July 1, 2008 at 9:34 pm · Filed under Lifestyle
I saw this article on Wisebread - “Emergency food supplies for the lazy skinflint“. Costco is selling a 23lb bucket of emergency food supplies.
This is not a bucket in the KFC sense of the word. No, this is a 23lb monster called “Emergency Food Supply,” and it contains 275 servings in one container. And even better, it’s got a 20 year shelf life and is good for vegetarians, too.
Here’s the menu:
* 30 Servings - Potato Ba-kon
* 25 Servings - Corn Chowder
* 25 Servings - Ala King
* 25 Servings - Cacciatore
* 25 Servings - Western Stew
* 45 Servings - Whey Milk
* 25 Servings - Blueberry Pancakes
* 25 Servings - Barley Vegetable
Wisebread went ahead and did the math. This bucket would last a family of four about a month to get through. I wonder what it would be like if one person tried to eat this on their own? At $80, it’s kind of a bargain. Morgan Spurlock went on a 30 day all McDonald’s binge. I think someone should do the same for this monster. It would definitely be worthy of an indie documentary or proactive blogging journal.
I think I’d like to try some of the food contents in the bucket, but I dont know if I’d be up to my own challenge…
…maybe.
June 27, 2008 at 10:04 am · Filed under Lifestyle
What else needs to be on the radar?
This Land is Their Land - Barbara Ehrenreich; Saw this on the Colbert Report and it sounded interesting.
“Koppel on Discovery: The People’s Republic of Capitalism” is a four-part series debuting on cable’s Discovery Channel July 9, locally at 8 p.m
June 27, 2008 at 9:46 am · Filed under Take a Lap
First in terrible, I bring to you Doritos: the Quest. “The Quest” is an unmarked bag of Doritos. People try to guess the new flavor and you get prizes or something. Being a connoisseur and slave to Doritos, I had to try this out. My palette tasted lime and pineapple. The internet claims that it is lime and Mountain Dew. Terrible…
Next is cable television. Life in Korea was good, because I could download all my favorite TV shows and watch them on MY time. Now, my internet connection is crap and Charter Communication commands when I shall sit in front of the TV. And with no DVR, if you miss the TV show, that’s just too bad. So, I’ve been missing many of my shows. When I try downloading files, my internet connection will drop and I lose the files.
And Summer programming really sucks. Where’s the Amazing Race or Must See comedy on Thursdays. Everything is either a Million Dollar Game Show or a dance off. Terrible…
Will Smith movies …. terrible…
Since my days consist of waking up, watching TV, shuffling around the house, and sleeping, I’m putting on chub. I think it’s also due to boredom and overeating. The river road is closed due to high waters. So, no Raging Rivers or swimming either. Terrible…
And then, of course, I didn’t get the green light for Lasik. Terrible…
June 11, 2008 at 11:27 am · Filed under Books
There have been many occasions when I’d be reading something, and I came across this word. My logic could never make sense out of it. So, finally, I looked it up.
The word sic may be used either to show that an uncommon or archaic usage is reported faithfully: for instance, quoting the U.S. Constitution:
The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker…
or to highlight an error, sometimes for the purpose of ridicule or irony, as in these examples:
Warehouse has been around for 30 years and has 263 stores, suggesting a large fan base. The chain sums up its appeal thus: “styley [sic], confident, sexy, glamorous, edgy, clean and individual, with it’s [sic] finger on the fashion pulse.”
It is also sometimes used for comic effect:
The Daily Mail was the first newspaper [sic] …
The More You Know!
June 9, 2008 at 10:10 pm · Filed under Photos
What do you think of this photo theme?
I really love my Pooh Bear theme, but I’ve considered switching to a more image heavy blog. It would allow me to feature my photos better.
Maybe keep the Pooh Bear? Then have the photo blog for my travels?
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