The Overnightscape #704 (Friday, May 30, 2008 / 58:00 / 26.7 MB / theovernightscape.com) – Tonight’s subjects include: Very expensive butter, shopping at Whole Foods, $8 crackers, fancy salts, North Carolina, Walt Disney World, the Feed Bag, charity, uses for a Frisbee, peeling off a root beer label, hot water, spinning sparkle ball, spider mishap, killing a bug, gadget review (“GE Flickering Tea Light), A Christmas Carol, using candles for light, selling shoes back in time, darkness, cool flashlights, crappy flashlights, yogurt lids, pierced foik, food review (“Siggi’s Icelandic Style Skyr Strained Non-Fat Yogurt – Plain”), rennet, contamination, beverage review (“Earth Water”), demineralized water, United Nations logo, The Flat Earth Society, trusting in authority, time for “Time Fantasy”, pinball simulation, Visual PinMAME, Pinball Nirvana, and Bjork. Hosted by Frank Edward Nora (frank@theovernightscape.com)
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May 31st, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Frank, good episode. I disagree with you about the prices at Whole Foods Market though. It’s funny, I recently wrote a comment about this topic on The Paunch Stevenson Show episode 101.
As my parents have found out, some food at Whole Foods Market is actually cheaper than it is at “normal” supermarkets For example, Whole Foods’s 365 brand whole wheat pasta, fat free tomato sauce, olive oil, canned beans, canned green olives, and nuts are cheaper (and healthier) than the mainstream brands at Pathmark, ShopRite, Gristedes, and Food Emporium.
Another example: Kashi 7 Whole Grain Puffs cereal, Food For Life Ezekiel cereal, and Garden of Eatin’ Blue Chips are half the price at Whole Foods Market than they are at Gristedes, Food Emporium, and Met Foodmarket.
Of course, Whole Foods Market also carries very expensive products, but that doesn’t mean everything in the store is expensive. Stick with the 365 brand. The products are usually just repackaged versions of the expensive brands.
May 31st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
One other thing: I’m surprised by your sarcasm regarding our environment. As a vegetarian, you’re respectful of animals, which is important, but recycling is important too, as is buying products that are packaged in 100% recycled materials. Think about how many products you and I buy that are disposable that really don’t need to be…buying many bottles of water instead of reusing a sports bottle, buying many traditional batteries instead of rechargeable batteries, buying many small cups of yogurt instead of one large container of yogurt, etc.
I’m also surprised by how much unnecessary packaging GE included in it’s disposable, fake, plastic candles, considering GE tries to portray itself as an environmentally-friendly company. In fact, I’m surprised GE even makes disposable, fake, plastic candles in the first place. What’s the point? Once the batteries die, are they replaceable?
Regarding pinball simulations, I bought Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection for the Nintendo Wii. It’s only $20 or $30 and it’s really well done. I play it all the time and highly recommend it!