Addicted to Passions and Pulp
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Seems like a recent theme afflicting businesses is getting too big and forgoing their heritage. The answer obviously is to remember your roots and embrace your history. Such as it is with Starbucks.
Starbucks recent big secret of its Pikes Place roast continues to draw attention. The coffee itself is getting [...]
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Kobe Bryant is pimping Nike’s new Hyperdunk midcuts with a viral video of himself jumping over an oncoming Aston Martin car.
Real or Fake? Kobe Bryant jumps over Aston Martin!!!Uploaded by dunksforlife
I’m sure the video is fake, but you think kids would try this stunt?
Technorati Tags: Kicks, Kobe Bryant, Nike, shoes, sneakers
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Episode 5, The Elements, of Top Chef finally brought some heat to the tepid series although a little awkwardly. The competitions were okay, and all you got to know is that half of the lesbian couple, Zoi, was eliminated. The heated fun came after Zoi was told to pack her knives as tension [...]
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Thanks to the Kansas Jayhawks (or coulda been, free-throw-choking Memphis Tigers), Adidas has broken Nike’s string of seven consecutive NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships. Here’s to the champion Jayhawks decked out with Adidas.
The Brotherhood has done it.
Here’s one last look at this year’s bracket from a kicks perspective.
Technorati Tags: Kicks, March Madness, NCAA Tournament, Nike, [...]
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Okay, so Adam Carolla doesn’t have the skill to win it all in Dancing with the Stars, but he does bring an entertainment factor to the show. However in Week 4, Adam Carolla and partner Julianne Hough were eliminated after a funny as heck paso doable featuring Adam’s entry on a unicycle. Just [...]
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I’m no Coffee Master and know nothing of coffee smell, slurping, or geography of my palate, but I do know Starbucks new Pikes Place Roast is easy to drink. This freshly roasted and brewed coffee is not bitter or overwhelming, but it also ain’t Heaven in a cup you know? It’s simply a [...]
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We did a small part to support the annual Cherry Blossom Festival with this tee shirt purchase.
Technorati Tags: Hawaii
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So Starbucks venti big secret is another coffee offering. Its Pikes Place roast or “everyday” brew will be made and prepared the old fashion way. Freshly roasted, freshly ground, minimal sitting around to lose its “subtle, rich flavors of cocoa and toasted nuts.”
For Hawaii coffee drinkers, Starbucks is giving away samples of [...]
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Thanks to devoted Pulp readers, here are a few shots of the line waiting to get into the Hawaii casting for Deal or No Deal at Pearlridge Shopping Center.
Formation of the line was allowed starting at midnight. By 1:30 am, the line already stretched from Moe’s to the street side of Macys. And [...]
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So what is Starbucks’ bigger-than-Venti secret coming up this Tuesday? Rumors on the web say a high end, upscale coffee made by hand that tastes great or free refills for a regular coffee drink. Boring!
Let’s go out on a crazy limb and collaborate with my favorite fruit company, Apple. There’s the hubbub of [...]
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I have a confession to make. All these years, I never learned how to ride a bike. Just never did, and it wasn’t a problem.
But while in FAT living with a family of bicyclers, it became a problem. So I got on and started ridin’ dirty. Just watch (and feel free [...]
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I read about this a little ways back but kept forgetting to check it out. Starbucks is asking the community for ideas on how to improve. Everything is fair game. You can propose ideas about their drinks, food, gift card services, the store atmosphere, and more.
All you got to do is visit [...]
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Like last year, the NCAA Men’s Basketball champion will be an easy kicks pick. The Finals are solely represented by those from the Adidas Brotherhood, the Memphis Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks.
So Adidas finally breaks through Nike’s recent hold of National Champs dating back to 2001 (Duke, Maryland, Syracuse, UConn, NC, Florida twice). [...]
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Didn’t know about the Net phenomenon called RickRolling where juicy links mislead users to a YouTube video of Rick Astley singing Never Gonna Give You Up.
If you fall for one of these links then you’ve been RickRolled. Wonder if Starbucks’ mysterious Big Secret is some grand form of a RickRoll?
What ain’t a RickRoll is [...]
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Hmmm, Starbucks has a big secret and they’re not willing to tell until next week. Wonder what’s up?
Looks like the coffee giant is taking a page out of Apple’s playbook with hints and innuendos but not much details with upcoming announcements. And the news will be announced on a Tuesday (4/8/08) no less! [...]
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There’s a new passion and addiction in my life, and its name is TiVo. I’ve finally succumbed and got a TiVo box after much deliberation. To future proof this buy as much as possible, I went with the TiVo HD, running the Series3 operating system. The HD unit has dual tuners and [...]
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Joey, Jordan, Jonathan, and Danny back together? Whoa! Can they still be called the new kids?
These guys are still Hangin’ Tough.
Technorati Tags: music
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While I am a fan of BravoTV’s Top Chef reality cooking show, this season has been somewhat unmemorable for me. Season 4 is supposed to present the most talented competitors to date, and maybe that’s a related issue? After four episodes (I missed the Zoo Food episode), I can’t really remember the contestants. [...]
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Haven’t been paying attention to new Hawaii Walgreens locations, but the old Kam Bowl location will eventually be Walgreens Kamehameha. Demolition of Kam Bowl is done, and construction of a new building is only beginning.
And oh yeah, Mitsu-Ken is showing some life once again. There were about 4-5 people waiting in line to [...]
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Yes, yes, the Gutt is gone as Steve Guttenberg was eliminated on Week 3 of Dancing with the Stars. But before he left, he did the man tango aka “the mango” with Jonathan Roberts.
Steve’s DWTS female partner is Anna Trebunskaya who is Jonathan Robert’s wife. Since Anna was sick during the [...]
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