Nutri-Grain Yogurt Bars

So, I bought some Nutri-Grain Yogurt Bars a couple weeks ago, but I only got around to trying them this evening. I’m a big yogurt fan, so I had my hopes up.

But, it was a bit of a disappointment. For one thing, it was a box of 30 (since I bought it at Sam’s Club). But, inside the “big box” were three smaller boxes of 10 bars each :-/. Obviously, Kellogg’s just took their “normal” packages of 10-each boxes and put threee of those boxes inside a bigger box. Bah.

On to the taste. The outside cookie/biscuit was standard Nutri-Grain bar taste. Inside was the “yogurt”. But, this wasn’t your friendly neighborhood yogurt. Rather, it had the consistency of about caramel — not quite the cool and creamy yogurt that I crave. In fact, had I not read the label, I might not have known that it was supposed to be yogurt in there at all. Then again, I suppose that “Nutri-Grain Goo Bars” just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Marmite Redux

I wrote about Marmite the other day. And, through reading over the FAQ, they suggested that, in addition to Marmite-on-bread, Marmite could also function well as a sandwich enhancer.

So, just now, I was ready for lunch (yeah, 2:40 is a bit late for lunch, but I had pancakes earlier). Anyhow, as usual, I decided to have a tuna sandwich (with tomatoes). And, I figured on trying it with some Marmite this time — ooh, it was good. You wouldn’t think that Marmite would make much difference, but it was very tasty. Of course, if you don’t like Marmite in the first place, then there’s not much point in trying it as a sandwich enhancer ;).

Hosting for Autocross Video?

I have some DivX footage from my last autocross. I’d like to post it, but it’s 63 MB (and even the low-quality version is 55 MB). And, with my current hosting plan, I only get 300 MB trasfer/month.

So, if anyone would be able to host the file, please let me know :-). I figure that it wouldn’t be downloaded more than about a dozen times, but even that would still bust my trasfer quota.

Update: Hosting found — the video is now online.

Pittsburgh Speech

Via the American Dialect Society’s mailing list, I discovered this CMU site on Pittsburgh Speech & Language.

The site is similar to Pittsburghese.com, but this one includes the etymology for each word as well. For instance:

Jag (as in jag off or jagging around)

Definition: Various forms involving jag have to do with annoying, irritating, teasing, or playing tricks on. To jag someone or jag someone off means to irritate or tease. To jag around means to fool around, goof off. A jagoff is a person who is irritating because of being inept or stupid.

Text example: “I don't know why she keeps jagging me all the time”
—Dictionary of American Regional English, 1968.

Origin: The exact origin of this word is unknown, but the source language is probably Scotch-Irish English. “To jag” means to turn sharply.

And, yes, people really do talk like that in Pittsburgh :-)