Handi-Snacks
I finally at the snack at about 2pm. It was as good as I'd hoped it would be.
I brought a little treat to work today, and I spent most of the day just waiting until the moment when I could crack open the packaging and dive right in. The treat was one of those little Kraft Handi-Snacks Cheez'n Crackers. "Made with Real Cheese". It's the new .095 oz size. I bought it at the grocery store on Sunday. It really takes me back to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when mom let Deb and I take the bus to the Fitchburg library. We picked up the bus coming back on lower Main Street, and there was a little store next to the tire place. We'd all buy Handi-Snacks and eat them while we waited for the bus. The one thing that I'm not sure of is whether or not the little plastic "cheez" spreader stick had a smiley face on it or not. The one I used today didn't. I thought they used to.
Hey, Hey, They're On TV
The show itself was rather odd. Written and produced by Mike, it was exactly, and I mean exactly, like an episode from the original series. The humor was exactly the same. Same editing, too. The problem was that I wasn't prepared for that. And they're all 30 years older than they were. It was fine to see Davy doing something goofy when he was a cute little 20 year old. Lord knows he could do no wrong. But as a 50 year old, he probably shouldn't have dressed up in full drag. It was one of the most frightening things I've seen on tv in the past year or so. Which isn't always a bad thing, but in this case, I'm not so sure.
Monday night Keith was nursing the beginnings of his current cold so I had complete control over what we watched. He was too weak to fight for the remote so I put it on the Monkees special. It was kind of odd (okay, really odd, but I'll get to that) because they didn't really promote this thing. And I didn't remember reading anywhere about why they were going to be on the air. And yet, at 8pm there were the smiling faces of those four wacky boys. Except they aren't really boys any more. They are actually old enough to be my dads, I think. They all aged reasonably well, but Mike, who has been out of the picture until this, their 30th anniversary, looks mighty fine. Better than the other three put together. I also found him the funniest.
Simpsons Quote of the Day
"We can't afford to shop at a store with a philosophy."
- Marge, to Bart and Lisa who wanted to buy a tv at The Sharper Image or The Nature Company
Best New TV Show
King of the Hill is without a doubt the funniest show to be added to prime time since Newsradio. Found on Fox on Sunday nights, it's from the evil minds behind The Simpsons and Beavis and Butthead. This is worth taking a half-hour of your life and plunking yourself down. Keep an open ear for Boomhauer. He's hard to understand (being from Texas and all), but he's doomed to be the breakout star of the show.
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Worst Things in the Company Vending Machine
- Starburst Licorice
- "Aunt Hannah" Honey Buns
- Trail Mix
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