Time to Make the Donuts...or the Coffee

Dunkin Donuts, who has been agreesively working to Starbucks' sippers, announced the launch of a $100 million ad campaign to begin this Monday. Sadly, I appears the it appears the real causalty of Dunkin's advertizing is not Starbucks but Fred the Baker. Fred enjoyed success from 1982 to 1997 by waking early and stating only, "It's time to make the donuts". Dunkin Dave, part of DD's social media campain, is perhaps more appealing to today's twittering market. Dave tweets "on the behalf of the DD mothership" and is "running on Dunkin". No word yet on Dunkin Dave's willingness to rock a Fred the Baker Mustache.

The Man in the Long Red Cloak

People swing their lanterns during the ecumenical festival Martini, Day of St. Martin, in honor of the Catholic St. Martin, at Mariendom place, Cathedral of Mary Place, in Erfurt, Germany. St. Martin be wary St. George and St. Christopher had their feasts taken away.

Slow News Day?

Arkansas is unofficially the fifth-largest sweet potato producer in the country, behind North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and California. Nothing says hard-hitting late-breaking news like unofficial rankings! 365daves.com is unofficially the second most read website by western educated, left-handed, vegan, Maldivian militants worldwide.

A Dog's Life

A dog looks at a basket full of food at a soup kitchen open exclusively for dogs in Berlin..

You Put Bacon in My Mayo...

Baconnaise the new bacon flavored spreadable mayonnaise was introduced to the world yesterday. A party was hosted Seattle, Washington. The event featured a wrestling tournament in which the Seattle Mudhens Womens' rugby team, the Seattle Semi-Pro Wrestling League and the Bacon Girls fought in over 200 gallons of mayonnaise to determine who had bragging rights, bacon or mayonnaise.

Seeing Red

Chaos during the tomato war at the Wanjiang Township in Dongguan of Guangdong Province, China. The event, an imitation of the tomato fight in Spanish township Bunol, was jointly held by the South China Mall and the Dongguan Tourism Bureau and other departments, using about 15 tons of tomatoes.

Dangers of Fresh Fruit

As predicted in the sketch comedy of Monty Python, fresh fruit can be used as a weapon. A Scottish Court awarded a former policewoman over $5,000 for injuries caused by a pineapple that struck her in the sternum during a disturbance. Just one more example that pineapple and pig aren't always a good combination. It is coincidence, I chose to take this picture on my last trip to the UK.

He Who Laughs Last

John McCain and Barack Obama shared the same stage again last night, but this time they traded wisecracks instead of campaign attacks at a black-tie fundraiser for Catholic charities. A source asking to remain anonymous said that Obama did not use the joke; McCain you're so old if I told you to act your age you'd die. The source also said that McCain's jokes did not include; Obama you're so tall you tripped in Ohio and hit your head in Florida, both which you will lose to me. One of the two will have the last laugh on Nov. 4th.

Make me one with everything

Surgeons successfully removed a gallstone from the Dalai Lama today. A spokesman for the 73-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader says it was "a simple, routine procedure." The Dalai Lama was hospitalized yesterday in New Delhi after complaining of abdominal discomfort.

The Dalai Lama and I discuss our orders at our last (and final?) trip to Corn Dog 7.