Laying on my desk this morning were a stack of coins and a collection of chocolate. Why would both of these be on my desk? I run a the Maldre Post Office at my desk on the 14th floor of the Tribune Tower. Tribune employees flock to my desk to purchase from a wide variety …
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I cannot think today. In fact, I just tweeted this: Wow. I cannot think today. I wonder if this is how must humans live. — Matt's Health (@mattshealth) October 9, 2013 The very fact that I misspelled “most” reinforces the fact that I cannot think. Pretty funny. With my brain turned off today, I was …
Thanks to lokate’s discovery of Brownie Crunch, a new idea has been born. An idea that will revolutionize how you eat cereal–chocolate cereal. It’s so incredible, I can’t decide what to name it. Take all the chocolate cereals and combine them into one cereal. Oh chocolatey goodness! This is how to start your morning. This …
I so want to memorize this song and then sing it when I’m at Walgreens, in the candy aisle… or anytime I see Reese’s candy! You can have a skittle, a mento or a sweet tart. It ain’t no riddle, you don’t need an ID card. It’s not illegal, it might give you some cavities. …
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The following is a letter I sent to the Balance Bar Company: Greetings dear people of Balance, I am a fine consumer of your delightful Balance bar products. I enjoy having one before or after a workout. From time to time, I’ll have one in the morning at work. They bring great nutrition and sustenance …
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eHarmony has 13 interesting questions for their online profiles. They are interesting not only for these profiles, but for conversation questions in general for everyone. I’m making these questions into a series of blog posts on spudart.org where I’ll share my answer and ask people what their answer would be. What are the three things …
What are the THREE things for which you are MOST thankful? Read More »
Whenever I would have hot chocolate at work in my big mug, it always tasted bad. Was it the black mug sucking out the heat? Not really. Was it the Swiss Miss brand? Not really. Was it because I was filling the big mug up to the top with water. YOU BETCHA. It may seem …
When the only chocolate in my apartment is the empty chocolate-covered raisins bag in the garbage, it’s time for me to get some chocolate. I’m staring at the empty bag with hopes of chocolate in my head.
In various dark chocolates you’ll find claims of 65% cocoa or 70% cocoa. The cocoa percentage is nice, but what really helps you are the flavonoids in the chocolate. They reduce “bad” cholesterol and increase “good” cholesterol (source). 100 grams of fresh cocoa beans has 10 grams of flavonol. 100 grams of Dove dark chocolate …
Dove very much needs to offer some sort of rewards points program. Please email Dove¬Æ and tell them to offer one. Here’s what I wrote. Feel free to copy or modify to your pleasure: =========== My dearest Dove, Your dark chocolates are soooooo good, you need to have a frequent buyer program–much like how the …
A triple threat match. Which one do people prefer the most? I want to email Kit Kat and tell them to continue to make their delicious dark chocolate kit kats, but i need the statistical ammo to convince them. So, i’d like to post a poll very similiar to the Pop vs. Soda page. But …
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