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March 2, 2019
Men's feminine protection and yeast infection products

    The Rite Aid web site has a "feminine care products" section, and you can ask the web site to only show you the "feminine care products" that are gender neutral, and/or for men. Apparently, U by Kotex Security Super Plus Tampons aren't just for women. Ditto for Monistat and Yeast Gard products.



March 4, 2019
Thermal photo of gloves drying on a heat register

    This heat register is red-hot! Those gloves will be dry in a hot second.



March 7, 2019
Unpeeled, conjoined pair of bananas Peeled, conjoined pair of bananas

    Two of the bananas* I bought were conjoined! They tasted fine. I wish I could have kept them in a trophy case forever, but they're bananas, so I don't think they'd last long :-/

* "Banana"? More like "binana"! ;-)



March 9, 2019
Sign on mirror: 'Please leave on undergarments when trying on swimwear or panties. Thank you.'

    I saw an interesting sign on the mirror in the men's changing room in VF Outlet: "Please leave on undergarments when trying on swimwear or panties. Thank you."



March 16, 2019

    While doing my taxes, I noticed that performing artists have their own tax deduction!

If you meet all the requirements for a qualified performing artist, include the part of the line 10 amount attributable to performing-arts-related expenses in the total on Schedule 1 (Form 1040), line 12, and attach Form 2106 to your return. Your performing-arts-related business expenses are deductible whether or not you itemize deductions.


March 20-24, 2019
a bird in the process of landing(?) a robin swooping up past my window a pair of birds flying by

    I put an automatic picture-taking program on my computer, and pointed the camera at my front yard. It took pictures when it detected motion, and drew a rectangle around the moving object it detected. I was surprised to see so many photos of birds flying so close to my window. What's that one bird doing, anyway? Landing?



March 23, 2019
Broccoli that's been cut, showing starkly-contrasting white interior

    Broccoli turns white inside as it ages? Like this? I don't remember seeing that the last time I had old broccoli...Huh!



    I read that the meat-to-water ratio of canned tuna is often a scam. I bought a bunch of different kinds of tuna and weighed them.

Name Meat content Notes
Bella Portofino Solid albacore tuna in extra virgin olive oil with sea salt 67.5% Two big ol' chunks of tuna!
StarKist Selects Solid yellowfin tuna in extra virgin olive oil 67.1%
StarKist Solid white albacore tuna in water 66.8%
Genova Yellowfin tuna in olive oil 63.8%
Wegmans Albacore tuna 66.7% This is like a solid tuna steak crammed into a can. "Do not drain to retain natural oils"--huh!
Bumble Bee Prime fillet tonno in olive oil solid light tuna 63.4% Packed tight with tuna!
Wegmans Yellowfin tuna 61.4% This is like a solid tuna steak crammed into a can. "Do not drain to retain natural oils"--huh!
Genova Albacore in olive oil 60.6% Crumbly, but full can.
Trader Joe's Chunk light skipjack tuna in water 58.9%
Bumble Bee Chunk light tuna in water 57.5%
Bumble Bee Chunk light tuna in vegetable oil 56.0%
Northern Catch (Aldi) Solid white tuna albacore in water 55.9%
Northern Catch (Aldi) Chunk light tuna in oil 55.8% Mushy!
Chicken of the Sea Chunk white albacore tuna in water 53.5%
Clear Value Chunk light tuna in water 53.1%
StarKist Chunk light tuna in vegetable oil 52.5%
StarKist Chunk light tuna in water 50.6%
Northern Catch (Aldi) Sustainably caught skipjack chunk light tuna in water 50.0%
Wegmans Light yellowfin tuna in water 50.0% "Ingredients: Chunk light tuna."
Price Chopper Chunk light tuna in water 49.7%
Pics (Price Chopper) Albacore tuna chunk white in water 48.3%
Tops Chunk light tuna in water 44.9%


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