I am currently digging Chocolate Cheerios. In the 1980’s, when crack cocaine was tearing apart our nation’s inner cities, Coco Puffs were having a similar effect on the O’Connor household. They became a banned substance after my mom caught my siblings and I doing lines of the stuff you found on the bottom of the cereal bag that we called “Coco Dust.” After rehab — we were confined to boring, healthy cereals like Kix, Rice Krispies, and Chex. But now I’m an adult (kind of) — I have a mortgage, I pay bills, and I do the shopping.  And I can buy Chocalate Cheerios — which are allegedly sort of good for you (at least that’s what I keep telling my girlfriend). They are delicious and I just hope my mom doesn’t catch me relapsing on my Coco Dust addiction.

I am currently digging the BBC show called The Inbetweeners. Remember in high school when you were the most popular kid in school, all the girls liked you, and nothing embarrassing ever happened to you? Neither do I. This show — which can be seen on BBC America on Wednesday nights, follows the lives of four teenage boys — horny, awkward, bumbling teenage boys. It is wonderfully raunchy and captures teenagers much better than American Pie or Superbad did.  The best bit is this — because BBC is pretty laid back about their programming, you can watch almost all of the episodes on YouTube.  Here is some background about the show.   

I am also digging a band called Surfer Blood. Thanks to Internet music geeks everywhere, every new band that comes out is hailed to be the next Nirvana, cure cancer, solve the global warming problem, and be able to solve a Rubix Cube. So it is really hard to find a band you really like, and not just because Pitchfork Media told you to. I really like this band’s album called Astro Coast and am kicking myself for not catching them live in Philly a few weeks back. Good stuff, and this is coming from a guy who thinks music achieved perfection in 1993! 

But I am currently ditching New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. And not just because of his ridiculous name. He is cutting education spending in New Jersey. My sister loses her job running an after school program on April 30th, and my girlfriend’s new teaching job is at risk. If this happens, I’m probably going to have to moonlight as a fry cook at the local Mickey D’s to make ends meet. And my pinkish Irish skin won’t hold up working over all that grease!     

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