Ed's Technobabble

I had one of these at work this week. It was pretty good. Pretty damn good. One of my co-workers asked what the 10, 2 and 4 mean. I had no clue. So I had to do a bit of research. Those well-known Dr Pepper numbers of 10, 2 and 4 weren’t selected at random. They represent the times of day when the human body needs a little “pick-me-up” to avoid an energy slump. It was in the 1920s that Dr. Walter Eddy at Columbia University studied the body’s metabolism. He discovered that a natural drop in energy occurs about 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. But he also discovered that if the people in his research study had something to eat or drink at 10, 2 and 4, the energy slump could be avoided. After Dr. Eddy’s research findings were released, Dr Pepper challenged its advertising agency to come up with a theme which would suggest that Dr Pepper should be that 10, 2 and 4 drink which would keep the energy level up. The result was one of the most enduring of Dr Pepper’s advertisin

uh… Yes. I don’t want to put my spin on it.. Here it is from ESPN . Sunnyside H.S. (Wash.) Wrestling In the school's wrestling room, a 15-year-old boy was allegedly sodomized with a mop handle while teammates held him down and dozens of other wrestlers watched. The attack sent the boy, bleeding and traumatized, to the hospital for a week. He suffered  internal injuries. Richard Melendrez, 18, pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless endangerment and was given 60 days in a work-release program. Second-degree rape charges that were pending against three others in juvenile court were reduced to fourth-degree assault. It must have been in the air. From the same year, same article: Johnson Creek H.S. (Wisc.) Wrestling Wrestlers admitted taping a teammate but denied sodomizing him with a mop handle, as the victim claimed. Four juveniles settled their cases out of court and two were acquitted. So back in the day this was big. Google “ Mop Handle

I run into this at least once a week. After the second time, I just go. It’s been over a month since my last blog. Things have been busy. I’ve now in my last semester at Washington State University. GO Cougs! Since I mentioned WSU, I had to post a gratuitous picture of the WSU marching band when we went to the Rose Bowl several years ago. This was a much better time for WSU football. However, we did have Ryan Leaf.