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Kool-Aid

I don't know how many of you heard my screams of anguish several years back when Kraft Foods, Inc. discontinued the flavor of Kool-Aid I had been drinking since the day I was born: Raspberry.  I know I personally can relive that hellish day as if it were yesterday. 

Well, as my secret stash of the last envelopes of Raspberry that I found at the Star Market near my office grew lower, I got kind of sort of depressed over the whole thing. Raspberry Kool-Aid was SO much a part of my life.

Well, I was scanning the drink aisle, as I often do, looking to see if maybe they were going to bring it back, when I spotted something called "Roarin' Raspberry Cranberry Mega Mountain Twist." Yes, that's a mouthful. But at 7 for $2 I thought I could risk buying an envelope and mixing up a batch.

Bingo, we have a winner. Slightly more tart (must be the cranberry) than the original favorite of favorites, this Mega Mountain Twist flavor is SO CLOSE that those who are not crazed fanatics couldn't tell the difference. So for the time being, I will be back on the Kool-Aid bandwagon. But if they pull this flavor, it's war.

Hockey Part II

Well I am just delighted that the hockey season decided to end just as summer kicked in. I know there are a lot of rabid hockey fans out there who wish the season would last all year. Well I'm here to say that it practically does, and some of us are TIRED of it.

Davis Farmland

Grandma and Grandpa B and I took the Mookster to Davis Farmland yesterday, and boy, did we have a ball. I don't know if he was totally thrilled with the "zoo" but the tiny baby goats totally fascinated him. He was too little to take part in the "feed milk to the baby cows" activity, but we got to watch. Grandpa helped him feed the animals by showing him that you put some feed ($1.50 a bag) onto your flat hand and let them lick it off. I was tickled the entire rest of the day when Michael would reach into the bag by himself and pull out ONE piece of feed and then look for someone to give it to.

Now don't worry, I'm not going to turn this into the all-Mookie all-the-time page. But as a brand new annual member of  Davis Farmland I felt it my duty to tell you what a cool place it is.  Rumor has it that Rosie O'Donnell is going to be stopping by this summer. I have NO idea if it is true or not, and I'm not entirely sure I trust the person who told me. But it's definitely a great place for her to take her kids.

Fine Art By Ellen

Ellen is apparently an artist. I say apparently because while she seems to be one, her method of selling her art makes me think she's more like one of those people who sets up a table at a flea market to sell plasticwear that apparently fell off a truck.

I was driving down Route 2 (do you see a trend here?) and I looked over at a van driving next to me. Not a minivan, but a regular old Chevy van, no windows.   On the top left side of the van was a smallish painting of a landscape, with the words "Fine Art by Ellen" in script writing above it. There was also an out-of-state phone number painted vertically, so it was hard to read.

Ellen, if you're reading, let me just point out that advertising on the side of a van is probably not how most people shopping for "fine art" decide what they want to buy. In fact, it's just plain freaky. Plus, your van has Florida plates. I can't even tell if it's possible to call you, to perhaps buy the painting that's on the side. What, you can't scrape that one off? Well, if that's your gallery, I'm in big trouble.

I would suggest driving up to Rockport and getting yourself a nice little gallery. Sure, it will be more expensive, but at least people won't have to hurl themselves in front of you in order to buy some "art."

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People I'd like to Meet from Commercials

• Tom and Tom, the juice guys. I think they'd be fun to hand around with, plus they would probably be willing to spring for beverages.
• Barry and Eliot of Jordan's Furniture. Anyone who can create such a dead-on parody of the New Orleans VW commercial have a high coolness count.
• Cap'n Crunch. I mean, who wouldn't?