a public service announcement:: Hot Tamale Jelly Beans are dangerous. addictive. so bad.

You, and my 15-year-old should compare notes. They're a dollar for the big box here...

...and he can down a whole one while doing homework.

Oy.

Michael

 
Mass quantities of Hot Tamales got me through my Master's thesis.

Now whenever I see them, I have the urge to quote William Blake (subj. of my thesis). smileys/wink.gif

 
I have always disliked regular jelly beans, but these new fangled brand name ones call out to me.

 
Massive quantities of the original Moose Tracks with Denali Fudge got me through Lar's doctorate.

I was his editor, typist and sounding board. He got a doctorate and I got 30 extra pounds.

 
For some reason for the couple of months when I was sick last year

I just craved them all the time. Haven't had any since. I even got hateful with my Mom for eating too many of mine. My sister had brought me a bag over there while I was recuperating after my surgery. I took them and hid them from her.

 
That makes me think of my Mom when we were little.

She was very young. Had both of us before she turned twenty. She and Daddy both went back to college. She was trying to work on her thesis while she was home alone with us while Daddy worked nights. I think she ended up with an ulcer. I clearly remember being very resentful of her trying to type when we wanted her attention.

 
Hopefully it's not too late to thank them for being there. I just mailed my mom a "Thank You" card

voicing appreciation for straightening my pigeon-toed walk when I was six.

As I walk through the halls here at work, I'm constantly amazed at how many people have that problem and am awed that my parents took the time, expense and abuse to "torture me" (or so I thought) into wearing ugly high-top brown shoes with metal braces to school, shoes that forced my feet to turn out into a normal stance. Especially considering the number of kids we had in our family PLUS we all wore glasses too.

First graders can be cruel.

Today, I can get into fourth position like the best of them.

 
I have a friend who has shot knees from her extremely flat feet

not being corrected when she was little. Ditto to this. I hated my corrective shoes but thank goodness my folks did this and braces, etc.

 
do they have corrective shoes anymore? I sure don't hear about this or see it.

I know adults with orthotics in the shoes, but what about the kids?

 
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