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I shop at Meijer’s almost exclusively. It has what I need at a good price.
So, moseying down the aisles, attempting to choose some Halloween candies (and looking for the Play-Doh I swore was advertised…but maybe that was Target…) I stumbled upon something I didn’t know Meijer’s (or pretty much any local store) would ever carry, even seasonally.
I found Beeman’s, Blackjack and Clove chewing gum.
For those of you not in the know, these are “retro” or “vintage” gum (flavors) from…I dunno when my parents were kids? Their parents? Beeman’s is unflavored as far as I know (I don’t chew it), Blackjack tastes like black licorice (my brother’s favorite) and Clove tastes like…cloves. lol. Fancy that. My family has always bought the little packs either from Vermont Country Store or Rau’s Country Store in Frankenmuth, MI (where I first tasted Clove gum; they—like VCS—carry lots of old-timey stuff in their eclectic store). It’s one of those cute, retro, kitschey things you wouldn’t expect in a mega-store like Meijers. But there the display sits, “reasonably” priced at $.50/pack (5 sticks). Yes, it’s a fair bit more expensive than regular gum (i.e. Orbit costs around $1.10 for 18 sticks, I think). But where else can you get the taste of clove in your chewing gum?

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I love Dreamhost, honest I do. They’re gems. Awesome hosting.
That said…
Their One-Click Install for Wordpress sucks. Okay, if you don’t ever want to change anything on the backend (including themes), it’d be just peachy. And really, in this case I’m not really an “advanced user”–I just don’t want the default theme. Sue me.
Except that whatever file they grab from WordPress is incomplete. Missing files, missing directories. No config file shown (I didn’t even know WP could run with out that!). Heck, my database doesn’t even show as having anything in it! (Again, I didn’t know WP could run like that)
Sigh.
So…I’m likely going to spend twice as long fixing their install as if I’d just done it by hand myself. Because now I not only have to do the usual steps, but attempt to clean up from them.

I’m watching Martha Stewert Live right now. I’ve always had an uneasy like of her. I want to like her because she’s so crafty and has such great ideas. But at the same time, she comes off too happy, to middle of the road, too bland.
But today, she came out with a business book. And Joan Rivers is on talking about her QVC stuff. So it’s sort of “business day” on Martha Stewert.
Well, Martha said something that I just love. And Joan heartily agreed. I don’t have the exact quote, but it was something like this: “My book is asexual. I don’t talk about glass ceilings or breaking through or anything like that. It doesn’t matter. Love what you do. Do what you love. If you have that, you can make it happen.”
Amen, Sister!
As much as I say I’ve seen “glass ceilings” and that sort of sexual-bias…but I think at least some of it is just because of my perspective. I am a woman. That will color my view on life. That will color the way other’s view me. There’s no way it can’t. But at the same time, that simple, sexual fact doesn’t mean I can’t do something because of that fact.
I need to remember that!