According to the bag, Cheddar Pretzel Combos are "The cheese filled snack of NASCAR". I'm a little confused - I would've expected them to be the official cheese filled snack. Is it not official? Why don't they make it official? Or maybe it is, but there wasn't room for the word "official" and they figured anyone who took the time to read that note would just assume it was official.
Not to knock Combos or anything, but what exactly is the competition for the title of "cheese filled snack of NASCAR" anyway? I can't immediately think of another snack food that is cheese-filled, so is the title sort of a de facto thing? That's like declaring fish sticks to be your "official stick-shaped fried fish product" - there's really not much else that fits that description.
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Ceiling Critter is watching me
I have a Ceiling Critter. I can hear it scratch and scurry around overhead. A lot of times, the scratching catches me off guard and makes me think there’s someone in the house. Then I realize it’s just Ceiling Critter. I don’t know what specific kind of critter it is, since I cannot differentiate the scratching of a mouse from a rat or squirrel or marmoset, and I’m sure as hell not checking in the ceiling to see.
I had a ceiling critter once before, and I called the exterminator to come deal with it, which turned out to be a huge mistake, so I’m not going that route again. Basically, he set a poison trap in the ceiling. A few days later (mid-sweltering-summer), I came home to the unmistakable “something died” smell. Ugh. I called the exterminators to tell them the critter was dead and they could come get it now, and they said “Well, we don’t come get it once it’s dead.” Huh? Turns out, the poison is supposed to make the critter thirsty, and when it leaves the house to look for water, it dies outside the house and becomes the problem of whoever’s yard it dies in. There is no backup plan for critters that fail to leave the house looking for water.
I had decided to live in peace with the current Ceiling Critter, since he stayed in the ceiling and I stayed out of it, but last night I came to a horrifying realization: there is a hole in the ceiling of the closet in my bedroom! There has been nothing stopping Ceiling Critter from coming down into my room while I sleep! Who knows if he already has! Ick! I have that closet locked up for now, which means I can’t get to half my shoes or my laundry hamper, but I have got to get that hole boarded up. Ceiling Critter must not be allowed to become "Omigod, There's A Critter In My Room!" Critter.
Of course, if anyone has Ceiling Critter removal suggestions, I’m open.
I had a ceiling critter once before, and I called the exterminator to come deal with it, which turned out to be a huge mistake, so I’m not going that route again. Basically, he set a poison trap in the ceiling. A few days later (mid-sweltering-summer), I came home to the unmistakable “something died” smell. Ugh. I called the exterminators to tell them the critter was dead and they could come get it now, and they said “Well, we don’t come get it once it’s dead.” Huh? Turns out, the poison is supposed to make the critter thirsty, and when it leaves the house to look for water, it dies outside the house and becomes the problem of whoever’s yard it dies in. There is no backup plan for critters that fail to leave the house looking for water.
I had decided to live in peace with the current Ceiling Critter, since he stayed in the ceiling and I stayed out of it, but last night I came to a horrifying realization: there is a hole in the ceiling of the closet in my bedroom! There has been nothing stopping Ceiling Critter from coming down into my room while I sleep! Who knows if he already has! Ick! I have that closet locked up for now, which means I can’t get to half my shoes or my laundry hamper, but I have got to get that hole boarded up. Ceiling Critter must not be allowed to become "Omigod, There's A Critter In My Room!" Critter.
Of course, if anyone has Ceiling Critter removal suggestions, I’m open.
Ceiling Critter and Ceiling Cat are probably not one and the same.
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