Ginger Makela

ah, that sounds pretty nice... - edythe

She's not answering so I am going to dub this drink "Ginger's Pleasure". :) - Lindsay Donaghe

It's a French Martini -- one would usually use unflavored vodka, but vanilla sounded good. I'll call it a French Vanilla Martini. But Ginger's Pleasure sounds good too. - Ginger Makela

"To continue reading, subscribe now" : ( - Jess Lee

"One of the first results of the collaboration between the two companies was an online campaign inviting people to make spoof videos of P&G's "Talking Stain" TV ad and post them to YouTube. The original ad, aired during the Super Bowl, shows a job candidate being drowned out by a talking stain on his shirt that babbles nonsense every time the man tries to speak during an employment interview. Spoof campaigns can be risky. What if people post something rude about your product -- or don't participate at all? This "never would have happened" previously, says Mr. Stengel, who left P&G last month to start his own firm. It's "something [P&G is] really wrestling with: How does a brand morph from one-way to two-way communication with the consumer?" P&G tried to enforce limits. It provided prospective spoofers a toolkit of official logos. And it demanded that any stains appearing in mock ads must come from an approved list, ranging from a mai tai to spinach dip. (Grease, blood or ink was forbidden because the Tide - Roshan Vyas

..."Tide to Go stain-removing pen doesn't work on those stains.) In the end, of the 227 spoofs submitted, a handful were deemed good enough by P&G to air on TV. The campaign was successful enough that Tide plans to use more consumer-generated content in the future, P&G says." - Roshan Vyas

A copyrighted article cannot be entirely copy-past on a website, but thanks to the "right to quote" (or "faire use" for the US), we can all quote a part of this WSJ article (10 lines per person) and share the all article legally. I may be wrong, but it's so cool to be able to read unaccessible content without hacking author rights in the process. Thanks Friendfeed! - Jérôme Flipo

Wait, did I go over 10 lines? - Roshan Vyas

Hello Jess - click on digg icon for the article. Now click on the url of this article on digg site. It allows you to see the full text. - Atul Arora

@Atul: Neat workaround! Does WSJ have some kind of partnership with Digg or something? Thanks :-) - Jess Lee

@jess - digg/wsj partnership is about a year old according to techcrunch - http://www.techcrunch.com/2007... - Atul Arora

thanks for the tip Atul - Adam Kazwell

Atul, you rock. Thanks. - Ginger Makela

Nathan, it's a blast. It's like playing a Pixar movie. - Ginger Makela

Good description Ginger! I also love the game. - Rachel Lea Fox

Yep...through absentee ballot - Shevonne Polastre

Yes. Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos! - Mark Trapp

Mark, that line never fails to make me laugh. - James Ferguson

Yes. Weeks ago. :) - Jeff Jones

Amaretto sours are NOM! Can only have a few, though, otherwise the sugar gets to me... - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

@Tina The sweeter, the better! Love me some tequila too...mmm - Shey

I've had a couple of beers here. Going to a Sunday Brunch Meetup tomorrow around 1pm. It could be a wet afternoon. - Ian May

Here's our drinks tonight. Great idea, Shey. http://friendfeed.com/e/c16232... - Ginger Makela

I didn't even know the show was still on. - James Ferguson

That's a shame because it has really been good the past few seasons. - Derek Coward

Boo. It's one of my favorite shows. Totally underrated. - Ginger Makela

Awww. Not really surprised but still sad. I love that show. - Rochelle

I like that the sign for Reese's looks kinda like the infinity symbol. - Ginger Makela

Ginger, that would be because they are the best candy ever. The garbage symbol is classic though. - Rob Diana

Were you hobos? - Chris Rivait

Funny. They just hit our neighborhood with buses. Seriously. I took video a few years ago of the bus that parked at the end of the street to drop off the aliens. - Robert Owens

new hair color? - RAPatton

Man, it took me 3 hours to get that joke, Brian. Touché. - Mark Trapp

oh man tie between....5th avenue bars or peanut butter cups and candy corn was my least favorite. - jlt

pez or smarties. 110% sugar psychosis! - Cee Bee

Snickers! - Maria

Snickers + Heath (Heath could really only be had in the ritzy neighborhoods...) - Live4SoccerVacations

Mounds or Almond Joy or Peanut Butter Cups. - Alex Scoble CISSP

Kit Kats! - Shevonne Polastre

Kandy Korn is an 'only on Halloween' treat! - .LAG

Smarties!! or Butterfingers! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

Did you ever label houses, by the trick or treat candy they handed out? - Heidi Jeffers Thibodeau

Carmel Apples, back in the days when people made such things themselves to hand out and there were no razor blade or the like worries - Michael W. May via twhirl

Michael I remember those!! sooo good! Red cinnamon candied apples too! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

ANYTHING Reese's ;) - Tim Hoeck

I don't remember. It might have been Hershey's Special Dark minis. - Nine

Spree! Do they even still make spree? - Michelle Martinez

http://www.homestarrunner.com/... - Iain Baker

Winter Mixture or Liquorice. - VickyPearce

Sweet Tarts and any bite-size version of Snickers, Milky Way or 3 Musketeers (which benefits from the "bite size" treatment. - Steve Isaacs

gotta go with kandy korns for the best halloween-specific candy ever - Marco (aureliusmaximus)

peanut butter cups or milky ways - yum! - William Harryman

Bite-sized Hershey Special Dark, Krackel, Snickers & KitKats - Anika Malone

Awesome Iain, thanks! - Jeanine Walters

em en emz - Carlos Ayala

Anything except Necco! - Melissa Kiser

Candy corn (that picture looks delicious! :) ), Hershey's Special Dark miniatures, those Brach's caramels with the different flavors, like raspberry...maybe Almond Joys or Mounds, also. It's hard to remember because I pretty much liked any candy. :) - Cheryl Jones

orange tootsie roll pops. - -.- . -. -.. .-. .- -.-

remember the old lady with the pennies? every neighborhood across america has/had one. - Cee Bee

I hated old penny lady. - Steve Isaacs

@Michael May - OMG! Caramel apples! My mouth is watering now! Gotta go see if I can find some caramel somewhere. Not sure I've ever seen it sold on its own here in Italy, tho. :( - Grey Drane

I hate hate hate candy corn. Reese's Cups or Snickers bars, please... even the fun size ones are fine. - Bill Sodeman

all of it, really, but candy corn was also great, as well as those molasses-ish flavored toffees - Mark Dykeman

caramel apples: http://friendfeed.com/e/1b88b7... - Cee Bee

Our Penny Guy would make it even worse with a "Don't Spend It All In One Place!" as you walked away. F U Penny Guy. - Renee Pie

I used to love SweetTarts - Anna Haro

Melissa! Necco wafers are gross! I introduced my husband to them a few years ago and it figures, he loved them. - Anika Malone

Choco-lite or Good 'n Fruity. I found Good 'n Fruity the other day and it was NOT the same. - Cyndy

hold up - one bitch gave out otter pops. talking about "you go home and put it in the freezer." Bitch, you just gave me a tube of room temperature kool aid. Why not just piss on me? - Orphan Spinster Librarian

Brandon FTW. I loved getting Sixlets! - Erica Baker

Fun-size Lik-m-Aid, which was very rare. - Ginger Makela

Reese's cups/miniatures and PayDay bars - xero

Whoops, forgot to mention Sixlets in my list...do they make those anymore? - Cheryl Jones

HUGE 2 foot Pixxy Sticks - I gave those out a couple of years ago and the neighborhood was buzzing with kids hopped up on LOTS of that sugar!! ha, ha!! it was funny to see how many kids returned for 2nds! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)

Definitely not the candy corn.....hmm....I think I liked suckers or any named brand stuff. Wasn't really much for the candy. I liked to go get it and then give it out at school. :) - dafire

after reading more....yes, the reese's cups...anything with peanut butter nuttiness or peanuts! MMmmmmMMmmm.... - dafire

My grandparents gave us money so we could buy our own candy. That was good. - Katy Southern

that clip is so classic. - Mark Foundos

simply awesome - Harjeet Taggar

It didn't land on me how awful Palin's response was until now. - Robert Konigsberg

I was thinking the exact same thing as I watched part II of the Couric interview. The comment about Putin and our airspace is a classic. - Wil Witherspoon

... for the children! - Chris Lamprecht

Mmmmmm, sounds yummy - Jason Lowe

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