tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6366749901801361066..comments2024-03-28T07:48:39.396-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Celestial Seasonings evicts Sleepytime bearNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1879754217052498882020-05-25T21:23:53.930-05:002020-05-25T21:23:53.930-05:00I just have to let you know that it's pomegran...I just have to let you know that it's pomegranate, not pomegranite.<br />Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.<br />I love pomegranates, and I find it somehow disturbing to have them confused with rocks.<br />I agree with you about the old packaging, BTW!<br />Georgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963192030900399130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48486485519672795622016-05-24T21:10:04.396-05:002016-05-24T21:10:04.396-05:00Fuck everybody who doesn't appreciate this den...Fuck everybody who doesn't appreciate this denigration of a beautiful image. drinkng herbal tea is not much better than hot water--we came for the bear--with cat radio and all! Its totally offensive to turn it aesthetic, to make it into some fashionable spare thing. Thanks for noting this fell development!Jasmine V. Bailey Epsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379649310370241740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2984239684110246542015-12-02T04:26:38.657-06:002015-12-02T04:26:38.657-06:00I completely agree with you. The new Celestial Sea...I completely agree with you. The new Celestial Seasonings packaging is terrible. It's utilitarian, stripped-down, unfriendly and there's nothing celestial about it. They might as well rename it F You. Supposedly this was done "to appeal to millennials." <br />I had the same idea about the heritage tins. Wonder if we could petition or something.Bluejay Younghttp://www.dreamshore.net/bluejay/barbara.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-57694392585434665322015-12-02T02:36:50.499-06:002015-12-02T02:36:50.499-06:00I’m glad reading your blog style .
I’m glad reading your blog style .<br />droneziehttp://dronezie.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4156729521301444762015-12-01T19:08:12.397-06:002015-12-01T19:08:12.397-06:00I did say that U of C was wrong to shut down. But ...I did say that U of C was wrong to shut down. But there is more I want to say, about whether we really need to "take these things seriously."<br />Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27671524094213282352015-12-01T15:09:02.303-06:002015-12-01T15:09:02.303-06:00Looking forward to seeing your comments on the Sun...Looking forward to seeing your comments on the Sun. 11/29 U. of C. blog story, J., along with today's blog. Now that you are back from your world cruise I presume, get reading already....<br /><br /> A few other people are looking for you on the off topic blog too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88049826212559914072015-12-01T15:03:04.482-06:002015-12-01T15:03:04.482-06:00Well I read the older posts. Do agree that the rig...Well I read the older posts. Do agree that the right cereal with some fruit is less fattening than many other breakfast choices.<br /><br />A.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50016454877573346942015-12-01T14:13:30.412-06:002015-12-01T14:13:30.412-06:00Well, you don't mention which part was harsh, ...Well, you don't mention which part was harsh, NS -- I thought I was just being my lame version of witty, as I am usually attempting to be, with the usual poor results. I thought the Willy Loman reference was a bit of fun, but not in a detrimental way. [(Traveling talesman? C'mon!) ; )] I did think your Wheat Chex vs. donut comparison was odd, though, and the fact that the stakes are so small is why I figured I could go off on that rant. I thought you might find the Twinings report interesting and I agreed with you wholeheartedly about the Sleepytime, which was the main point. In case it wasn't clear, that last paragraph wasn't meant to be sarcastic at all. As for mentioning this on today's page, I don't imagine many would care and if you read it, that's plenty good enough for me. : ) BTW, and FWIW, I also tried to post a comment in the cabin and it said it was being held for moderation, I guess...Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-21138090819804443852015-12-01T13:14:47.528-06:002015-12-01T13:14:47.528-06:00That's a tad harsh, is it not, Jakash? None of...That's a tad harsh, is it not, Jakash? None of this is the pulsing center of the culture, is it? Still, well said -- maybe you should post something on today's page, directing people to it (I'd do it, but I'd be accused of playing favorites). As far as cereal being filling, I guess that depends on how much fruit you pile on. <br />Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46891750912726253422015-12-01T12:18:20.009-06:002015-12-01T12:18:20.009-06:00I realize that a next-day comment on the ole EGD w...I realize that a next-day comment on the ole EGD will draw about as many readers as a message in a bottle delivered directly to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. However, when our intrepid traveling talesman, Willy Steinberg, sets down his briefcase after wearying weeks of thanklessly peddling reason with regard to gun violence, concern for refugees, thoughts about the hopeless financial condition of this state, interest in treating folks of other religions as we'd like to be treated, etc., and turns to opining about tea and breakfast cereal -- well, I feel that attention must be paid. ; )<br /><br />Sadly, "I almost never eat breakfast cereal: it's really fattening and leaves you hungry." seems about as off-base as anything I've seen our host write. I can't speak to what leaves others hungry, of course, or personal taste, but I eat cereal almost every day and find a bowl with skim milk and fresh fruit to be about the quickest, easiest, healthiest breakfast you can have. There are enough non-sugary options out there that are fine sources of whole-grain nutrition and to compare it to a jumbo donut - one of the unhealthiest wastes of calories around, boggles my mind.<br /><br />As for the vaunted Twinings tea, I'm too much of a weenie to go for the loose, but the most recent box of Twinings English Breakfast bags we bought listed Kenya, Indonesia, Assam, Malawi and China as the possible sources. Alas, I don't have an old box to compare it to, but I'm pretty sure that they didn't list 5 countries in the past -- or China, at all. To me, that's the marketer's way of saying "we're getting our tea cheap from China, like every other product you buy these days, but let's pretend like it might have come from Assam, like it used to."<br /><br />Finally, (I know - about time!) to the point at hand. I'm about as cynical a bastard as you're likely to find, in the dreaded "55 and older" category referred to by NS, but I've also long been a fan of Sleepytime. Such that we actually possess one of the metal tins he alluded to and I may have once cut off the top of one of the cardboard boxes to place as an artistic element above my desk. "A comfort beverage should be comforting." Indeed, and just glancing at that night-capped chap dozing next to his radio is about as comforting as any tea I've ever had. Suffice it to say that wrenching that overgrown cub from his friendly confines and exiling him to a cold, blank, marketer's Hell is a misguided abomination beyond reason or measure. What, the younger generation raised on movie-length cartoons, wildly overblown movies made about comic-book characters, books and movies centered around fantasy worlds that make Mayberry seem like Hell's Kitchen, video games and clubs that are fantasy-this and fantasy-that... such folks are gonna be put off by a cute picture of a bear in his anthropomorphic den?Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89273758045334517432015-12-01T08:43:07.798-06:002015-12-01T08:43:07.798-06:00I think the term you want is "afternoon tea,&...I think the term you want is "afternoon tea," A customary repast supposedly created by the Duchess of Devonshire. High tea is a light supper served in the north of England and Scotland.<br /><br />TEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-80207426707579048962015-11-30T22:25:51.909-06:002015-11-30T22:25:51.909-06:00Unfortunately, there are few places in the area, o...Unfortunately, there are few places in the area, outside of some hotels in Chicago or Oak Brook, that serve a high tea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24704162934984474952015-11-30T16:20:22.396-06:002015-11-30T16:20:22.396-06:00Scratch that- it was Robert Burns, here's a st...Scratch that- it was Robert Burns, here's a stanza. Tom, I'm sure you would have known of this piece.<br /><br />A Man's A Man For A' That<br /><br />1795<br /> <br />Is there for honest Poverty <br /> That hings his head, an' a' that; <br /> The coward slave-we pass him by, <br /> We dare be poor for a' that! <br /> For a' that, an' a' that. <br /> Our toils obscure an' a' that, <br /> The rank is but the guinea's stamp, <br /> The Man's the gowd for a' that. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-60445166056480868692015-11-30T16:15:56.646-06:002015-11-30T16:15:56.646-06:00Thackery- didn't he write a poem with the repe...Thackery- didn't he write a poem with the repetition of the words "a that" in it? Couldn't find it on the net, remember it from a book I saw in my childhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43113115116299615882015-11-30T16:13:22.757-06:002015-11-30T16:13:22.757-06:00Kudos to NS, he got a nice reader review in the pa...Kudos to NS, he got a nice reader review in the paper today from someone in Chicago in regards to the Laquan article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-42994121166153501822015-11-30T15:20:37.720-06:002015-11-30T15:20:37.720-06:00No need to point out, I suppose, where pearls come...No need to point out, I suppose, where pearls come from.<br /><br />TEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51770097653068837622015-11-30T15:13:48.774-06:002015-11-30T15:13:48.774-06:00Yes, the Japanese are tea nuts, but, still, it'...Yes, the Japanese are tea nuts, but, still, it's hard to overstate the contribution the beverage makes to British culture. In British mystery stories I always wait for the mandatory scene when the Chief Inspector, interviewing a householder where a murder has been committed, says to his sidekick, "Sergeant, why you pop into the kitchen and make us a nice cupa." Whereupon, the obliging copper does so, using the occasion to snoop around the premises for clues.<br /><br />TEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11012145427749089732015-11-30T13:29:57.944-06:002015-11-30T13:29:57.944-06:00Lipton used to have good decaf flavors but not any...Lipton used to have good decaf flavors but not anymore. Green tea (some come flavored) is good for metabolism and you can get it in decaf as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66326014695890512192015-11-30T13:28:24.223-06:002015-11-30T13:28:24.223-06:00Well in the Japanese tea ceremonies they are even ...Well in the Japanese tea ceremonies they are even fussier.<br /><br />agAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-57353116795939975452015-11-30T13:14:13.300-06:002015-11-30T13:14:13.300-06:00That's comforting Tate. Maybe I'll unleash...That's comforting Tate. Maybe I'll unleash my column condemning mixing various types of breakfast cereals in one bowl. "That's miscegenation!" I'll howl. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72026536515235533892015-11-30T13:04:53.989-06:002015-11-30T13:04:53.989-06:00I just saw Wheat Chex in the store the other day. ...I just saw Wheat Chex in the store the other day. Try a different Jewels. <br /><br />Myself I am fond of Grape Nuts Flakes, which I can only find at Mariano's; Post-Oh!s, which apparently are only sold at Target or Wal-Mart; and Kashi 7 Whole Grain Honey Puffs, which are apparently unavailable except online. David E.B. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03790499532593362051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14158061811036597152015-11-30T12:56:16.574-06:002015-11-30T12:56:16.574-06:00Yeah, and what about that whole Marshall Field'...Yeah, and what about that whole Marshall Field's disappearance?Terinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62307693448230042902015-11-30T11:43:57.652-06:002015-11-30T11:43:57.652-06:00Neil: according to Trollope, Thackery was the kind...Neil: according to Trollope, Thackery was the kind of person who was compelled to tell everyone everything that was bothering him. Sure glad that you share that compulsion. Some of your best work has been basically bitching about problems that don't bother me at all. tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46869163250356564632015-11-30T11:16:53.233-06:002015-11-30T11:16:53.233-06:00IIRC, the "proper" way to brew tea is to...IIRC, the "proper" way to brew tea is to bring the pot to the kettle, never the kettle to the pot (tea to the hot water, never the hot water poured over tea, or, God forbid, tea bag.SandyKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-81422376698601242512015-11-30T10:47:25.175-06:002015-11-30T10:47:25.175-06:00Yes. And you had to bring the kettle to the pot an...Yes. And you had to bring the kettle to the pot and not the pot to the kettle. Or was it the other way around?<br /><br />TEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com