The Brief Blueberry Follow-up

From U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council".

• Blueberries love spices; try them with cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, fresh, ground or crystallized ginger, mace, nutmeg, black pepper and vanilla

• Kick up some new sweet or savory combos with blueberries and herbs such as cilantro, lemon verbena, bay, chives, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, parsley, mint, basil and hot fresh peppers

Spiced blueberry topping. Yummmmm.

Thanks for the link, smofbabe!

Silverfish Hand Catch!

The Old Spice Guy says farewell.

Heck, I only knew about the ads, which I adore. The 200+ personalized social media videos are new to my eyes. OMG, they're great! And lest I give too much credit to brilliant copywriting, the pertinent Wikipedia article credits Isaiah with ad-libbing them in character.. Yowser.

My faves so far -- Old Spice Guy responds to:

-- Justine Bateman

-- WSpencer

-- Demi Moore

-- JessicaRMurray

-- Isaiahmustafa

-- Thanks to knitmeapony, everything we need for our very own Old Spice Guy voice mail message.

And here's the Old Spice YouTube channel, where it's easy to scroll through them all.

And, for those to whom this entire post is bewildering as well as those who already adore Isaiah Mustafa, the copywriters, the camera crew, and all the creative folks behind his ads for Old Spice, here are all four of the videos.

And here's the one most of us saw first.

I do hope the farewell is to the social media videos only, and that the commercials continue.

Many thanks to Xeni Jardin and BoingBoing for the Goodbye Old Spice Guy post that sent me looking for the rest.

Old Spice Guy: one more

holyoutlaw found another great one. He mentioned it down in the comments of my last post; I'm bringing it up top 'cause it really is that good.

Old Spice Guy responds to Hayley Mustafa.

Just Tuesday night, Daddy and I were giggling over a joke we first heard over 40 years ago:

Son in college writes to his father: "Dear Dad: No mon, no fun. Your son."

Dad responds "Dear Son: Too bad, so sad. Your dad."

It's been a decade or more since either of us mentioned that one to the other.

Rumble, Rumble, Flicker, Flicker

The forecast thunderstorms are rumbling overhead right on schedule. The cool, sharp breeze is sheer delight. The rest of it? Time will tell. I hope the power stays up; I need it tonight.

Hey, all you trees? Stay standing, okay?

Rumble, rumble, rumble.

Edited to add: The Severe Thunderstorm Warning ends in another 25 minutes. I'm pretty sure that cool, sharp breeze hasn't been anywhere near the 65 mph capability mentioned in the warning, but I'm staying inside nonetheless.