It’s not normal for me to post things that other people have created, but this one was too good not to share.  I wish I could say that it was me that came up with this, but it was actually stolen from a friend’s Facebook profile, and I have no idea where it originated:

If you don’t know why this photo is funny click here.

Mr. D. bought me 2 packages of sugar-free Peeps, so I couldn’t be rude and not eat them, right?  Yeah, I totally gobbled them up.  And then I needed to post a picture of me eating them…so I was forced to go out to Wal-Mart and purchase another package (or 2).  I make major sacrifices for this blog.

Anyone who knows me well knows that I absolutely love Peeps.  Love.

When I was diagnosed as a diabetic, the second thing that came to my mind was, “does that mean no more Peeps?” (The first thing I thought was, “kick-ass, maybe I can get a free meter from Liberty Mutual.”)

My first Halloween was tough (read here),  Christmas wasn’t too easy either.  And do you know how tough it was to avoid conversation hearts this February?  But the greatest test of my will power is approaching…Easter.

I walked into the grocery store yesterday and saw the Easter candy aisle, and I couldn’t help but walk down it to see if there were any variations on the traditional Peep. (Does anyone remember Christmas Tree Peeps or the lesser known Pumpkin Peeps?)

I googled it and found a Peep made of Splenda, but its way over priced.  And I’m a strong man that does not need to cave into a dependency on some mass-produced piece of candy.

In this traffic blog I said that I had started to get a little Harry Pottered out.  I needed to cleanse my palette.  There’s only so much Hogwarts a guy can handle…I read book 1-5 in about 5 weeks.

So I picked up The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen [Amazon Link].   It was pretty refreshing.

Kultgen, like Charles Bukowski and Chuck Palahniuk, is a guy’s writer.  It’s really raw and even borders on obscene at times, but Kultgen does a decent job of realistically portraying the inner monologue of the average American male.

If you can read past the raunchy sexual thoughts that the nameless narrator shares (do straight guys really fantasize about anal that much??), what you’ve got is a pretty simple story that articulates some of those thoughts we’ve all had but have never seen in print.

It’s Wednesday, y’all!

Eumaledictio - I’ve always been horrible at slicing avocados.   Chris gives a photo-tutorial that I’ll have to try next time.

What Should I Read Next? - Totally love this site.  I’ve found a few great books through this page…all you do is type in the title and author of a book you loved, and it will suggest a new book to read.

30 Most Creative Bookshelf Designs -  Freshome blog shows some interesting ways to display your books.

Pranksters Invade Starbucks - I love me a good practical joke.  I found this one at Endgaget.  The Improv Everywhere people brought huge PC computers into a Bux to see how people would react.

What The Buck?! - He’s already a YouTube celebrity (110,000 subscribers!!), but if you aren’t familiar with the What The Buck?! show, check this guy out.  Totally high-energy, funny, and quick.

Keywords for this blog: Novolog, diabetes, high blood sugar, high blood glucose, dieabeetus, wilford brimley.

This is kind of gross…it’s about my pee.

About a year ago the ventilation fan in my bathroom went out, and at that same time a gross black mold started growing in my toilet. I talked with my apartment manager and had the motor in the fan replaced. And even with the new motor and with a very regular cleaning regiment, the mold just wouldn’t go away.

Gross, right?

It wasn’t until a few months later (after getting diagnosed with diabetes) when I was reading up and realized that people with high glucose levels piss out a lot of that sugar…which is a breeding ground for mold. My piss was the reason for the mold.

If anyone is googling “black mold diabetes” and they happen to stumble across this post, I give you two pieces of advice:

1. Test the blood glucose levels of people that pee in that toilet. Start with anyone that has experienced unquenchable thirst lately. Or anyone that has experienced a lot of weight loss.
2. Clorox bleach tabs are amazing. Drop one of these tabs in the tank of your toilet and the mold disappears. The only problem is that until your diabetic controls his blood glucose level, you’ll start getting mold again as soon as the tab needs to be replaced.

If you don’t have diabetes and have never had black mold growing in your toilet, this post has probably been pretty useless for you.  Sorry.

It’s Monday, y’all!

Every year the American Film Institute lets people vote for the top 100 movies of all times. Here’s a PDF of the 2008 edition.

I guess it’s the Oscar buzz in the air that made me look up this list, and I’m going to make a conscious effort to watch as many of these movies as possible in the next year.

I’m going to keep track of which movies I’ve seen on the list on this page.  This list will be updated as I watch some of these movies.  Today (February 25th) I’ve seen 43 of the 100.  How many have you seen?