Oct
31
acquiring new tastes
Filed under holidays, food at 8:05 pm | 4 Comments
This being Halloween, I figured I should share something about candy.
I find it encouraging that I am still learning about new foods at my age. A few months ago, a co-worker of mine shared a portion of his Baby Ruth candy bar with me.
I never thought I liked them for some reason, but I was immediately won over. My only recollection of Baby Ruth candy bars growing up was the reference in the movie Goonies (a movie I loved). I don’t generally enjoy a lot of chocolate, especially when nouget gets added to the mix. However, the nut flavor is very strong, and for that I’m a sucker.
It’s too early to give it an exact ranking among my favorite bars, but I certainly put it in that group, along with Butterfinger, Twix (is that a candy bar, per se?), and Snickers.
As I polish off a mini-Baby Ruth tonight, I send out my thanks to Brian for pushing me to expand my food horizons.
Oct
31
What’s in a name?
Filed under mundane, work at 7:18 pm | 2 Comments
While working at Gospelcom I was one of 4 people named “Brian” in our internet department, putting the Brian domination right around 25% of all people in that department. (I felt bad lowering that percentage when I left.)
At my new place of employment it seems the Brian theme is continuing. There are at least 5 Brians in my immediate area. I don’t have a good grasp of where that lies percentage-wise.
When being introduced to people, the response is generally a comment about “not another Brian,” or the fact that I am part of the ever-growing Michigan contingent. I wear both labels proudly.