tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-06:305246Jay Furr's Dreamwidth BlogN 44° 23.608 W 072° 56.580Jay Furr2019-10-18T00:50:22Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-06:305246:790654Pumpkin Spice Spam2019-10-18T00:50:22Z2019-10-18T00:50:22Zpublic0<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4288" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190927_160435/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569600275","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.025011","title":"","orientation":"6"" data-image-title="IMG_20190927_160435" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193.jpg?fit=665%2C887&ssl=1" class="wp-image-4288 aligncenter" src="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193-768x1024.jpg?resize=400%2C533" alt="" width="400" height="533" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193.jpg?resize=665%2C887&ssl=1 665w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193.jpg?w=1330 1330w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190927_160435-e1569871651193.jpg?w=1995 1995w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p><br /><p>Pumpkin Spice Spam was a thing — for about four hours on September 23, 2019.</p><br /><p>Then it was <a href="http://www.startribune.com/so-you-wanted-some-pumpkin-spice-spam-too-late/561152052/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sold out, <em>gone</em>, possibly <em>never to reappear</em> on the national scene</a>.</p><br /><p>Hormel made Pumpkin Spice Spam available in two-packs from their own website — with a limit on one two-pack per customer — but also sold it through the Walmart.com website, with no limit on how much you could buy. Until, of course, it sold out. If I understand correctly, Hormel’s own site sold out within four hours or so of the 8 am EDT launch time, and Walmart made it a few hours longer before they, too, had none left to sell.</p><br /><p>Because I’m a complete idiot, I of course had the launch hour and date programmed into my calendar; I’d even set up a Facebook event so others could ‘attend’ and get a reminder when the stuff went on sale.</p><br /><p>I sitting on a plane waiting to take off (heading through Chicago to Nebraska) when the launch time came but was able to get my official sold-by-Hormel two-pack purchased before we left the runway. It wasn’t easy to get my order in; when eight a.m. came and I launched the site from my smartphone, the site crashed, and crashed, and crashed, and crashed some more. I <em>knew</em> this meant that demand for the stuff was going absolutely through the roof. But it finally came up and let me get my credit card information entered just <em>seconds</em> before we took off. Yay!</p><br /><p>I hit the Walmart site once I got to Chicago and was in cell reception again … and was super-excited to find that <em>they</em> hadn’t put any kind of limit at all on how many packs you could buy.</p><br /><p>As Carole has often quoted me as saying, “if a thing’s worth doing it’s worth overdoing.”</p><br /><p>So I purchased five more two-can packs, for a total of six packs and twelve cans, figuring that would last me long enough for me to get sick of it.</p><br /><p>I know you’re asking, “Jay, why the hell did you want some in the first place?”</p><br /><p>The answer is simple: “just for the sheer gormless pointlessness of the whole thing. And also because I kind of like grilled Spam. But mostly just to be stupid.”</p><br /><p>Fact is, I’d <a href="https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/pumpkin-spice-spam-taste-test/081319" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">read</a> <a href="https://www.delish.com/food/a29148373/pumpkin-spice-spam-taste-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reviews</a> <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/news/pumpkin-spice-spam" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">prior</a> to launch from various foodie website saying that Pumpkin Spice Spam didn’t actually suck and <em>would</em> probably go well with breakfast. And that it wasn’t actually pumpkin-y at all, instead having a mild nutmeg-and-cinnamon taste. So why not try some while I could?</p><br /><p>The stuff came while I was in Nebraska and Carole Ieft it all waiting for me on the entryway table. Upon arriving home I greeted the Spam with glad cries and entertained myself by making a little tower of the two-packs (and taking a photo) before squirreling them safely away.</p><br /><p>We waited until Saturday to try the stuff. I opened a can, sliced it neatly into six equal slices, and cooked it in a grill pan with a little canola oil.</p><br /><p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4303" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_090535/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569747936","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"152","shutter_speed":"0.041667","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_090535" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" class="aligncenter wp-image-4303 size-medium" src="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?resize=300%2C225" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?resize=665%2C499&ssl=1 665w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?w=1330 1330w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_090535.jpg?w=1995 1995w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p><br /><p>Carole, bless her heart, didn’t refuse outright to try some. And she didn’t think it was <em>awful</em> or anything. But, let’s let these photos tell the tale:</p><br /><br /> <br /> <div class="gallery galleryid-0 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail"><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092512/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092512-e1569872471138.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092512-e1569872471138.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092512-e1569872471138.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092512-e1569872471138.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4289" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092512/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092512-e1569872471138.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749113","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"147","shutter_speed":"0.01666","title":"","orientation":"6"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092512" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092512-e1569872471138.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092512-e1569872471138.jpg?fit=665%2C887&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon portrait"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092525/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092525-e1569872414372.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092525-e1569872414372.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092525-e1569872414372.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092525-e1569872414372.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4290" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092525/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092525-e1569872414372.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749126","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"294","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"6"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092525" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092525-e1569872414372.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092525-e1569872414372.jpg?fit=665%2C887&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092537/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092537.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092537.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092537.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092537.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4291" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092537/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092537.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749138","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"277","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092537" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092537.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092537.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092544/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092544.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092544.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092544.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092544.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4292" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092544/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092544.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749144","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"290","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092544" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092544.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092544.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092551/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092551.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092551.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092551.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092551.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4293" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092551/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092551.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749152","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"277","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092551" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092551.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092551.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both" /><br /> </div><br /><br /><p>Despite her dour look, she said she didn’t <em>actually</em> dislike it, but it wasn’t anything <em>she</em> saw a reason to <em>camp out for</em>. So to speak.</p><br /><p>Me? <em>I</em> pretty much liked it. I think it might even have been better if the nutmeg-and-cinnamon flavor had been a little <em>stronger</em>. It certainly wasn’t <em>overwhelmingly</em> spiced or cloyingly flavored.</p><br /><br /> <br /> <div class="gallery galleryid-0 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-thumbnail"><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092618/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092618.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092618.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092618.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092618.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4296" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092618/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092618.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749179","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"325","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092618" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092618.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092618.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092623/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092623.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092623.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092623.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092623.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4297" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092623/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092623.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749184","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"173","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092623" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092623.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092623.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092625/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092625.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092625.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092625.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092625.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4298" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092625/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092625.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749186","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"129","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092625" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092625.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092625.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092627/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092627.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092627.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092627.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092627.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4299" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092627/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092627.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749188","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"111","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092627" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092627.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092627.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092636/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092636.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092636.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092636.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092636.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4300" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092636/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092636.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749196","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"168","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092636" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092636.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092636.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"><br /> <dt class="gallery-icon landscape"><br /> <a href="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092639/"><img width="150" height="150" src="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092639.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092639.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092639.jpg?zoom=2&resize=150%2C150 300w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092639.jpg?zoom=3&resize=150%2C150 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" data-attachment-id="4301" data-permalink="https://furrs.org/2019/09/29/pumpkin-spice-spam/img_20190929_092639/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092639.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1" data-orig-size="4032,3024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"Pixel 3 XL","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1569749200","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.44","iso":"241","shutter_speed":"0.008309","title":"","orientation":"1"" data-image-title="IMG_20190929_092639" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092639.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190929_092639.jpg?fit=665%2C499&ssl=1" /></a><br /> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both" /><br /> </div><br /><br /><p>Long story short — it wasn’t as exciting as I’d <em>hoped</em> it would be, but was <em>much</em> less awful than I feared it <em>could</em> be. Hormel clearly tried to do a good job here and wasn’t just mailing it in or going for humor value alone. If it was available annually I’m sure I’d keep buying it. As it is, I have no doubt that I’ll make my way through the remaining eleven cans in due course.</p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=jayfurr&ditemid=790654" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-06:305246:790125Wafflemania2019-09-11T17:00:51Z2019-09-11T17:00:51Zpublic0<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dq5bm" data-offset-key="3uho6-0-0"><br /><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3uho6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3uho6-0-0"><a href="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="4250" data-permalink="http://furrs.org/2019/09/11/wafflemania/wh/" data-orig-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg?fit=1240%2C930" data-orig-size="1240,930" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"" data-image-title="wh" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg?fit=300%2C225" data-large-file="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg?fit=665%2C499" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4250" src="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg?resize=665%2C499" alt="" width="665" height="499" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg?resize=1024%2C768 1024w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg?resize=665%2C499 665w, https://i1.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/wh.jpg?w=1240 1240w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></span></div><br /></div><br /><p>I don’t do Facebook much — that’s why I tend to be ignorant of news like “oh, alligators ate my left leg a month ago” until everyone else on the planet, up to and including the pool guys in cities a thousand miles north of the alligator line, knows the story.</p><br /><p>But I do find a few things about Facebook’s content amusing. One is the Employees-of-Waffle-House closed group I somehow got added to. Every day is a soap opera like you would not believe.</p><br /><p>People get into actual flamewars over whose manager is right about the order in which waffles and biscuits are supposed to be called to the cooks. And whether it’s even acceptable to make pancakes using waffle batter:</p><br /><p>“OUR NAME IS NOT ‘PANCAKE HOUSE’. WE DO NOT MAKE PANCAKES!!!”</p><br /><p>vs</p><br /><p>“Hell, if it keeps the three year old who wants a pancake happy, we’ll cook him a damn pancake.”</p><br /><p>Cue 900 follow-up messages taking every conceivable side of the issue. Including whether the aliens at Area 51 are somehow manipulating American waffle production for their own purposes.</p><br /><p>It kind of makes you wonder what other closed employee-only groups there are out there — is there a group for American park rangers to bitch about things like the bear in the hat and necktie who keeps stealing picnic baskets? Or a group for Starbucks employees to bitch about the customers who complain because their latte is precisely two degrees too hot, with graphic descriptions of the tortures the baristas would like to subject said customers to? Or a group for pool guys to vent about all the alligators they’re finding in pools lately and how it’s not due to global warming, but rather, due to changes in pool chemical formulation?</p><br /><p>Alligators, man. What are you going to do?</p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=jayfurr&ditemid=790125" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-06:305246:777910The Weinermobile2019-01-11T20:25:36Z2019-01-11T20:25:36Zpublic0<p>There are people in this country who do not own a large stuffed Weinermobile.</p><br /><p>I am not one of those people.</p><br /><p><a href="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weinermobile-e1547238023419.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="3279" data-permalink="http://furrs.org/2019/01/11/the-weinermobile/weinermobile/" data-orig-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weinermobile-e1547238023419.jpg?fit=1072%2C713" data-orig-size="1072,713" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta=""aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"" data-image-title="weinermobile" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weinermobile-e1547238023419.jpg?fit=300%2C200" data-large-file="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weinermobile-e1547238023419.jpg?fit=640%2C426" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3279" src="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weinermobile-e1547238023419.jpg?resize=640%2C426" alt="" width="640" height="426" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weinermobile-e1547238023419.jpg?w=1072 1072w, https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weinermobile-e1547238023419.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weinermobile-e1547238023419.jpg?resize=768%2C511 768w, https://i2.wp.com/furrs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/weinermobile-e1547238023419.jpg?resize=1024%2C681 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></p><br /><p>(For what it’s worth, I’ve had this thing for years and years. Bought it off eBay. It came with strings attached to hang it from the ceiling of a store or business, but mostly I’ve just left it on the top bunk of the bunk bed we pointlessly use as a spare sofa down in the living room. I saw a <a href="https://www.okwhatever.org/topics/wtf/inside-the-wienermobile?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> on Fark.com today about the wonderful life Weinermobile drivers experience and decided to post a photo of my own little Weinermobile in the <a href="https://www.fark.com/comments/10284862/Debating-what-to-do-post-college-Why-not-drive-Oscar-Mayer-Wienermobile-around-US-for-a-full-year-Because-yes-thats-a-real-job-Lets-relish-this-opportunity#new" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comments</a>.)</p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=jayfurr&ditemid=777910" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-06:305246:212817Wherein I Confuse The Cashier At Shaws2009-12-13T01:46:52Z2009-12-13T01:46:52Zblahpublic0So tonight I was shopping for groceries for the next few days. I think the cashier wasn't accustomed to seeing one guy buy:<br /><br />5 jars and refrigerated containers of chunky salsa<br />3 boxes of various forms of high fiber cereal<br />3 bags of vegetarian meat substitute/ground beef alternative<br />3 boxes of snack packs of dried raisins and cranberries<br />Multiple cans of low-sodium beans<br /><br />Aaaaaaaaaaand a gallon of skim milk.<br /><br />I could see her sort of looking back and forth over the groceries, big question mark floating in air over her head, as I was swiping my credit card. Thought about saying "WE PARTY TONIGHT!!!" but I decided that, for once, I'd just hush my mouth and not melt some poor stranger's brain.<br><br><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=jayfurr&ditemid=212817" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments