I ran across this gizmo/gadget online at the Utney Reader site.
I think this is brilliant. It’s for erasing urban blight. It’s for creating green where before there was only brown, gray and dead spaces.
It’s seed bombs dispensed out of old gumball machines.
Where once there were super-bouncy balls and “diamond” rings, now flowers and blooming things are available.
Toss a few and watch them grow.
Posted in green, nature, nostalgia
Tagged candy, eco, flowers, green, gum, gumball machines, seed bombs, urban blight
Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching.
I know all of you out there are wondering what to get your loved one … flowers, chocolates, a massage.
How about a bleeding candy heart?
Come on. Nothing says “love” like an ooey gooey sticky sweet treat that gushes blood with every bite. Nom nom nom.
Of course, this gift might not be the best for those “faint of heart”, but who wants to hang out with them.
via ThinkGeek
Posted in candy is dandy, food, hearts flutter, holidays, weird
Tagged bloody, bloody candy hearts, bloody hearts, candy, Candy hearts, geek, geek love, hearts, holidays, love, romance, Valentine's Day
I know it’s a bit early, but I celebrated Friday on Thursday, so why not jump ahead and start shooting off firecrackers for the Fourth of July.
For more fun stop motion videos by the same artist, check out the PES YouTube site.
That’s PES, not to be confused with PEZ and that stop-motion fun song.
Posted in candy is dandy, freedoms, holidays
Tagged 4th of July, candy, fireworks, Fourth of July, fun, holiday, patriotic, patriotic squirrel, PES, Pez, squirrel, stop motion video
It’s a catchy little tune and I’m a sucker for stop motion animation and Pez so how could I not love this one.
Posted in art, candy is dandy, food, music, toys
Tagged candy, colorful, fun, Pez, Pez dispensers, Pez Song, stop motion animation, sweet
They’ve started showing those freaky M&M’s character commercials again.
Those just wig me out.
Not the animated characters where the yellow and red M&M shapes talk, but the ones that have hair and glasses and actually sort of look like famous people.
Recently, they’ve been really promoting their dark chocolate M&M’s for which they use the Addams Family sitcom characters as spokespeople. Weird and freaky. Not the actual Addams Family, but the M&M’s versions.
And the commercials promoting their web site that have the “everyday folks” recreated as chocolate tidbits are even stranger. The cool hipster dude as M&M should never be seen. Why do they think this would increase my appetite for their candy?
Anyone can go to the site and create an M&M likeness.
I’ll just warn you though, if you’re looking for squirrel facial features and accessories, they are sorely lacking.
Posted in candy is dandy, commercials, football, Pop Culture, television
Tagged Addams Family, candy, chocolate, M&M's
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