It would appear that some sellers have gone to great lengths to ‘attract’ buyers to their properties. This is one such case I ran across the other day.. I had to post.
My favorite part is how the multi-colored pennant flags..fantastic.
General
Trader Joe’s Sliced Soy Cheese.. not Vegan
WHY??
2nd ingredient, Casein. DUH!
and also, NOT VEGAN
That’s right, MorningStar Farms Bacon Strips. Why…well let’s just say, the #1 ingredient is, egg whites.
I am an ass.
So, to my very dear Vegan friends whom I totally screwed up dinner for…if you ever let me make food for you again, everything will be from scratch.
Watch it. Funny shit.
So, i’ve been an active Twitterer for quite some time, long before it was ‘hip and cool’ with its popularity becoming disgustingly mainstream. About 2 months ago I started following Reuters, thinking that a great news agency would be a smart choice as most online news outlets use them to get their “news.” Apparently Reuters has decided not to hire a “Twitterer-in-Chief” and instead just “Twitter Bombs” (new word, just made it up) their page, which in turns makes me want to throw my Blackberry when my screen locks up because of all the new messages coming in, Twitter wasn’t designed for batch processing, RSS Feeds were. I cannot express how very annoying this is.. sorry Reuters, it’s not you.. it’s me…goodbye and good luck.
WTOP NEWS, CONSIDER YOURSELF ON NOTICE!!
Jarritos (Made in Mexico) crash…
Categories: General, review | February 18th, 2009 | by mattbob | no commentsSwinging through the grocery store, in need of some spinach tortillas, I saw some new (to me) beverage on special in the store. Almost every time I go shopping, I try to pick up something new.. and this had all the qualities I look for. 
First, it’s a beverage. This is perfect because I don’t have to buy anything, or prepare anything.. and if I don’t like it, I pitch it. Second, it’s in a glass bottle. What a great throwback. We,, in America, decided some 15 years ago to go to an all plastic society which has always had me pondering; what do kids nowadays throw at mailboxes in the middle of the night?? Thirdly, it’s sweetened with natural sugar, not some of that overly refined crap (High Fructose Corn Syrup) that so many companies have gone to. Sure their saving money but fattening their wallets and our nations (as well as global) kids in the process. Sad to see 75-100 yr old brands going this route. Fourth, pre-chilled. Need I say more. I may poo-poo Americanisms from time to time, but heyyy, instant gratification is.. well, gratifying.
Got home, went to twist off the top and instead ripped off a bit of skin. Ahh, no sissy ‘fake top’ for the lazy types here. Good thing I didn’t try to enjoy this beverage in my car, would have been annoyed that it wouldn’t have been ‘instantly gratified’. I guess Mexico still carries those old soda machines with the built in bottle opener.
The Jarritos tasted great, glad I chose Lime. I consider lime as a standard when it comes to beverages.. if a company can’t get a simple flavor like lime, I walk away.. no need to test grape, fruit punch, etc. There was just the right amount of carbonation, much less than their American competitors but enough that made it quite tasty. Speaking of which, the taste immediately transported me back to the end of my t-ball games eating those Slushies. Some may disagree, but I thought the sugar content was a bit high but doable (once.)
All was very well.. enjoyed the product, satisified with my purchase, happy not to have thrown my money away. That’s what I thought, until about an hour later. CRASH CITY!
Holy cow, I didn’t really get a ’sugar high’ but boy oh boy did the crash hit me. I located the bottle and looked at the sugar content (something I normally don’t do) and there was 28 grams of sugar in that bottle. Not too bad, but thankfully companies have found that consumers love reading labels quickly and go, ‘hey that’s not too bad for me’. Oh, crap, there’s two serving in one bottle!!! WTF? That means there is approximately 14 teaspoons or 4.6 tablespoons of sugar crammed into 13 ounces of liquid. And by the way, w-who anywhere opens a bottle (a 13.5oz one at that) and puts it back in fridge to enjoy that ’second serving’ later??
Garfield minus Garfield follow-up..
Categories: General | February 15th, 2009 | by mattbob | no commentsguess I am that “last to know” guy… when it comes to the Garfield Minus Garfield site. While following some links from a tweet, an article posted in the Washington Post came up.
Last March I posted that I thought that once the fine folks at Garfield would see this site, a cease and desist order would be imminent. As it turns out, Davis has a great sense of humor, go check out the article for yourself.
Thanks Jim!!!
What’s could be even ‘cooler’ is that Dan Walsh could take this artwork and then have a book printed!!
not really tired… and I need to be asleep. too much on my mind. thought i would share the less-than-snowy view outside. We received a good amount of snow, but it’s all melting now. Bah!
View of street outside.
If you are anything like me, I hate, HATE bank fees, ATM fees and every other possible charge only a lawyer with an accounting degree could imagine. I do everything to avoid them. There are times where even mere mortals have made silly mistakes and were charged on our bank accounts for it. Most people, of course, will deny that they knew anything about being charged, or that a payment was late, or not going to be paid, or whatever (had a job in credit, believe me, i’ve heard a ton of stories.) Lucky for some, no excuse needed.
If you have or have had a Bank of America account, you may have a little “economic stimulus” of $78.00 (max) coming your way. It seems that BofA lawyers have made a settlement in a class-action lawsuit for administering fees improperly.
Read all about it here, a SmartMoney article.
and don’t be a procrastinator, you have until May 1st, 2009
Back at ya BoA!