Not bad. In different to whether I'd try them again in the future. I think the flavor I would go for if they made spicy peanut M&Ms. That'd be great, but I doubt it'd be a best seller so they probably won't ever make it.
I miss the dark chocolate peanut M&Ms too. But those went out of productions years ago sadly. Still, nothing wrong with the classic peanut M&Ms either.
I was right. No difference.
Don't get me wrong, I like 7Up. But I felt like I just paid $1 more for a 7Up energy drink. There's literally no difference in the taste.
Why they did this, I have no idea. I know Dr Pepper bought them a few years back. Maybe they were just throwing one of their brands in with Ghost to see if there'd be any interest. Well... I hope that's it for this experiment. Not interested in cola flavors with the Ghost label plastered on them.
Pass on this one.
Baseball: After the 3rd Inning
Football: After the 1st Quarter
Hockey: After the 1st Period
Basketball: Who cares about basketball??
I won't move if I'm with my family because it's never a smooth transition and isn't worth the trouble. But when it's just me or me and my son, I'll move on down for the upgraded seats.
What about you?
There are 2 "rules" my wife has around the house I've never understood. So today, I'm enlisting your help to explain them to me.
#1 Once a hand towel is used to dry ones hands and must be thrown in the dirty laundry immediately. 4
Because of this, we never have hand towels in the bathrooms, ever.
#2 Once you're done using the toaster, it must be unplugged.
Or.... .what? It'll cause a fire? I don't know why, but she gets made if I don't unplug the toaster after using it. Every other kitchen appliance can be plugged in but this one and I've never understood why.
Maybe one of you could help make sense of these "rules"
Have a good weekend folks!
After so many year, Coke decided it was time to bring back the classic taste. I didn't know it when he gave me a 2 liter bottle of it. I thought it was just "cherry" flavored. Only after I finished the bottle did I realize online that this IS the original taste.
So what did I think? Great. Oddly enough however, I think I enjoyed Pibb Xtra more! Maybe because that's really all of had over the past 35 years.
But I'm glad they brought the original flavor back. I heard they're fading out Xtra but I really hope they keep both around in the future. Like Mountain Dew, they can rotate flavors in and out throughout the year and that would be ideal for me.
Either way, words can't express how thankful i was to this guy for being so generous with his stash. I'd like to say I'd be the same way....but it is Pibb we're talking about here so I'm really not sure.
I love it.
The peach flavor has a STRONG taste. Like biting into a juicy peach! Pretty good but again, this is a flavor I'd only try every once in a while. Not all the time. I enjoyed the cans he gifted me with but don't think I'd ever buy a 12 pack of these if I saw them. They're nice to have every once in a while for sure.
Would I drink one again? Sure. Would I choose anything else over this one? Probably.
But in my area, where Pibb is scarce, beggars can't be choosers. So if this is all I got, I'm not complaining.
Needless to say, I've been slowly drinking through my stash (once or twice a week) for the past few months and now it's time for my reviews!
First off is Pibb Zero. I've had this before because a friend of mine from Austin TX, came in one year with 2 cases of it. My response? "Are you asking for my hand in marriage? Because if so, the answer's yes!"
She wasn't, but I enjoyed the Pibb anyway. Not really that much of a difference, which is a good thing. I hear these are super hard to come by too, so I appreciated the gift.
More reviews coming tomorrow...
Now I RARELY get them because the only flavor they still have around I like (Sour Heads) is impossible to find around here, plus I've moved on to Ghost energy drinks now.
But whenever I see a new flavor...I have to try it for old times sake.
The name alone reminded me of one of the my favorite flavors Lemon Drop so I was hoping for something good. Instead, I got middle of the road.
It beats the Key Lime Pie flavor from back in the day (which was one of my least favorites) but fell short of expectations.
I really wish they'd bring back the Lemon Drop flavor. (sigh)
Have a good weekend folks!
Not only that but (at the moment) the best streaming movie I've seen this year. Shockingly good. Excellent, I would even say.
The trailer didn't look like much but my goodness, how this movie pays off.
Well worth your time if you haven't seen it already. I couldn't believe how engaging the plot, characters and scenery was in this movie. Amazing.
I just hope this isn't the only movie to "wow" me this year.
See it.
It's our protagonist job of cleaning up the dead, reporting those who still walk to the army to kill and (secretly) find out what happened to her husband.
It's a "zombie" movie that wants to be something different and in return, ends of being something completely boring.
It's been a long time since I've quit a movie halfway in. Usually, i can plow through it while playing games or looking up stuff on the internet. But not this one. It got so bad, that I ended up watching a history of the 1969 baseball season instead. It was THAT bad.
What a waste of time, money and effort (if there was any) in this movie. Avoid at all cost.
I never knew this movie even existed until a friend told me about it a few months ago.
The story of man who crashes his spaceship on earth during the time of the vikings. With the help of a local clan, he tracks down a beasts that came with him on his ship.
It's a wild tale that keeps you interested yet comes up short in ways I can't describe. I felt like the premise was there as well as some of the scenes but as a whole the movie was missing something to put it on a higher scale for me.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed watching the movie but in the end felt it came up short.
Twice I had to remind his friends that this was a movie and not an actual event....yep.
Guess the movie was so good it had them fooled....twice. I can't say for sure but I even think I saw one of them trying to look up information about the serial killer on the phone.
Geez.
Anyway, is it worth the watch? Meh. It's not bad but really nothing to impress.
In an attempt to lower the price point in the market, these cards were released in 92 at the low price of 99 cents. So that kids who didn't have money could collect a cheaper version of baseball cards. However, some of these sets surprised me.
3) 92 Triple Play
Yeah, they look cheap don't they? I remember seeing these and laughing. Thinking little kids were getting ripped off and not even knowing it. They look more like "premium" Pinnacle cards than anything else.
As always, Score was one step behind the competition and came out with their version of "premium" a year later in 92. Here's my short rankings of their mess.
3) 92 Pinnacle
The fact that Score had the balls to call this "premium" is laughable. For a base Score set this would look decent. But "premium"? Dreaming!
2) 93 Pinnacle
It's funny but even with the Premium label these cards are far inferior to anything the base cards were showing us in their sets. Pathetic.
Well look at this! they finally came out with a good looking design. I don't remember these, maybe it's because I never bothered to consider what Pinnacle was coming out with that year but these look ok. So maybe they did learn their lesson as time went on after all. Too bad it wasn't soon enough for me to ever care about collecting them.
Now that both seasons have wrapped, I'd like to compare the 2 seasons and see which one did it better.
Crazy "Chaos" Caleb was the winner of Australian Survivor: Redemption. This season was excellent. All new, never-before-seen challenges and courses. Australian Survivor continues to keep the game fresh each season.
David was the new host, a former player and one of my personal favorites of all time. But as the host...it felt weird. There's no doubt the Jonathan (the former host) was the heart of the show. He was sorely missed this season.
However, this season had some excellent moments. It consisted of returning players and even some other players from over shows like Big Brother and Traitor. Other reality shows. I liked that idea. It's a pretty cool way to get interested across all your shows, putting them all on to one show.
One of the most brilliant moves was when "Dirty" Harry got duped into outing himself as a snake in front of the entire tribe by a rookie player. He knew Harry wouldn't resist a chance to "screw" the tribe, so when he pretended to go along with it, then exposed Harry in front of everyone. When it happened, even Harry had to tip his hat with respect. Brilliant move.
The show had a great cast of characters as always and the winner ended up being Caleb. A man who tried making big moves but no one took him serious and left him out of the vote the whole time. However, they all underestimated him. And when the contestants started getting voted off, his game started taking form and he ran away with it at the end.
Sure he was pretty much seen as an idiot, even I thought so at first. But he never once hid his true self from anyone. He came to play the game and make big moves. In the end, he got his way.
In the states they kicked off season 50. All returning players. Same old challenges. And the "twist" this season sucked. An Billy Eilish Idol that no one used properly and was less exciting since you couldn't play it for anyone else. A Jimmy Fallon challenge which was poorly planned out, yet oddly enough the Mr Beast challenge I enjoyed. Risking it all for big rewards or an ejection from the game. Pretty big stakes. I expect to see Devins in a Mr Beast video soon.
There were some good moments, but not memorable. The Coach/Ozzie feud fizzled out when neither of them were able to go that deep in the game. Coach rants about honor, and Joe making it to the end "without" honor because he voted Coach off, yet Coach did the exact thing to Colby a few episodes earlier.
During the live show (which was great to see again) the once again slobbered over the most overrated contestant in Survivor history Cirie by bringing her out, handing her a little trophy and showing everyone that they really wished she could've won. Puh-lease!
Then we have the winner Aubry. What an embarrassment. Someone who was on the outs the whole time. Stayed silent, kept her head down, rode on the coattails and big moves of others, claiming them for her own and getting votes other the other 2 finalist.
Don't get me wrong, the final 3 weren't my ideal choice. Out of them, Jonathan should've won only because he beat the true winner Rizzo (Riz-god) in a fire making challenge in the end. I swear, that kid annoyed me in season 49, but I came around to like him in 50. He made me change my mind on him. I started rooting for him near the end. Smarter player than I knew.
Between the 2 shows the clear winner for me was AZ Survivor. I just hope they can get another season greenlit, because I heard it's near canceling. That would be a shame. Because it's actually BETTER than the US one now and not many people outside of the states even know about it.
Survivor 51? Sure, I'll watch it. But I don't expect it to be memorable at all. Survivor here in the US, sucks.
And finally in 91 Donruss also began their separate line of premium cards with a twist. The players weren't in action poses on the field but rather given professional looking shots in a studio. It was a unique idea which I loved.
4) 92 Studio
In my opinion, this was the only set of Studio I thought looked hideous. My brother collected this set but I was turned off by the bland design.
3) 94 Studio
Nice enough but each card was the exact same. The player's face and in the background a picture of their locker. Nothing else was unique about the cards.
2) 93 Studio
Beautiful looking set. I should've collected it. I love the signatures with the jersey in the background. So wonderful.
1) 91 Studio
But nothing beat the original. Man I went nuts when I first saw these cards. It was a low count to collect the whole set so I got them pretty easily. I thought "this is what I'm going to get every year they come out" But when I looked at 92, I realized they weren't always going to be perfect and moved on. Still, if you go online and look at some of these black and white photos they're simply breathtaking.
Fleer also began its premium run in 91 like all the others and I collected two sets of them too!
4) 91 Fleer Ultra
This set reminds me of Buzz's girlfriend. WOOF! This set was ugly. I'm shocked they were allowed to print cards after this hideous monstrosity!
2) 93 Fleer Ultra
I remember both my brother and I collected these sets. We went nuts over the flaming baseball, which we thought was so cool. The marble look at the bottom was a nice touch too.
1) 92 Fleer Ultra
This was one of the best looking sets I ever collected. Certainly a top tier card for me. I loved everything about these cards. By far, one of the best of all time in my opinion.
Beginning in 91 Topps upped their game and brought out a premium card to rival Upper Deck. Here is my ranking of it's 4 entries in the years I was collecting.
4) 94 Stadium Club
Doesn't this one scream 90s to you?? This one was a break away from there previous designs and isn't bad, but all the ones that came prior were better.
Score it the stepchild of baseball cards. For the most part, they were ugly, cheap and no one ever wanted them. This was a hard list to put together only because there was so much ugly. They started in 88 during the craze and tried to find the laziest way to make cards without caring what they looked like.
7) 91 Score
What a pick right? Sadly the designs on these cards are so ugly they distract from the photos taken within them.
Leaf was the Canadian version of Donruss that was just the same look with the name "LEAF" on the top. But beginning in 1990 they broke out on there own and began to shine!
5) 92 Leaf
Easily the worst of the bunch. Such a drab look. Their theme for the first few years was gray, but this one had no imagination in its design.
4) 91 Leaf
Better than the 92 version but still a little lacking in character. I just wish there was a little more to it.
Today I'm going through Upper Deck. Which upped the game in the hobby the moment they came out. And really pushed the quality for cards across the market when they came out. They began in 1989, so again this will be a shorter list than before.
6) 90 Upper Deck
Just blame "blah". As cards went in 1990, this is actually one of the best. But in the overall scheme of things, it ranks last on this list.
5) 94 Upper Deck
Wow. How ugly. It's like the company as a whole took a giant step backwards in their look over the years. The only redeeming factor about these is the picture. Other than that, blah.
4) 91 Upper Deck
Really nice looking set. And yes, that's Micheal Jordan. He never made it to the majors, this was his AA team but Upper Deck made cards for every year he was in the sport, because, HEY it's MJ! His cards were going to sell no matter what.
