Random Thursday

*I had high hopes for the Cookie Dough Oreos.  Maybe too high.  And while they were ok, they gave off a distinctive coffee taste.  I found the Marshmallow Crispy Oreos to be much better.

*Why are Samoa Girl Scout Cookies now called Caramel Delites?  What happened?

*Since Joe Mauer will be playing first base for the Twins, we won't have to hold our breath anymore to see if he's going to be in the lineup for, gasp, two days in a row.  Or a day game after a night game.  Gone are all the convenient excuses for him to not play.

*It's been weird cheering for USA hockey players I normally cheer against.  Especially David Backes and Ryan Kesler.  And Phil Kessel.  I don't remember Backes being that good at Mankato State.

*Speaking of hockey, Hockey Guy has been writing a blog for the Los Angeles Times during the Olympics.  I was shocked too.  On several levels.

*I'd really like to see the Lamoureux Twins get the Gold Medal they so richly deserve.

*The daylight hours are getting longer in Grand Forks.  That helps the Seasonal Affective Disorder.

*Reggie Tales shout out to my dad frolicking about in Mexico.

*The rest of the world figured out what we here already knew:  TJ Oshie is good.

*What is wrong with the United States Curling program?

*Kurt Cobain would have been 47 years old today.