"By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering."
--Roger Ascham

1.24.2009

I survived the great peanut butter panic of '09

On Thursday, I ate a Clif Bar and after consuming it, realized that it was one of the flavors voluntarily recalled after the peanut butter salmonella scare. Naturally I began to freak and worry myself to no end. I had known about the peanut butter panic before nibbling on the bar, but I thought, "Clif bars are all organic and natural and stuff, they should be using high grade peanut butter made by hand in the mountain mists" and then I was in for a rude awakening when I went to the Clif bar website. Argh.

After a few distracted hours, I concluded that I did not get food poisoning. Hallelujah!

1.21.2009

crazyblindsmellydate.com

I'm attempting to do different things this year (so cliched, no?), and I started off by going on a crazyblinddate.

For those of you not familiar with this concept, Crazy Blind Date is a website developed by the creators of OKCupid. You sign up, put in a few sparse details about yourself and what you like in your date, pop in your available days, times, and locations, and sit back. The system matches you up with someone, and then the haggling is done by means of texts, e-mails, and logging into the website. You also can't talk to your "date" beforehand, and you aren't able to see his/her photo either.

My friend Jersey and I went on a double date with Challah & Frites. Challah sucked since he didn't even show up to the bar. Frites did, and while he was pleasant enough to chat with, he smelled as though the concept of soap were foreign and puzzling to him. It was rough. Drinking a potent beverage helped. Jersey sent Frites a message about his Pig Pen-ness. He had sent me a friendly message, but I never responded. And that was that.

Crazy Blind Date is very random, and it seems to have a lot of flakes. At least later you can go and review your people. And there's no commitment, and you don't build up folks in your mind. Plus, it's free, but you get what you pay for.

We liked reading this date gone wrong and having a laugh.

1.18.2009

The Principal's Office -

Principal's Office is a reality show that follows different high school principals and the different aspects of their crazy jobs. I've seen a couple of episodes, but this clip just makes me laugh! I have two boys in my class right now that I can tell will act just like this when they get to high school!