#55

let's hear it for the brands

did you know?

that they remodeled the local honey baked ham? and that the privately held honey baked ham company was divided into four fiefdoms by the founder’s daughters, straight out of some kind of swine industry fairy tale? i don’t particularly eat ham, so i didn’t.

that celestial seasonings has an all-new website and shopping experience? other things of note from a recent purge of my gmail archives: annual birthday greetings from santa monica dentists (my truest friends); a receipt from spring of 2020 for a 50 lb bag of king arthur bread flour (the shipping cost more than the actual product); a thanks for my review of ‘passport to iron city,’ the in-person alita: battle angel immersive experience brought to me by 20th century fox in advance of the 2019 movie’s release. anyway, i do particularly drink tea, and even with the world in ruins i have no worries about the long-term viability of the hain celestial seasonings tea company’s business model. everyone on the planet sleeps, ergo, everyone on the planet is a potential customer of the sleepytime tea product range.

that ronald reagan is “so skibiti”? so says commenter jhon on an article about the jelly bean mosaic portrait of ronald reagan, jelly bean lover, at the jelly belly jelly bean factory on jelly bean lane in jelly bean, usa (fairfield, california). my daughter was recently introduced to the concept of skibidi at a birthday party, where the piñata was shaped like a toilet.

that nearly every single major music outlet snubbed one of our most beloved artists during black history month, even though she has frequently written “from a black perspective” and “experienced being a black guy on several occasions”? even after scaling back their DEI initiatives in the current political climate, you’d think someone would be brave enough to honor her work.

that there are two individual keira knightley-worn dresses with their own wikipedia pages (less than marilyn monroe and tied with lady gaga, but more than harry styles (whose name makes him kind of a nepo baby in any fashion or style article)?

that the darren star-created the $treet was cancelled after only 7 episodes, despite offering a rare glimpse into a world of “men who know how to have fun at work, but all of a sudden there are powerful women joining the organization. It seems like the men's enjoyment is over”? i would love a relatable show like this, especially compared to an unrealistic and repugnant show like sex and the city (it is this publication’s editorial stance that all urban centers should update their building codes to include POZs (prudity overlay zones).

now you know.