Comments on: Weekend Link Love

By: Peggy

Peggy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:50:29 +0000

I live in a teeny town with one shoe store (around the corner from my house!) & I walked in the other day & there were the 5-fingers! I searched the net for “beach shoes” & the like, not knowing at the time what they were called. I have a pair on lay-away…

Can’t wait!

By: Trevor Peckham

Trevor Peckham — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:08:58 +0000

So after hearing you talk about them for over the year I’ve been reading MDA everyday, I finally bought Five Fingers. I had just been reading about them more and more, and finally my friend told me she bought them and was raving about them at dinner on Saturday. Sunday morning, I went to City Sports (luckily, there is a place that actually stocks them in Boston), and bought a pair of the Five Finger Sprints. I have no idea how I lived without them.

Yes, I got some weird looks. Yes, a lot of people doubted my questioning of modern shoes. But I think in my one day of wearing them (around Boston and helping my friend move), I probably convinced 2-5 people to ditch the Nikes and get a pair. I had my doubts (especially for the money) but I was sold after a block of jogging. I can’t wait to take them into the gym tonight (assuming my conventional wisdom brainwashed school lets me in with them).

By: George

George — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:09:13 +0000

Always wondered what was in a Grape Nut!

By: Karin

Karin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:06:58 +0000

@freeagent

Yeah, the ones wrapped in paper? There was powdered sugar between the gum and the paper and if you blew hard enough it looked like smoke. And they came in packs that looked just like actual cigarette boxes. And then there were the cigars and the chewing tobacco-like Big League Chew pouches… Just like a real grown-up! (sarcasm)

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:44:33 +0000

“The grain was tipping into mills that ground it into flour. Until five years ago, the mills spat out the husks for cattle feed. Now they stay in, so Grape Nuts can sell as “whole grain.” That is one change in Mr. Post’s formula. Another is a spray of vitamins and minerals. It qualifies Grape Nuts for food-stamp programs…”

The whole grain scam at its best! Keep the cattle feed in there so they can make a claim on the package! Spray on some vitamins (doesn’t matter what to) and get it on the food stamp list! Is THAT why all breakfast cereals are “fortified”? For food stamp reasons?

By: freeagent

freeagent — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:29:28 +0000

Man, bubble gum cigarettes. “When I was a boy!” it was chocolate or candy smokes. Mmmmm, wonder why I smoked for 10 years?

How insidious are these tactics, I wonder if the above was created by big tobacco or just a misguided confectioner?

By: Joyful Abode

Joyful Abode — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:27:26 +0000

Oh goodness… that burger in a can is so disgusting looking.

Also love the fitness gear list. I’m currently saving for a bike, but maybe I’ll get a jump rope first. woo hoo!

By: Arlo

Arlo — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:52:05 +0000

Re: The burger… here’s the “product shot”. And you thought that Wendy’s “picture vs reality” shots were bad!

http://www.digyourowngrave.com/content/cheeseburger/cheeseburger_catalog.jpg

By: MikeGP

MikeGP — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:07:34 +0000

LoL, i love the “Just like Dad” gum…