good in a number of subtle ways. I try to respect those who have talents I lack, and really good cover design is one of those.
- Walt Crawford
Good thing I can read. No one tells me anything! Here I was admiring the cover, never knowing the source of it! Wow.
- Mama Lawson
Do bacteria make it rain? Is our destruction of ecosystems affecting rain formation? Did bacteria invent rain in order to transport themselves around the world? Ok, maybe that last bit is science fiction.
- Amit Patel
from Bookmarklet
thats an interesting conundrum, should we salute A&F for signing the accord, or still shame them for doing business there, like that, to similar workers, in the first place?
- chaz2b