Mr. Coke Faces a PR Problem

Today's Guardian (a UK pub) has a story about a woman whose is said to have had an addiction to Coke which contributed to her early death.

She died at age 30 of a heart attack.

Per the story, she drank 8 to 10 litres of Coke a day (which is about 3 or 4 times what G drinks during his most thirsty times). She also smoked about a pack of cigarettes a day and didn't eat well.

Coke put out a PR notice that said that even drinking that much water a day might be bad for you and the coroner's office agreed with that statement.

Dogone Conference

Gretel and UGA had a conference today to discuss an article they read at the BBC.

The BBC article was on the advantages of taking dogs to work. The BBC article was, in turn, based on research by employees of Virginia Commonwealth University from the business, medical and math/statistics schools.

There is a national 'take your dog to work day' which began in 1996 in the UK and 1999 in the US.

The pro-dog TYDTWD crowd has its own site (and its own spokes dog. 

There is no 'take your cat to work day'. An artist's concept of how this would have worked out is here. 

Visitor at Motel

A Super 8 motel in Baton Rouge Louisiana got a visit from a lovely 6 foot long gator.

Everybody was presumably thrilled, except a few people who were bitten.

Article is here.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/weird/NATL-Alligator-Visits-La-Motel-Bites-Guest-147141025.html