throw another spouse on the barbie

People sometimes refer to ex's as "old flames". Well, TV show people do anyway. A post by H&B2 got me wondering, "cavemen didn't know about fire let alone flames so how did they refer to their ex's"? My guess is "dinner" as they probably ate their former partners. Not sure if the cannibalism caused the breakup or vice versa. Ideas?

Here's jeremapalooza, a new blog for you to peruse. As well as a shout out to Rust Belt Ramblings. Good stuff.

Kids=stoopid

Once upon a time...
During my childhood one cereal company was synonymous with 'pure crap'. Ralston. Excepting Cookie Crisp, which was not nearly as tasty as it's modern day variation (the "chocolate chips" would dissolve into a reddish-purplish mess in milk) Ralston's offerings were always disgusting. At some point the company became Ralston-Purina which should have been fair warning to all: "Hey kids. We manufacture but two things! Pet food and children's cereal!". Their trick was their clever cross-promotional schemes. They branded products like nobody's business. Ghostbusters, Dunkin Donuts, Nerds (shaped like a big-ass box of nerds containing two bags, one per side, each housing a different, awful-tasting cereal), Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Super Mario Bros., etc. This company took advantage of kids like you can't imagine. And we fell for it hook, line, & sinker because kids are stupid.
The end
_{p.s. adults are stupid too}

a suggestion

My advice to anyone who's on the verge of snapping and shooting up a bunch of people: gun down a corporate boardroom or something instead of your fellow wage-slaves. Jeez. You might even qualify for vigilante status rather than just "pure wacko on page 23 of the newspaper".

Happy Fill_in_the_blank Day!

Even if you don't know my feelings regarding valentine's day surely you can guess; I think it's basically nonsense. This ain't sour grapes or evil jewelry industry talk here either (that's for another day). I just find the 'holiday' to be either an obligation "hey you're so kind to me 364 days a year but you didn't get me anything special for valentine's, you JERK" or a get outta jail free card "oh you ignore me every day but february 14th, you sweetie pie".

Of course, I'm not much of a believer in birthday parties either. At least not for me. "Woot. I lived another year". I'm fairly young & healthy, I'm SUPPOSED to live another year!! Once people hit 70 and up though I say party away. There's a lot more risk involved for missed birthdays. In fact, I say celebrate anything that becomes a challenge. "Happy no-fender-benders-in-the-parking-lot Day!". "Surprise! Solid-food-for-lunch Tuesday!". "Yay! You didn't poop yourself!". Every day will be a party, Mad Hatter & March Hare like. But I still won't wear pink on Feb. 14th.

odds 'n ends

Recently I watched bits of a "faucet expo" on Home & Garden channel. Shockingly, and despite the hostess' bluster, there's really very little innovation happening in the world of faucet technology!! Sure, one of them came with a vase and another had "all hand-made" rectangular handles and spigot (WTF? Aren't rectangles the easiest things for machines to make?) but it'll take more to impress me. Something like this! Gotta get me one! Can't wait for the next power outage.

Cereal review: Total Vanilla Yogurt
I'm sorry froggie I just couldn't get into this. I was afraid the yogurted cereals might be too sweet for me and my fears were actualized. Plus I feel weird eating what's supposed to be dried, solidified yogurt. Suzi, I tried to get your recommended Yogurty Cheerios too (they were sold out) but I may now have to pass on 'em. Oddly, I can handle the tooth-rottin' sugars in the marshmallowed cereals so go figure. Hope this helps, Martini.

Lastly, I got to thinking, "what are some great cover songs?" before quickly giving up due to laziness. But not before coming up with one, Crisis' version of "Captain Howdy" which can be found on the Strangeland soundtrack. The original is by Twisted Sister on Stay Hungry and Captain Howdy is only part A of the song "Horror-teria". If this sounds too ambitious for hair-rockers-in-drag fear not. "We're Not Gonna Take It" & "I Wanna Rock" can be found on that same album.

Know of any good cover songs?

to-do list

-Post Great Grains cereal. Eat.
-Total Vanilla Yogurt cereal. Eat.
-Yogurt Burst Cheerios cereal. Eat.
-Health Valley Empower cereal w/ blueberries. Eat.
-Murray Head's "One Night In Bangkok" 80's song. Find.
-Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue" 80's song. Find.
-Matthew Wilder's "Break My Stride" 80's song. Find.
-Being a putz. Stop.
(Some of these may be mutually exclusive)

alas

As one can see, I've been celebrating the new year by not blogging. Being now a double new year I've been not blogging even more.

Truthfully my eyes & body have been fatigued of late rendering it uncomfortable being at the PC for extended periods. I blame it on my goofy chair at 'work' and my goofy chair at home. The work one's been replaced so hopefully things'll improve. (sidenote: Anyone know anything about these chairs? So popular a decade or 2 ago now impossible to find. They look comfy but I worry about inherent design flaws or something.)

Truth #2 is since everyone's blogs have been accumulating during my down-time I've become intimidated. "30 new posts" for each site popping up in my RSS feed is just scary since I like reading every entry. And then for me to post but not visit others gives me guilt and sloth feelings, hence I idle. That's the lazy kind of sloth by the way, not the 3-toed furry kind. But today will be different, here goes! (Different in regards to blogging, not the '3-toed furry feeling').

Glomgold's Tips for Workforce Success
Today's tip: Set a precedent by arriving early or on-time the first week. Park in the outskirts of the parking lot. This way in the future when you're tardy, if you successfully sneak in, people won't be able to guess your late arrival time by your parking location.

Cereal review: Smart Start 'Healthy Heart' Maple Brown Sugar
I've received many cereal recommendations in the past months and I plan on sampling them all. Once they go on sale. I'm not paying $5 a box for anything not named S'mores Crunch. Oh yeah, the new Smart Start flavor. It tastes like their normal Healthy Heart line but doused in Aunt Jamima pancake syrup. Too much. The ol' Soy Protein line is better anyway and a lot less caloric I think. I dunno since I don't really look at that stuff...