Air Paterno

Usually your favorite product goes away before you realize it's been discontinued. Hate it when they discontinue a brand of cereal I like. Used to love a cereal called Buck Wheats. Had a maple flavor. Eventually another cereal comes along with a similar taste, but you have to be on the lookout.   

And I hate it when they discontinue a particular style shoe that I've been wearing for years. But if you buy several pair, eventually they will disintegrate right there in the closet. Guess that didn't happen to Joe Paterno. He wore the same style plain black Nike coaching shoes for thirty years. When they were discontinued Nike made up several pairs for Joe Pa. They were know as "Air Paternos". He was on his last pair the year he died (above). Guess that makes sense.  

 

I like that Dr. Pepper Ten, with ten calories. Of course I also like Diet Dr. Pepper, and Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper. But the Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper  tastes like cough medicine. Too many different tastes. Anna doesn't drink too much cola (none of my kids do, but they love tea), but she does like Dr. Pepper. The Dr. Pepper Ten mountain man commercials are the greatest thing on TV – especially the one with the bear paddling the canoe.

 

Interesting looking article about Donald Sterling in the latest Sports Illustrated. Something about whether the NBA's suspension and fine would stand up in court. I'll report back once I read it. Someone asking why it's ok for Beyonce to make $50 million and not OK for a CEO who has 3000 employees and $100 million in profit to make $5 million.