I updated my website. Also, I’m going to make the links to Abraham Wonderful entries tied to the date, instead of something arbitrary. So if for some weird reason you bookmarked something, you’ll probably have to do it again.

Remember warheads? Do you remember Warhead sour apple toothpaste?

I was cleaning the basement today (because I’ll be living there for three months) and I found my old “MEGA WARHEADS SOUR TOOTHPASTE.” The tube says, “It’s A Toothpaste! Not A Candy! SO SOUR! YOUR GUMS WILL TINGLE!” But it’s a trick. The back says: “We recommend using a flouride toothpaste in addition to using Warheads Sour Toothpaste, to further teach proper brushing habits.” You can’t even use it in place of real toothpaste.

Anyways, I’m mentioning it is because I have a “big box o’ nostalgia” and I’m having a hard time figuring out what to keep. The toothpaste is something I found at the dollar store, and some of us from youth group tried it. (It wasn’t really that sour, it was mostly gross) It’s just one little memory from high school that I wouldn’t have thought of except I found the toothpaste in a box. I think I’m going to throw it away, but it seems so sad to do it.

Hey, the new Christmas Singers CD, “Christmas” is up on the website now. Also, if you’d like you can listen to Joey and Adam arguing. It’s probably funnier if you know them.

Wow. This is is an opinion article on torture by Vladimir Bukovsky in the Washington Post. I should warn you, though, he talks about when the he was tortured, and it’s pretty graphic. It made me queasy.

This is scary.

I should mention that I’ve found a lot of good reporting in the Washington Post that I don’t see in other major news outlets.

Here’s a letter I got after I wrote this. It isn’t nearly as funny as I would like it to be.

Thank you for contacting The Hershey Company.

Your comments about HERSHEY’S S’mores milk chocolate, marshmallow & graham cracker bits candy bar are important. Our goal is to develop products, promotions, and advertising with widespread consumer appeal. It is disappointing to learn that your expectations were not met. Comments such as yours are valuable and provide input into future planning.

Your interest in our company is appreciated.

The Hershey Company
Consumer Relations

I’m glad I don’t have this person’s job. I bet you could make a program to write a response like this.

P.S. It’s interesting, according to my stats, just this page had over 200 hits last month. But the only people who’ve left comments are Kelly and Eric. I’m not being a weiner because I know most of the time there’s no reason to leave a comment. It’s just weird. I wonder if I have a stalker.

I suppose this is the best introduction to Stars I could get. I’m probably going to have to pick up their CD somewhere. I found the video at videos.antville.org.

Hey, I invented something today. It’s called a “Describe your personality to you” cookie. What it will be is a cookie, which you can crack open and there’s a message inside. The message will describe to you what your personality is like in generic terms. It’s possible the message won’t apply to you, but you’ll wish it did, so you won’t notice.

Because I was able to write a 10 page paper in one night last week, I assumed that I would be able to write a 20 page paper in approximately twice the time today. That assumption was mistaken.

Dear Hershey’s: Today I tried your “S’mores” candy bar for the first time. I was dissappointed that it didn’t really taste like a s’more. Actually it reminded me of a “Milky Way” a lot. I realize mass production is an issue, but I imagine I would like the candy bar a lot better if it had real marshmallow inside, and a real graham cracker base. You know, like the picture on the wrapper.