Meryl's Notes Blog

The folks of ThinkGeek — as usual — have added some more crazy and fun items to the catalog. Fan of Maria? Grow Your Own 1up Mushroom Kit really works. I’m guessing it works like those capsules that you put in water and open up into different spongy shapes.

Geeks rarely see the light of day, which is why we’re pasty. Not anymore. Stay at your desk and get a tan with the USB Desktop Tanning Center.

Paul has had asthma since he was a young’un. He should stop drinking coffee and soda and inhale power air instead as he is a professional inhaler (not the Clinton-kind mind you).

I’ve been passing out Nutella samples and my daughter can’t get enough of them. I can’t remember exactly how I learned about them, but I believe it was a discussion group and these people loved the stuff. I eventually tasted it and regretted it. Though it has less fat than peanut butter, it ain’t low in calories.

A friend of mine tried it on toast and said she didn’t like it. She doesn’t like peanut butter and thinks they taste the same. I think it leans towards chocolate. I prefer the stuff with crackers. Here’s a Nutella sandwich recipe from Foodnetwork. Just can’t picture having a warm peanut butter sandwich, much less Nutella. And here’s a gold mine of Nutella recipes (Warning: site has ads and pop ups).