Edward J. Pluchar - The Blogsplitter

If there were any doubts that my readership extends into the hundreds of thousands, witness!  Cynthia1770 has voiced her agreement with my opinion of High Fructose Corn Syrup.  Next we’ll have XObama2008X writing to talk political strategy, or maybe foreign policy!

For now, see that Cynthia has provided further information on High Fructose Corn Syrup.  I skimmed through the link she offered, but it’s pretty dense in geek-speak.  You might like it, Neal, since you are allegedly familiar with chemistry and such.

Notice that Cynthia found me through a Google alert.  I feel sure someone will soon find Siko’s blog under a different “keyword.”

Cynthia1770
papierniak2004@yahoo.com | 99.140.226.117

Hi,
I picked up your post with my google HFCS alert. Yes, HFCS has invaded
our food supply. Courtesy of the Corn Refiners Assoc., go to
http://www.corn.org/NSFC2006.pdf P29-30 list all the foods and products
that contain HFCS. StopHFCS.com lists foods that are HFCS-free.
European import stores are a good bet because Europe wisely doesn’t
allow GMO foods which safely eliminates HFCS.
Take care.

A former student of mine, Lauren, has commented on my post, “Blah, Blah.” I will take this opportunity to respond to her topic of interest, the paranormal.

My thoughts, Lauren, can be summed up in one musically enhanced phrase: I ain’t afraid of no ghost. (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!) If that response is enough, read no further. For a more nuanced exposition, keep reading.

Look, Lauren, I’ve seen Ghostbusters. Since no one admits to having seen Ghostbusters II, let’s stick to the common ground. As you may be interested to know, my family owned a whole Slimer factory when I was a boy, complete with slime, this gooey, green, mucus-like substance. All of this is to say two things.

1) If ghosts are real, it’s cool, because I’m related to Bill Murray. He’s got it under control.

2) If ghosts are real, I’ve never seen them, but I’ve had the chance to manipulate their intestines (see above, about Slimer). Not only that, but I can simulate the feel of their intestines by bending my fingers so that my hands look like claws; then I hold my claws out in front of me, a little wider than my shoulders; finally, I rush my two claws together so that they almost touch, then pull them away, then push them together again as quickly as I can, repeating until I get the desired effect. If you try this, you’ll sense in your hands and between your fingers almost exactly what the inside of a ghost feels like (also a great workout for your outer pecs - no charge).

Well, Lauren, if you’ve been good-humored enough to read this far, I’ll finally give you a brief, but serious, answer: I have not, to my knowledge, seen or had any contact with a ghost. I’ve heard fairly believable stories from fairly reasonable people, but usually they had something to gain from my belief in their story. The “scientific” explanation for such stories seems more reasonable in most cases. All-in-all, I’m not an active believer in ghosts, but it wouldn’t be the greatest surprise if I saw one tomorrow.

I’ll be ready:  I’ve got Bill Murray on speed dial.