Not So Premium

Lindt Excellence bars: they're kind of expensive but I got them on sale. When fruit pieces have their own sub-list of ingredients, you know you're in trouble. I expect that from certain cereals (strawberry pieces made of cranberry pieces, grains, flavoring, and artificial colors?) but not from so-called premium products. The Lindt bars can also have artificial and natural flavors. But their White Chocolate Coconut is yummy and all the flavors delicious overall!



Magnum bars have maybe two or three almonds worth of tiny pieces spread thinly on a chocolate-dipped crust. That's not almonds, that's almondey, like inferior quantity of chocolate has to be called chocolatey. The Gold is a fakey yellow.

The Adventures of Superboy 1966

I know Up! and Down! Just get on with it already!

Krypto's smarter than Clark. Really.

The Deep Sea Dragon - Because a cage with widely spaced bars will keep pirates from stealing the egg again.

The Visitor from the Earth's Core - An egg again! Krypto knows.

The Capricious Crony and King Superboy - Let Krypto play with his friends!

A Devil of a Time - Because crooks will really turn down the world's largest diamond.

The Neanderthal Caveman Caper - Really, a Neanderthal is strong enough to give Superboy trouble? Seems like a lot of trouble for nothing to trsin the guy.

The Terrible Trio - Bullies beware. Superboy will make your wishes come true (not!).

Superboy Meets Mighty Lad - As if Mighty Lad couldn't have used his tech to do actual good instead of pretending to show up Superboy.

The Great Kryptonite Caper - So that's where Lana's Kryptonite necklace on Smallville came from!

The New Adventures of Superman: 1966 - 1970

You can find the The Adventures of Superboy as segments on The New Adventures of Superman: 1966 - 1970 DVD set.

Ridiculously Awesome: Chobani Pineapple Yogurt (Plus Other Greek Yogurts)

Don't stir it! Just try a thick chunk of the yogurt by itself. To me, it tastes like a rich cream cheese of the most delicious kind. Now get in a spoonful of sweet pineapple goodness. OK, now you can stir. Or not, and switch back and forth like I do. It's the lazy way, besides, you can mix it to taste in your mouth.

Chobani Low Fat Apricot Greek Yogurt, 5.3 Ounce -- 12 per case (Not pineapple but still yum!)

Chobani has plenty of other unique flavors you won't find from other brands.

In recent commercials, people preferred the newest formulation of Yoplait Greek. I've had previous generations of the stuff: too chalky, too sour, too bland. Then I had the newest variation: too sweet. Yoplait products tend to have some of the highest sugar contents of any yogurts and their latest Greek is no exception.

A quick review of other Greek yogurt brands:
Stonyfield Oikos: delish!
Fage: super tart yogurt but the best fruity sauciness, good combined

Would love to try all the brands. Will take any coupons and samples. ;) Can't get enough of fruit, calcium and protein in a convenient snackable package.

The New Adventures of Superman 1966: Lois is innocent! part 2

The New Adventures of Superman: 1966 - 1970

The Halyah of the Himalayas - The radio announcer pronounces it HiMA-liuhs, interesting take. Superman takes out the bridge under the creature's feet and it falls a loooong way to the bottom. It could have broken its back! There's got to be a gentler way to put it to bed. I thought Superman doesn't kill.


Can A Luthor Change His Spots? - Would you let an evil genius who continually targets you as Superman's friends set up a lab in your building? Isn't it suspicious for him to install water coolers when he's only supposed to be a science advisor? That ink remover must be expensive stuff since Jimmy uses a tiny paintbrush with it to remove the massive amount of Kryptonite-infused paint splashed all over Superman while Man of Steel is dying and the Daily Planet is rocketing off into space (and I doubt that building is airtight).

Lois in the third season got a makeover to look more innocent. Maybe they figured that the old Lois was too abrasive and brash for such a helpless gal? Clark actually manages some better digs at her expense and to beat her to the stories.

For the first couple of segments in season two there seemed a little hope he'd stop with the Sesame Street lessons in directions but they were back by the third. Up! Away! Down! Up, up and away!

Clark found a windowless supply closet at the Daily Planet to change in for season three!

Why no signal watch for Lois? She needs Superman more than Jimmy does and he's not always able to find her. It doesn't help that by season three, she's even got Jimmy sneaking into danger without letting anyone know where they'll be. Even worse, Jimmy tells almost every villian about the watch, giving them a chance to rip it away and destroy it. The watch isn't super too, Jimmy!

How to Prove Your You-ness

How stupid of me. I forgot to change an account to my new phone number before the old number lapsed. Now every time I try to login, I have to answer these stupid questions because I can't receive a special code by phone.

Which of these people do you know? Er... no. Are they neighbors? Were they in my high school or college? Are they extended family? How the hell should I know? My neighbors = nasty people you wouldn't want to know. Fellow classmates = my graduating classes had hundreds, most of whose names I'd never heard. Heck, one college lecture alone could have hundreds of students. Extended family = I've never met many of them.

With whom did you cosign a loan? I don't even get loans for myself; why would I volunteer to be responsible for someone else's? I was raised to believe that if you can't afford it, just forget it. Really, it'll do wonders for your debt level.

Which street is nearest to where you live? OK, so I'm a bit of a hermit. I don't much care to go places, especially in my 'hood. Never wanted to know so much about the area. I actually have to Google map the answer choices and by the time I finish, the questions have expired and they give me a whole new set!

The New Adventures of Superman 1966: Viva Super Hombre! part 1

The New Adventures of Superman: 1966 - 1970

• Superman's Double Trouble - King Kong vs. Godzilla but cheesier. Lunch and a handbag anyone? Wasn't it killing them to seal them back underground anyway?

• Lava Men - Viva Super Hombre!

• Luthor Strikes Again - Luring Superman into a Kryptonite trap at a lead paint factory: wasn't Luthor supoosed to be a genius?

• The Pernicious Parasite - This guy is supposed to be good at stealing hazardous stuff? Don't open the container of radioactive material, idiot!

• Brainiac - Superman Meets Brainiac: He already met Brainiac like 20 episodes ago. Brainiac's Bubbles: How did he recognize Brainiac's UFO when it doesn't always look the same?

• A Devil of a Time - He did this before as Superboy. I guess the classics never get old. What kind of crooks would give up the largest diamond in the world because it's too big??

• Superman Meets His Match - That poor tree. It should have shattered when Superman thwapped it into a creature with invulnerability equal to his own.

• The Cage of Glass - Why is grass growing on the site where Metropolis is supposed to be? That's some tough grass to be able to grow under skyscrapers and paved streets.

• The Atomic Superman - Super halitosis! There are better ways to test explosive liquids than makes Supes drink it. Why not blow up an asteroid or something?

Have You Licked a Small Creature's Behind Lately?

In Bones episode "The Mystery in the Meat," Brennan says "Cat urine could be a natural flavor." Excretions from beaver behinds can make vanilla extra vanilla-y. Or how about 5 Horrifying Food Additives You've Probably Eaten Today?

Now every time I see natural flavors on an ingredient list, I can't help wondering who's licking so poor creature's ass? They must find this stuff out somehow. Some poor food scientist: "Yes, my job is to test animal secretions for use as flavoring in consumer food products."