Last weekend I was enjoying a nice continental breakfast¹ at a Holiday Inn Express.² As people are wont to do, I inspected the carton of milk in front of me, mostly out of boredom. The ingredients list happened to catch my eye: Milk, Vitamin A, Vitamin D. And underneath that a food allergy disclaimer – Contains: Milk.

Of course it contains Milk! It IS Milk! ‘Milk’ is the single biggest word ON the carton, and it’s repeated several times! Are we really such an ignorant and litigious culture that we need this kind of horrendous intelligence-insulting CYA on a single serving carton of milk?³

And don’t even get me started on how the Feds are gonna start raiding garage sales.

A few weeks ago Alex posted a picture on his Facebook page from the vending machine at work. I laughed out loud because the same item showed up in our vending machine as well: Burger King Onion Rings (Flavored Snacks)
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So I was watching Food Network the other night and came across a show called “The Best Thing I Ever Ate”. It featured different Food Network “stars” (I put that in quotes because for the most part they were all minor characters from Food Network like Mario Battali’s Sous Chef on Iron Chef, the guy from Rescue Chef, and those were the better known ones… where was I… nevermind…) discussing what the best thing each of them has ever eaten.

They came up with lame things like: a BBQ Sandwich, Eggs Benedict, these pancake balls called Ebelskivers, Bone Marrow and Oxtail Marmalade (yes, that’s right, bone marrow… not only could it contain stem cells to cure our deadly diseases, it’s delicious!), Banana Cream Pie, Gnocchi made entirely of cheese (instead of potatoes), a Cannoli, and a Guinea Hen cooked in a Pig Bladder.
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Hat tip right off the bat to Matt Cassamassina’s video games blog over at IGN. Major kudos for finding this . . . ahem . . . gem.

I don’t even know if I can write coherently on this subject. If you’ll simply navigate your way to the website for Crystal Head Vodka (yes, seriously), you’ll be treated to a video featuring none other than Dan Akroyd. He will talk about the paranormal, the crystal heads, . . . he’ll talk a lot. And quite honestly it sounds like the best damn informercial you’ll ever see. Because it is. As Dan pours himself a shot of what he refers to as “Triple-Herkimer-Diamond-Filtered, Newfoundland-Deep-Aquifer-Pure-Spirit Vodka”, I’m sure you’ll agree. Go watch this video. Now.

Besides… IT’S VODKA! IN A GLASS HEAD!

I was watching TV the other day when a commercial came on that caught me eye.

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