what goes in.......

it's been awhile since i last messed around with blogthings or quizilla. however, i recently found this on kiki's blog:


Poseidon


?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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after taking the above test, i wandered over to blogthings to see if they had anything new and interesting up for grabs. this looked promising, until i realized they didn't really list anything i could conceivably consider myself addicted to. (actually, i was hoping they'd mention "potato chips", but that could just be because i've wolfed down half a bag of lay's sea salt and pepper chips (brought back from canada) in the past half an hour.)

i do not normally have this problem. in fact, were it not for canada, i could live quite happily without potato chips. (actually, let me also blame the utz company of hanover, pennsylvania, as i grew up on their delightful crab chips (flavored with old bay seasoning) and rippled sour cream and onion chips. however, the blame lies mostly with canada.)

most folks go to canada to take advantage of their cheap medications. i go for the chips. (well, for sightseeing, too, but i can easily claim that i have never returned from a trip to canada without at least a couple of bags of potato chips.) down here in south carolina, we get the usual mainstream flavors- the many wonderful varieties of doritoes (which are so addictive that i try not to even bring them into the apartment, lest i wipe out a bag of nacho cheesier whilst lounging on the couch...which is what i used to do back in the days when i had free time.), andy capp's fries (also wiped out easily if they make it into the pantry), and potato chips in original, barbeque, sour cream and onion, ranch, cheddar, and salt and vinegar flavors. nothing outrageously exciting there- you can pick them up in most parts of the country.

however, our neighbors to the north have been holding out on us.

i'm working my way through sea salt and pepper, but i could have just as easily brought in dill pickle chips, rippled buffalo wing chips, smokey bacon chips, all dressed chips (though i'm still trying to work out which flavors are involved in the making of that variety.), roasted chicken chips, or (this one intrigued me so much that i bought 5 bags) lobster flavored chips from prince edward island.

perhaps with a little more devotion to the cause, i could have shopped around and found the fries n' gravy chips i bought last year.....or the hot dog flavored chips from a few years ago. (note to self: saving the chips for longer than a couple of months is not a good idea.)

ketchup chips, while still considered "exotic" around here, are a little easier to come by- you can find them in maine, as well as on the other side of the border. (humpty dumpty- one of the producers of these unusual chip flavors- also used to offer sour cream and clam flavored chips, which were far more tasty than one might expect.)

with all of these palate-pleasing choices available, i suppose it's for the best that i only manage to get my hands on such variety twice a year.

speaking of my recent trip (and of the bathroom posts i've been compelled to put up lately), i noticed several photo-worthy shots while out and about.....in fact, there are too many for the photo blog, so i'll make you suffer through them here:

f-stop makes a pit stop at an outhouse near calais, maine.

the restrooms at the a&w restaurant in st. stephen, new brunswick

i'm leaving this one for my canadian friends to identify (think gas stations).

this festive restroom was found near harrisburg, pennsylvania. the christmas lights ran around the perimeter of the ceiling, and there were dead flowers everywhere. (my dad's wife would have been proud.)

no bathrooms in tomorrow's post- i promise.