There is actually only one salt lamp that I moved around.

Product review: Magic Marbles

I bought these Magic Marbles a little while ago, and you simply must buy these things! You can get them cheaper from this place, but you don't really need that many. The kit came with 5 grams, and the other place sells them in groups of 50 grams. You may want that many, but need and want are different things.

All these things are, is a kind bead that absorbs water and becomes a gel like marble. Simple enough, but they have some fun properties.

The kit comes with a small tank, which helps because it gives you something to put them in. However, you can't put all the marbles in the tank and expect them to grow to full size. For once, there's actually too much stuff for the thing that they include to put them in. This means... MORE SUFF TO PLAY WITH! Unapproved uses! WOOO!

Now, what makes these things really fun, is that they have the same refraction index as water, so unless you look very close, you can’t tell they're in there. If you have colored ones, you just see splotches of color. While they're being sold as a toy here, the real use for them is growing water loving plants. They hold water and release it slowly, so you don’t need to water quite so often. I'm going to buy some bamboo, which should look neat held up by these marbles. They also feel neat when you slip your fingers in and wiggle them around.

Let's look at some pictures...

Candy dénouement

So I looked out the kitchen window, right? Now yesterday I never looked, even though normally I do. The kitchen window looks at the back door, where we normally get deliveries. I noticed a box and said "What the hell?" as we weren't expecting anything. So I went out and what did I find? Well, I'll show you...

I would like to blame Alex, since he's only 4, but I know better. My sister doesn't need a 4 year old to encourage her to buy me candy.


Look at all that.


Yummy!


Boston baked beans, small box.


Candy Cigarettes


Nerds, which are lovely.


Folly, who was watching from afar.


Vienna, who was "helping" up close.


Razzels! Do you remember razzels? Have you ever had a razzle? First, right, it's a candy. Then... are you ready for this? It's GUM!


Fundip.


As I didn't get one good shot of the Cry Baby candies, I went with the one that had V's nose in it.


Yummy, yummy Sour Patch kids.


Gummy hot dog?
...
'kaaay


WAX LIPS!


Sour Apple blow pop.


It's a tootsie pop, but the photo is so bad you can't begin to guess it's flavor.


Well, it's raspberry flavor.


Humph! I like every flavor of laffy taffy except banana.


MMMMMM Sugar Daddy!


Air Head candy


I really like these! I won't even let Syd know this one exists. Which means I shouldn't post it. Or I should prevent her from reading. She probably doesn't read anyway. She'll just glance at the pictures. Which means she'll still see it. Damn, this is tougher than I thought.


Skor is nice, I like those.


Well... I like Swedish Fish, but I'm not gonna punch a baby to get them or anything. Unless it was a particularly ugly baby. You know, one you'd want to punch anyway. Maybe Baby Hitler. Tell you what, get me a time machine and some Swedish Fish and I'll go punch the Baby Hitler in the mouth.


A watermelon ring pop. What the hell can you say about that?


Gobstoppers! Wooo


Bit o Honey! Only two pieces though.


Some sort of peanut butter candy thing.


Two whole toostie rolls. But then, there's lots of other stuff.


MMMM American Smarties, which are different than the kind from England.


Candy Necklace?

FUCK YEAH!


We live in a world where there are still CANDY NECKLACES!!!!!!!


This pepermint stick was a bitch to photograph.


I took the second shot just to prove I was able to get more than one useable photo.


Thought the were the same thing until I examined the photo. A jaw buster and an Atomic Fireball.


The only time I get cow tails are in packs like this.


Syd will claim this, then forget to eat it, and then not miss it when I munch it down in six weeks. I will bet money on this one.


It's like a Swedish Fish, only cinnamon and in the shape of a bear.


Well, I did eat pepermits with bible quotes on the wrapper as a kid, so it's truth in advertising.


Zotz? ZOTZ!


ZOOOOOTZ! Zotz are still obtainable!


If you don't know what these things are, because you were raised in a communist country or your parents were so idiotically religious that anything enjoyable was banned when you were a child, let me explain. Zotz were the thing that Prometheus actually stole fro the gods. They changed the story to fire when people started to feel like they'd over reacted a bit. You've got a hard fruit flavored candy with a sour fizzy center. After you've sucked on them for a while, they explode in your mouth with a great deal of fizzy flavor. They are awesome.


Hershey's Special Dark... meh


Syd will want the pop rocks. I know that.


I don't know why I bothered photographing these. They've already been eaten.


Holly would want these Sprees if she were going to be here. I might save them for her, she'd like them.


PUSH POP!


Yup, push pop.

Disappointing Grab Bag

Got another $100 Swords of Might bag... or did I? I would almost say we were charged for a $100 bag but received a $50 bag, since this is nothing like the first one.

FIRST lets have a look at the first grab bag we got.

3 swords, an axe, a stand, some knives and other bits of stuff. 12 items in all.


Now this bag...

Cutest thing in the box.

Instead of 36, it comes in at 16 pounds.


Maybe you can't see how small and paltry the box looks from here. Trust me, it is.



A sweatshirt and a t-shirt for Halo 2.



Two small tea light holders. Cute, but not impressive.


A crystal light thingy.


A sword they sent me last time.


And this thing



Which turned out to be a knife.


With nekedness.



7 items, and nothing that impresses me. One sword, one knife, two shirts, a crystal light thing and some candle holders.
I am severely disappointed. I think I'll even write them to express that.