A little while ago Pringles pulled the whole "We got other flavors too!" bit with Bar-B-Que, salt and Vinegar, and yes, even the Pizza flavor.
But lately I've seen this idea taken to a level that only attic rats usually populate.
So far I have eaten Bacon/Ranch, and Loaded Baked Potato flavored Pringles. And I have seen, yet lack the cajones to try the "spicy guacamole."
I'm waiting for Meatloaf.....
3/06/2007
1/15/2007
Ages 5-8
One of the biggest things I learned in college is to always be on the look-out for the absurd. In this great country of ours you can never know when something totally ridiculous and completely amazing at the same time is going to jump out at you and slap you a few time across the face. Of course the slapping sorta takes the challenge out of finding these icons of the strange, but I'm sliding off on a tangent here.
Anyways, I was at Target one day just killing some time when I stumbled upon this little Gem;
Thats right....."Twister On Tuesday." It took roughly .005 seconds for me to snatch this thing up and give it much more careful study. I found it was for Ages 5-8. Perfect, that meant that Ms. Mary Pope Osborne felt that children not old enough to get the truth behind Rover going to a "special farm" was capable of handling a story about two children dealing with the dangers of possible morbid death due to what most insurance company's consider "An Act of God." I could only fathom two possible outcomes to this book. When little Timmy is done he is either going to literally piss himself when ever he sees Daddy watching the weather report, or when the Sky's grow dark and the funnel clouds show up he's going to think it's play time. It's win-win really....
At this point I started getting a bit shifty because to me, this book was a gold mine. I look up to make sure that nobody else noticed my facial expressions of confusion and joy, thus cluing them into this vortex of violence, grief, and children's literature. It's at this point that I discovered that this book, was but one of many. And they were all displayed before me like some alter of a strange author god..... Here are some of my "favorites"....
I'm just going to go ahead and wait while you soak this in a bit.
No, you Have to see that again, trust me. You just can't glance at those and get all that there is to get. Thirty Seconds, each cover, at the very least.
Ok, now that you have basked in the glory that is Mary Pope Osborne I must tell you that it is now my challenge to meet this woman. I want to meet her and ask her a whole list of questions. I honestly think that in that cracked out head of hers that the answers to everything may be locked up, if only someone were stupid enough to sit down and force them out of her.
I have to tell ya, If Timmy is a huge fan of the series, then Timmy is so screwed. Chances are he's going to be a Agoraphobic before he's 9.... And thats some awesome and yet terrifying power to wield people....
Anyways, I was at Target one day just killing some time when I stumbled upon this little Gem;
Thats right....."Twister On Tuesday." It took roughly .005 seconds for me to snatch this thing up and give it much more careful study. I found it was for Ages 5-8. Perfect, that meant that Ms. Mary Pope Osborne felt that children not old enough to get the truth behind Rover going to a "special farm" was capable of handling a story about two children dealing with the dangers of possible morbid death due to what most insurance company's consider "An Act of God." I could only fathom two possible outcomes to this book. When little Timmy is done he is either going to literally piss himself when ever he sees Daddy watching the weather report, or when the Sky's grow dark and the funnel clouds show up he's going to think it's play time. It's win-win really....
At this point I started getting a bit shifty because to me, this book was a gold mine. I look up to make sure that nobody else noticed my facial expressions of confusion and joy, thus cluing them into this vortex of violence, grief, and children's literature. It's at this point that I discovered that this book, was but one of many. And they were all displayed before me like some alter of a strange author god..... Here are some of my "favorites"....
I'm just going to go ahead and wait while you soak this in a bit.
No, you Have to see that again, trust me. You just can't glance at those and get all that there is to get. Thirty Seconds, each cover, at the very least.
Ok, now that you have basked in the glory that is Mary Pope Osborne I must tell you that it is now my challenge to meet this woman. I want to meet her and ask her a whole list of questions. I honestly think that in that cracked out head of hers that the answers to everything may be locked up, if only someone were stupid enough to sit down and force them out of her.
I have to tell ya, If Timmy is a huge fan of the series, then Timmy is so screwed. Chances are he's going to be a Agoraphobic before he's 9.... And thats some awesome and yet terrifying power to wield people....
12/18/2006
Observation
On my way to work today I counted three drivers who decided to merge into the other lane, and chose not to use their turn signal until they were already halfway through the process.
I think the fact that you are straddling the lanes was enough to clue me in to your intentions.
Next time you may want to try and signal before you start to merge. That way, we both don't die in a fiery wreck of glass and steel.
Just a suggestion.
I think the fact that you are straddling the lanes was enough to clue me in to your intentions.
Next time you may want to try and signal before you start to merge. That way, we both don't die in a fiery wreck of glass and steel.
Just a suggestion.
12/14/2006
CNN Media Player
I enjoy looking down the list of headlines in CNN and finding an article that I am interested in reading. I think that it would be simple to just click that link and read the article, but not so much.
For some odd reason, CNN has made the choice to make this article (as well as many other possibly interresting articles) video only. Meaning no words. On top of that, I think their use of the video article is just horrible. It's always telling me that I do not have the proper plug-in (when I know I do) and then my player has to fight through pointless commercials for a fourty five second piece of crap that tells me absolutely nothing.
Curses to our generations need for constant media stimulation....
For some odd reason, CNN has made the choice to make this article (as well as many other possibly interresting articles) video only. Meaning no words. On top of that, I think their use of the video article is just horrible. It's always telling me that I do not have the proper plug-in (when I know I do) and then my player has to fight through pointless commercials for a fourty five second piece of crap that tells me absolutely nothing.
Curses to our generations need for constant media stimulation....
12/07/2006
Worst Maketing Campaign Ever
So Verizon Wireless has released this little Monstrosity, along with other various flavors.
What the hell? Who had the bright idea to name a cell phone after a candy?
I've got 10 that says some moron is going to end up trying to eat the damn thing.
What the hell? Who had the bright idea to name a cell phone after a candy?
I've got 10 that says some moron is going to end up trying to eat the damn thing.
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