March 2021

Have you heard about how Reese's, Hershey's, KitKat and other candies are becoming new layered desserts? They're called Colliders, and they are new layered desserts kept in the refrigerated section.

The treats come in three different styles. Twisted is a vanilla dessert that has a candy topping, while Chopped consists of desserts with chopped pieces inside. The Layered version has smooth chocolate topping instead.

"Cancel culture" just isn't a thing. People with that much power certainly aren't canceled unless they do something super heinous, and even then most continue to get away with it. Just look at the previous president. Consequence culture, however, is a thing, and now that we are familiar with some of the terrible things famous people have done, it makes sense to not follow or study them anymore.

Have you heard that the latest "snack craze" is nothing but... butter on crackers? This is hilarious to those of us who grew up in the 80s and had butter on crackers as a snack on at least a weekly basis, if not more often. I bet today's kids have more real butter on their crackers than the margarine we always had, though, which is probably loads better.

Lately it feels like if a book isn't written as an example of Own Voices, or authors writing about their own experiences from a marginalized group, I don't want to read it. I'm sure that won't always be the case, and it's not like I don't support all my favorite white authors anymore, but there are a lot of reasons to support #OwnVoices books.

The poor First Dog just can't get a break. Major is an elderly dog and a Good Boy, but recently he was attacked by the press for looking his age. Members of the press were unnecessarily cruel to the elderly doggo, much to the dismay of the American people, and taunted his looks. Apparently they don't know what an elderly dog looks like.

While my husband and I have had Stranger Things on for background music once again (this time it's while we paint part of the house!), I've been wanting to rock out a side ponytail and wear some leggings. My kiddo and I won a virtual 80s trivia contest with the library last week, which has only made me long for some 80s moods even more.

The discovery of strange creatures, particularly where they aren't supposed to be, is always an exciting event, and scientists have recently discovered some weird creatures from beneath half a mile of ice. The discovery was done in the best way--totally by surprise! When geologists braved freezing temperatures and ate dehydrated food for almost three months to study an ice shelf, they certainly didn't expect to find life beneath the ice.