April 7th, 2010

Was it really much of a challenge? Hershey Eggies vs. Cadbury Mini Eggs

A coworker of mine had purchased some Hershey Eggies on sale after this past Easter weekend. This lead us to discuss the differences between Eggies and Cadbury’s Mini Eggs. He challenged me on what I thought was universally agreed: Cadbury Mini Eggs are better than Hershey Eggies. His statement was that they [...]

March 31st, 2009

The Food Bank

Ladies and Gentlemen, please let me take a minute to write to you about the Food Bank.

The food bank helps people–families; children–get basic food supplies in the case of emergency and desperate need. In Ottawa thousands of people rely on the food bank every month, and in your local city I’m sure the food [...]

October 12th, 2007

The Cinnamon Challenge

A coworker of mine told me of the cinnamon challenge today: eat one tablespoon of cinnamon without water. Apparently it’s quite the challenge, and it’s quite humorous to watch. I did a little research with Google and found that it really does exist! Some of the videos, photos, and commentary about it [...]

September 20th, 2007

The Doughnut Challenge

I have been meaning to bring online a listing of the various food challenges I have encountered in my life. There is a wide variety of them and I’m sure I don’t even remember them all. But those that I do remember are all very interesting and deserve to be shared.

Many months ago [...]