Citing increased competition, Starbucks is raising the price on some of their coffee.

So, let me see if I have this straight.  Starbucks is  complaining about increased competition.  So, in response to this increase in competition, they are going to raise their prices.

Well, it seems to me that they have it all backwards.  I would think that the proper response to increased competition would be to lower their prices instead of raising them.

I just can’t imagine anyone wanting to go to Starbucks because they have raised their prices.  But hey, what do I know.

The man who did the light saber fighting for Darth Vader is dead at the age of 89.  While we all suspected that a stunt man was doing these scenes, we now know who that stunt man was.

While James Earle Jones did the voice and David Prowes was the actor, it was Bob Anderson who did the actual sword fighting.  And even though he was in his sixties at the time, he proved to be up to the challenge.

Rest in peace Bob Anderson, you will be remembered.

Cheetah, the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies has died at the age of 80.

Well, I guess he outlived Tarzan.

I usually don’t watch TV in the morning during the week.  But, since I am on vacation this week, the morning TV news often running into Hoda and KathyLee.

Well, what can I say;  two well dressed women who spend the morning sitting around drinking.  I am sure they are an inspiration for all women with nothing to do.

Who knows, maybe in 10 years they will be doing AA ads.

Even Carson was more discrete about drinking on the set.

Over the years, I have discovered that some women classify them selves as liberal Catholics.  And, some women classify themselves as liberal protestants.  But, in talking with the two, I can’t really tell the difference.  They may start out as a protestant or a Catholic, but ultimately, they end up as a liberal.

One of my favorite children’s movie is Labyrinth.  So, when my daughters wanted to watch Labyrinth as a family on Christmas Eve,  I was pleased that they had acquired a love for the movie.  However, my elation was soon deflated when they commented that they love seeing David Bowie in tight pants.

Well, I guess the movie appeals to all ages.

The other day, when I was in the health and beauty sections of Meijer (regional grocery chain), I noticed that they had an “ethnic hair care” section.

Since my ethnic background is Irish, I looked to see if they had any hair care products for Irishmen.  They didn’t.  Next, I checked to see if they had any ethnic hair care products for the Dutch.  Given the large Dutch ethnic background in west Michigan, I thought certainly they would have some Dutch hair care products but they had nothing for the Dutch either.

I like the ethnic food section”.  At least the “ethnics” are identified there.

My new oven has a convection setting.  In the convection mode, the oven temperature is lowered and the oven recirculates the air inside with a fan.  With this feature, you can bake cookies on all three racks and they all turn out the same.   So, it seemed like a natural for all sorts of baking.

But, as it turns out, convection bake does not work well with muffins.  While the muffins all turn our uniformly the same, they all lean.  This is presumably because the convection fan blows hot air over the rising muffins pushing them to one side.  The muffins are still good even though they are lopsided.

I bought some Blue Cheese the other day.  On the package it read “Produced with Sustainable Agricultural Practices.”  I am not sure what that means but it must be important.  Other wise, they would not have printed it on the package.  Besides, I would really hate to buy cheese that was produced with unsustainable agricultural practices.

There is a new game on the market. It is called “What’s in Ned’s Head?”. Contestants stick their fingers up the nose, mouth or ears of a stuffed head called “Ned”.

I am not amused.