Etaoin Shrdlu

Whatever happened to Peter and the Folger’s coffee? I haven’t seen original Peter or incest Peter at all this year.

There's some new yogurt stuff called Yacult, but that's sure not what it sounds like they are saying. eta: ooh, sorry yogurt people, it's "Yakult."

Apparently millions of families are managing their digestive health with the occult! Cool!

I don't think the original Stir'N Frost/Snackin Cakes required butter. I think they you just needed to add water, or am I crazy?

I'm unreasonably bugged by the "Did you know -- Mom? Dad?" Gardasil kids. Just the way they say "Mom? Dad?" I said it was unreasonable. I don't know why it bugs me but it does.

You mean Under the BAMboo Tree?

I just found this guy's blog and have been binge-reading all day. He does a recap of each episode, with pithy comments, screen caps, and blooper round-ups. Love! http://darkshadowseveryday.com/

I just saw a Walmart ad where a young African American woman is hosting Christmas dinner for her family. She gets all the food ready, then says: "And then comes the best part. Honoring those who are racist." Well, according to closed captioning she said "honoring those who raised us," but that's sure not what it sounded like!

I vaguely remember her from an America's Next Top Model season. She was super-religious and pissed off Tyra because she wouldn't get naked.

It's not the touching, but the underlying vibe between the actors. There are a couple of episodes of the Brady Bunch where you can tell that Barry Williams and Maureen McCormick have the hots for each other - very NOT brother/sisterly.

Has anyone seen "Peter" or "Incest Peter" yet?

I never realized before his interview this morning how HUGE Marco Rubio's ears are.

Way back when, there was an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where Counselor Troi somehow randomly gets pregnant and has the baby like, the next day. She had it in this cool looking birthing chair, and I thought wow: how come we don't do that in real life? Let gravity help get the baby out? Seems like a no-brainer...

Look for a grocery store with a bulk food section and get your herbs and spices there. You can get as much or as little as you need at a time, and it's SO much cheaper than buying the bottles in the spice aisle. I use them to refill my spice jars, but I also have a zillion little plastic baggies with random herbs in them in my cupboard leftover from various recipes.

FLUFFY FLUFFY FLUFFFFFYYYY!

You can mix melted chocolate chips with the good kind of coconut oil and make some pretty tasty candies similar to ice cubes or mounds.

EWWWW!! I don't want to think about tubules in my teeth! Shiver.... I think I might have a mild version of that hole-phobia.

SORRYYYYYY!

I seem to remember that it was about halfway through the first season - they were on the verge of being cancelled, so Dan Curtis said "what the hell - let's throw a ghost in there." The rest is history! I don't recall whose ghost it was - maybe the Widow's Hill widows...

It was a SEVENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Dairy Queen, I don't want to eat a Red Velvet Blizzard Pubic Cake on Valentine's day. Yuck. OK - I think it's actually supposed to be Cupid Cake, but damn if the woman isn't saying Pubic Cake.

In one of the early episodes Elizabeth Stoddard was doing a very dramatic monologue. During the whole thing the camera dolly kept going SQUEEEEEEEK SQUEEEEEEK SQUEEEEK.... Joan Bennett did a good job ignoring it for a while, but eventually gave the cameraman a death glare, and eventually the squeaking stopped. The grass at Eagle Hill cemetery would wrinkle when it was walked on and the wall at Collinwood would jiggle when the door was slammed. Remember when Bathia Mapes totally forgot her lines and had to be prompted by Barnabas on the air? I read somewhere that Dan Curtis left all that stuff in because he was too cheap to re-shoot the scenes. If the actors did something really mortifying and didn't want it shown on the air they'd say "fuck" or something to force a reshoot.

The blue candles and that damn polyester afghan always bugged me.

Snackin' Cake and Stir 'n Frost were both awesome. Why did you discontinue them Betty? Whyyyy??

OMG! Stir 'n Frost!! That's IT! Dear Ms. Crocker: Please bring this stuff back. Sincerely, E.S.