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No trust in the fisherman

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Here’s some advice. The next time it’s late and you’re in the supermarket looking for a quick meal, avoid the Gorton’s fish line of products.

I attempted to cook (if you call heating frozen food cooking) the frozen fillets that featured the potato crust. My, what a mistake. The smell was horrible while it was cooking and the taste was even worse.

I can remember eating frozen fish sticks as a kid, with a much higher success rate, or was it the fact that as a kid, you don’t know the difference. Either way, think twice about Gorton’s and now I think a lot more about their tagline “Trust the Gorton’s fisherman”.

But the other kids…

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

“I like to play indoors better ’cause that’s where all the electrical outlets are.” —fifth grader

In an article over at Treehugger, seems more and more kids would rather stay inside and play video and computer games than play outside. Is this a product of technology or a laziness among kids?