Pinkberry is a franchise of upscale frozen dessert restaurants headquartered in Los Angeles, California. There are currently 72 stores, mostly located in Southern California with thirteen in New York City.

The first store opened in January 2005 by Korean Americans Shelly Hwang and Young Lee.[1] The tart, frozen dessert has a groupie-like following who sometimes refer to it as "Crackberry"[1]. The company acknowledges its cult-like following by maintaining a "groupie corner" on its website. When the company was the subject of an American Express commercial for a new "Plum Card" aimed at mid-sized business owners in 2007, the commercial stated that "it's amazing how in just three years, [Hwang and Lee] created a cultural phenomenon."



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Today In History~

1792 - S.L. Mitchell of Columbia College in New York City became the first Professor of Agriculture.

1808 - The leather-splitting machine was patented by Samuel Parker of Billerica, MA.

1847 - A 10-hour work day was established for workers in the State of New Hampshire. It’s now down to eight hours, minus time for breaks, lunch and general goofing-off...

1872 - The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, ME. Take your favorite policeman out for a donut today!

1878 - The corncob pipe was patented by Henry Tibbe of Washington, MO. You see, Henry was tired of sitting around, puffing on his string bean pipe and decided to go for something more convenient...

1910 - The first airplane to fly a mile in the air did so this day with W.R. Brookins of Atlantic City, NJ at the controls.

1922 - Johnny Weissmuller became the first to swim the 100-meters freestyle in less than a minute. The future Tarzan set the pace at an event in Alameda, CA.

1935 - American track star Norman Bright ran the two mile event in the record time of 9 minutes, 12.2 seconds at a meet in New York City.

1953 - The first commuter passenger service by helicopter began in America’s largest city. New York Airways provided the lift for busy people who wanted to avoid the traffic below.

1968 - The first All-Star baseball game to be played indoors took place at the Astrodome in Houston, TX. The game produced only eight hits over nine innings and no runs were batted in. Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants scored the only run on a single in the first inning. He moved to second on an errant pick-off play, went to third base on a wild pitch and scored on a double play. The National League beat the American League 1-0.

1969 - Tom Seaver of the New York Mets retired the first 25 Chicago Cubs he faced this day. However, with just two outs to go to get a perfect game, Seaver gave up a single to Jimmy Qualls. The Mets blanked the Cubs 4-0 in that one-hitter.

1972 - Paul McCartney appeared on stage for the first time since 1966 as his group, Wings, opened at Chateauvillon in the south of France.

1977 - "Undercover Angel", by songwriter (turned pop singer) Alan O’Day, reached the top spot on the "Billboard" chart. It was not the first visit to the top of the pop music world for O’Day, though the million-seller would be his last as a singer. He wrote "Angie Baby", a number one hit for Helen Reddy and the #3 hit, "Rock And Roll Heaven", for The Righteous Brothers.

1984 - The Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, IN was packed to the rafters. 67,596 spectators, the largest crowd to watch a basketball game in the United States (to that time), saw the U.S. men’s Olympic team defeat a team of players from the NBA, 97-82. The largest crowd in the world to see a basketball game was in 1951. 75,000 spectators saw the Harlem Globetrotters play in Olympic Stadium in West Berlin, Germany. (A new U.S. and World record attendance record was set on Dec 13, 2003, when the Michigan State Spartans played the Kentucky Wildcats in a college basketball game played on the football field of the NFL Detroit Lions. The attendance was 78,129.)

1985 - Herschel Walker of the New Jersey Generals was named the Most Valuable Player in the United States Football League (USFL).

1985 - Football great Joe Namath signed a five-year pact with ABC-TV to provide commentary for "Monday Night Football". The former New York Jets quarterback reportedly earned one million dollars a year for the job. Namath replaced ‘Dandy’ Don Meredith. Broadway Joe had previous experience with "Monday Night Football" as a player, when he and the Jets were the first team to play on the popular TV series on September 21, 1970.

1986 - A new Broadway showplace opened. It was the first new theatre on Broadway in 13 years. The Marquis Theatre, located at the corner of 46th Street and Broadway, seated 1,600 theatregoers.


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Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary-off the coast of California

Eat your hearts out, flatlanders!

...and beauty does have a price - a very expensive price. Oy! But you can't have it both ways.

Where's Ag - is he still bed ridden?

I tried Pinkberry once when I visited Phil.

Eh...it was ok. But the most striking thing about the product - the price!

It was like $5.00 for a small cup of frozen yogurt.


Please. Once was enough for me. It wasn't that good.

Oscar Mayer has died. He was 95.

(I didn't know he was still alive! )

Good Morning all,

I have to go beg for gifts from local merchants to become auction items for a fund raiser for Friends, Inc. With my tongue firmly in my cheek I say, wouldn't it be better if man/womankind had to beg for money for wars and there would be funds to help the elderly and ill?

I woke at 5:00 today. Finally went back to sleep to have Mr. Bama wake me laughing because my little dog Finley was snoring.



Kathy

I took some "movies" with my camera on the 4th. My adult children are playing in the pool and a Michael Jackson son is playing on the CD player. It must be so large it can't upload to YOUTUBE. Is there any way I can diminish the MBs to a reasonable size? I must have a very high resolution camera and even 25 seconds uses 46 MB.

Kathy

nope, just a long, drawn out, recovery that is frustrating as all hell.

There is a Pinkberry in the shopping center where I buy my groceries. I love that place! Right now it's great weather to buy a pinkberry and sit outside and enjoy the evening!

I like the green tea with rasperries and blackberries....YUM!

COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!



FROM THE CHURCH OF INEFFABLE STUPIDITY:

a) Fox News - "We marry other species"


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/08/fox-news-host-americans-k_n_228209.html

So, Fox labels GOP pols caught being bad boys Democrats. Its biggest stars foment revolution and the failure of the Obama Administration. And on top of that, they are racist nuts.

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b) Alsip, Ill. Cemetery robs 100s of graves for profit and fun
Burr Oak Cemetery, a famous african american burial site, was raided by Cook County sheriffs. The owners had been disinterring graves for resale and reuse. More than 100 set of bones were found piled up, along with the gravestones.

Four people were arrested yesterday, including the manager.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1657907,burr-oaks-cemetary-mitchell-070909.article

The cemetery was started in the age when blacks were not permitted to be buried in "white" cemeteries. Emmett Till, Willie Dixon, and Harlem Globetrotter Inman Jackson are among the most famous people buried there.

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c) Black yutes change complexion of swimming pool?


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31820610/

Excuse me, but, WHAT DECADE IS THIS?

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d) Murdoch pays millions to cover up his illegal wiretaps.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/08/murdoch-pays-gag-money-to_n_228285.html

The Rat (as Mike Royko called him) may be caught on a sinking ship, at long last. It could not have happened to a more deserving rodent.

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e) Speaking of Rodents


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/08/national/a122747D11.DTL

"GET OFF MY LAWN" takes on a whole new meaning here.