Fat Snax Crackers
If you're like me and looking for alternatives to carb and sugar-heavy foods, you might be interested in Fat Snax. They make a variety of Keto crackers and cookies that all look interesting.
March 2021
Easter Takeout in Seattle
Takeout for the holidays has become our favorite part of the pandemic. We miss family, but we love surprising them by dropping off takeout meals and heading home for our own. Sometimes we make multiple stops so the food stays hot but it's a wonderful way to spread some love and support local businesses while you experience something to enjoy.
TikTok Party Board Game
A lot of people think that TikTok is just a place to do dance challenges. If that were the case, I probably wouldn't love it; I'm there for the teen witch inside me, the "mature and thoughtful" kid in me who grew up too fast, the me with niche interests and other... reasons. There's a lot more than you think, and there's SO much positivity due to all of the Millennials and Zoomers. But if you DO enjoy the dancing challenges, you might like this party game.
Best Cats of Tiktok
There is a TikTok that makes fun of Millennials who mock it, saying that they'd never use that Vines knockoff followed by an image of said Millennial cracking up over TikTok months later in quarantine. Yep, that sums up me! I never thought I'd go for it, either, but do you know how many fun animal videos are there, among other niches?
Best Soil for Succulents
My poor aloe plant has long outgrown its pot, and I need to re-pot it in something bigger. My husband brought me a home a big pot but then I went and planted my seeds in all the soil I had! Oops. It may be best because I'm going to try and get some of the best soil for my longest-living buddy. The question is, what should I get?
Frog Mating Is Awkward Business
Frog lovers might already know that frogs don't actually mate through intercourse but though a process of leaving sperm to fertilize eggs that the female frog releases. Frogs have a few positions to do this, including a messy one where they simply release sperm onto the female's back and let gravity run its course.
Family Guy Jokes We Don't Appreciate
CBR just released some information about how Family Guy has poked fun at the real life suffering of people, which isn't news to anyone. The show makes many of its jokes about people's suffering, especially trans people, one of our most vulnerable populations. I'd have to say those are my least favorite jokes on the show, with the misogynist ones coming in a close second.
Vaccine's Effectiveness Tested
There's some reassurance available for those of us waiting with bated breath for a dose of a Covid vaccine: a real-world study has shown that it's highly effective. It's almost as good in real world tests as it was during trials, which is such good news. People need this reassurance if we're going to achieve herd immunity. Some studies show that we need about 70% of people vaccinated to achieve it.
800 Hits of Acid
Maybe I should already know this as a Grateful Dead fan, but Jerry Garcia passed away when I was just starting college, so bear with me here. A fan apparently once made a cake for the band that was loaded with 800 hits of acid and the band ATE it. Jerry knew it was loaded and the fan was known to be a wild guy, but the birthday cake was apparently too good to resist--and the band had no idea just how loaded it was.
National Poetry Month is Here
April is National Poetry Month as well as National Poetry Writing Month! It's one of the most fun months of the year when we not only read and study poetry at our house, but we write a poem every day, too. Last year we used a poetry wall to write on, which made it even more fun, and I think we're going to do the same thing again.
Fun Spring Masks
Now that spring is here, it's time for spring mask season! As bleak as that sounds, it's also something we can do to lighten up a bit, especially if you're tired of wearing the same washable masks you've had for months. We have several that we rotate and wash but it's always nice to try out a new design, especially if that design says it doesn't make glasses fog. (Spoiler alert: no mask has done that for me yet, but soap on my lenses has helped.)
New Disease Makes Bears Like Sweet Dogs
As if animals didn't have enough diseases to worry about these days, black bears are now being plagued with an unknown illness that seems cute at first. It affects their neurological faculties, making them act more like friendly dogs than bears.
Virginia Abolishes Death Penalty
My teen and I have been taking classes about the death penalty and learning about how ineffective it is, how unjust it is and how most people who get it are poor, have mental illness and/or had such terrible representation in court that it's no wonder they were convicted.
Best Books for National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month is upon us! My family and I used this month to both read and write poetry, so this year I'm hoping to get some good suggestions for reading. We're going to finish our Walt Whitman book (we got a bit behind) but what should we read next?
Peeps Pepsi
Peeps flavored Pepsi. Is that really what we need today? Pepsi apparently thinks so since it's collaborating with Peeps to create these Easter-themed sodas. You can't get them at the store, though. The FOMO will be real for the people who don't win the sweepstakes you have to enter to get a taste of these marshmallowy beverages.
WrestleMania Memories From the 80s
While I'm not a big wrestling fan today (aside from that incredible Mickey Rourke movie, which moved me to tears), back in the 80s I loved watching wrestling with my dad. He was big on WWF and loved Hulk Hogan to the point of mimicking his facial hair! I loved The Undertaker. He spoke to the mini goth in my heart.
Dr. Rachel Levine Confirmed
Boy does it seem bleak sometimes. I saw a post from the CDC issuing recommendations (which I think should be requirements, even if there's no way to enforce them well) for Easter gatherings and all of the people commenting about how they didn't believe in the virus, or masks, or any science at all and it makes my heart so heavy. So when we get news like this, we need to celebrate hard. In our homes.
Best Knockoff Liquor Brands
When it comes to liquor, I'm pretty flexible about my brands. Yes, I love Bacardi and Jack Daniels but I've had plenty of other brands that were perfectly fine. Many knockoff brands are even better than the originals in terms of quality and flavor (and especially when it comes to price!), but I know many people swear by different knockoff brands.
New Miller Lite Candle
There's no shortage of weird candles on the market. One of my favorite candle scents is kettle corn, and I've seen all kinds of strange scents, from bacon to urine-scented candles! Gross. Now Miller Lite is offering a candle that smells like a dive bar, and I'm not so sure it's the best idea ever.
The good news is that this new bar line of candles, which also includes the beer garden scent, has been developed to help benefit the hospitality sector. I'm all about that, and perhaps the candles will be a pleasant scent. Some dive bars smell pretty good, after all.
Georgia Brings Back Jim Crow
This week Georgia passed some incredibly disturbing laws reminiscent of Jim Crow. Want to give someone waiting in line a drink of water while they wait? It's illegal with this legislation. Can you imagine? The lawmakers who design a system in which lines are this long in the first place are punishing people who are trying to stay in line to vote. It's absolutely unbelievable... and yet, somehow in the United States in 2021, it's honestly not surprising.