My Candy. Let Me Show You It. (No That Is Not A Euphemism.)

It’s been a…rough few months. Very, very rough. And all this time, I’ve been thinking ‘it is high time for another candy exchange.’ Homechickens, I can’t even tell you how much I needed another candy exchange.

Luckily, so did other people.

I went to the post office yesterday to wedge out a week’s accumulation of mail:

A stack of mail with a lot of campaign fliers and a bright yellow package slip.

Those yellow slips are one of my deepest delights, and I seethe with rage at companies that use yellow envelopes that trick me into thinking they are package slips when I open my mailbox.

A large box wrapped in brown paper and addressed to me, sitting on a car seat next to the stack of mail from the previous picture.

A whole box of candy, just for me!

The box, opened, and packed to the gills with candy. A xeroxed book on top promises candy recipes.

All mine, precious.

I actually cackled with glee when I finally prised open the package and I think it alarmed the neighbor.

Candy laid out on a wooden counter.

Here it is all unpacked. I’ve been doing candy exchanges with this group long enough to more or less know who most of this stuff is from. Note the return of the Idaho Spud, smouldering ominously over there to the right.

A Whittaker's dark orange bar and a Barcelona Bar.

I am particularly looking forward to getting my stomach around both of these.

A bacon flavoured lollipop in a package reading 'man bait.'

Not so sure about this one…

Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go eat so much sugar that I become physically ill.

13 May, 2010 – 10:43 am | By s.e. smith | Posted in Food | Tagged , , |

Steep Chairs

Zuska at Thus Spake Zuska: Why Are You So Angry? (via Viv at Hoyden About Town)

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Lux Alptraum at Jezebel: The HPV Vaccine’s Misguided Scare Tactics

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Curtis Cartier at SantaCruz.com: In Santa Cruz, Anarchists of All Stripes

“Anarchy is rooted in striving to be free. This takes cooperation, and it’s hard to cooperate with people using force.”

Stephen Carter-Novotni at CityBeat: Medical Marijuana Bill Takes Root in Ohio

Depending on how you read the tea leaves, support for some sort of marijuana legalization might be at an all-time high among Americans.

Pamela White at the Boulder Weekly: Much ado about Melons

Bob and Catharine Pierce are in the midst of a media maelstrom because Catharine likes to garden and take out the trash while topless.

Curt Gayette at MetroTimes: Up in the air

The state, she said, can make a transformation from the “rust belt” to the “green belt” by aggressively pursuing policies that promote clean energy alternatives to the burning of fossil fuels.

13 May, 2010 – 10:02 am | By s.e. smith | Posted in interesting | Tagged , , , , , , , , |