Blake sat with a puzzled look on his scruffy, morning face. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and wondered what had happened to his favorite breakfast fare. Something was different. It didn’t feel quite right. Wipe the milk from your chin, young Blake and I shall explain the cereal squeeze. Here’s the skinny Cereal manufacturers are feeling the pinch of higher [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 1, 2011
Is it me? Is it my MS-riddled fumble fingers? Or is it an evil conspiracy of product manufacturers that I can’t open a bag, carton, container, jar or can without using some tool resembling the “jaws of life.” Try opening a package of Gillette Sensor razor blades? My God, King Tut’s tomb opened easier! Certainly the difficulty all started [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 25, 2011
Everyone has a junk drawer. A drawer where you stash stuff that doesn’t have a proper home. The go-to drawer when you are looking for something that can’t be found anywhere else. THAT’S the junk drawer. My Odd Sock is no exception. I have a “drawer’ of oddball, silly stuff that must be cleared away periodically. Unfortunately for you, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 9, 2010
It’s six in the evening and I’m already thinking about………breakfast. Aren’t you? I’m thinking about breakfast cereal in particular—I LOVE cereal! The cereal aisle is my favorite place in the grocery store. So many choices. So many special offers. So many characters I’ve grown to admire…Cap’N Crunch, Sugar Bear, Toucan Sam, the Trix Rabbit…..”Trix are for kids!” That’s too [...]
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