Monthly Archives: June 2010

Kelloggs Recalls 28 Million Boxes Of Cereal

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Next time you venture out and end up in the grocery store you may be surprised to see a space where tightly packed  commodities used to reside because Kelloggs is recalling millions of boxes of cereal.   Something doesn’t smell right.  What could this be exactly?

Could the Apple Jacks somehow have invaded the boxes of Honey Smacks?  Or did the Fruit Loops get into the Corn Pops?

Personally I feel like the Fruit Loops will be found one day at the bottom of this barrel.   For the last twenty years they have been maligned by the media in various forums.  Let me just state for the record “There is nothing wrong with being a Fruit Loop!”

But putting the Fruit Loops and the Corn Pops together in one box could cause problems!  And this is what apparently happened in this case when no one was looking.

One  night the grocery store  was  dark and quiet except for the sound of rolling  Fruit Loops  on their way to the Corn Pops boxes.

I cannot get the quiet screams out of my head.  And the smell!  It was a combination of  fruit, corn and fear.

Twenty-eight  million boxes!  What will happen to them?  Where will they go?  And what will the these rejected pieces of cereal do when they have been released?  Can any of them find jobs when they have been slammed lower than a McDonald’s fish sandwich?

Who wants a cereal killer?

Nobody this side of Michigan.

A Hot Day In Virginia

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Today was hot although not as hot as yesterday which was 100 degree plus weather here in Virginia.  And this kind of heat is not Arizona heat for sure.  It’s humidity laden heat without the joy of warmed bodies feeling light and ready to fly.  How can you fly when you have 20 pounds of water squeezing your hide from every direction.

Virginia is not fun in the summer.

But we carry on.  I was minding my own business today staying cool and planning adventures in Middle Earth when my younger son called and said his car had died downtown.  It would not start.

Why is it so bright out here?  I found my way to the local Advanced Auto store and a young man who was willing to test our battery and replace it with a brand new one.  He wore latex gloves and talked to us about his truck as he dug out the old one like a mechanical surgeon who didn’t mind working in a parking lot under the sun.  I admired him a great deal.

He is the young, working American and he is making sure this country continues to move forward.  Zachary, my son, works in a restaurant downtown and does his part, too, by feeding folks who need to relax after their long days at work.

I do my part too.  What is that you might ask?  Well I mentor the younger people from my cave in Middle Earth.

And I venture out from time to time in order to have face to face contact with those who will rule the world in a few years!  That’s right.  These young people will be in charge in such a short time and I will be in a nursing home BEGGING someone to come get me for a weekend away from the naughty nursing assistant who believes I am her personal play toy.

So I am making inroads now while it still appears that I have something to offer.   And I do!

A new battery!  Now let’s retire to a shady spot and have a cool  drink.  Every day should include some time to relax and share a few thoughts and a little laughter.  We can learn a lot from each other.  And we should relax and reflect upon the goodness of life and our relationships.