@poptire.itch.io So I'm playing Earthbound every so often, and my kids enjoy watching. The fact that enemies run from you after you level up to a certain point is very rewarding. Currently I have a mushroom on my head and I'm annoyed, but I'm sure I'll figure out how to remove it.

Might as well watch a Shasta Grape soda review this morning. The intro now has 100% more cat. Same amount of Highland Cattle as before though, 0% youtu.be/clQKNbDUz78

@ozalievaroux.bsky.social This card will always be the most important in your deck! Just ask it!

Concord Bowl Iroquois, IL

Post you from a different era.

Thank y'all for always being so supportive of me. I truly appreciate all of the likes and shares y'all are giving my 1000th Review.

I couldn't wait until tomorrow. Here is my 1000th review, Fanta Chucky's Punch. Please share this far and wide as I'm quite proud of my accomplishment. youtu.be/VQFElZ1AGwo

Gotta love a week that starts at Discount Tire.

Another win for HEB. On the gas pumps you can choose between Media, Traffic, or Weather. Traffic and Weather have rotating ads at the bottom, but they are silent. So the pump gets interaction from me and my eyeballs.

I have completing editing and posting my 1000th review. It is taking everything in me to wait until Tuesday to post it. I just want it done!

Here's that Cove Smurfberry review I told y'all about youtu.be/ZtWRwmPXRkQ

Soda Review 999 is in the bag. What a bizarre feeling knowing that the next one I do will be the 1000th soda variety I've personally documented. Oh, 999 is Cove Smurfberry btw.

@tolkoto.com I wanted to congratulate you on 1000 games played! I'm in a similar situation at 998 sodas reviewed and really wanted 1000 to be special, but I honestly think it's going to be whatever's next. You talking about that on the podcast really helped with that decision that's been on my mind

RC Cola Zero Sugar is a pretty solid liquid! youtu.be/0zEqxQ7u8Gs

@dinosaurdracula.bsky.social I had a random thought today. Do you have a piece of the Aggro-Crag?

Got an AC repair person and an electrician coming by tomorrow. I'm just going to say $2000 and hope it's the under.

I started the site in 2008 and we did written reviews for so long that video reviews still seem new to me. I just checked and my first video review was seven years ago, which is so much longer than I thought. "Don't hate. Carbonate!" was the tag line at that time apparently 😅

Mountain Dew X Trolli review is up. Taste the vague! youtu.be/ToDJBVnW_r4

Down the hall at work I hear the sentence "Yakko does...Yakko does the 50 States" Good, that's the kind of conversation I want to overhear.

It is weirdly intimidating me to get to review number 1000. Part of me wants to do it big, but that causes my brain to freeze up & not do anything. Another part of me wants to be business as usual, but I feel like it needs SOME fanfare. I've been browsing Cameo looking for just the right person.

I was ok with Voo Dew going away because as fun as it was the flavors were always pretty vague. After drinking Mountain Dew X Trolli I want Voo Dew back as this flavor was known and still insanely vague. I'd rather a fun vague mystery than a known vague flavor that sets expectations.

Little Tangerine Dream review for those who just like soda reviews. youtu.be/6EZRJS8Fgb8

Vin Diesel, best known for playing a hospital orderly in The Awakening.

What's your favorite TV intro for a show you never watched? I think mine is The Rifleman. Rapid gunshots Narrator says "The Rifleman" Music swells and camera pans up to see Chuck Conners reloading Narrator says "With Chuck Conners" Music heroically ends Fade to black Never seen an episode

We moved, and I'm preparing the other house for sale. I'm doing the touch-up paint now. Weirdly the most emotional part of the move for me. I'm covering memories important to only us Marks on the wall where my, now deceased, dog slept against it. Crayola marks from artistic toddlers This is hard

Just had my first run in with a robot taking my order at Taco Bell. That's REALLY shitty feeling.

A review of a very good root beer most won't get a chance to try. youtu.be/lv-QQ3TBPyQ

Apparently Reese's Pieces are now dairy free. Like recently. It is definitely reflected in the taste. I didn't even know the recipe changed, bought a bag, was disappointed in them for the first time ever, and researched it.

Working for Disney I've heard a lot about the new ESPN DTC app for a while now. I want notifications for my favorite teams (this exists) I also want notifications of when teams I dislike are doing badly "longhorns are down 14 in the 4th quarter... tune in now?" (This should exist)

Two, two, two reviews in one. Seriously though, A&W Ice Cream Sundae is a treat youtu.be/OovVdpwxHpU

Six years ago yesterday someone offered to buy the site from me for $1500. I mulled it over, considering just taking my reviews to a newly named site. Then he said he wanted the content of the site as well... obviously that didn't work for me. Seemed like a decent dude, but just couldn't do that.

Sparkling water that tastes like cereal feels very 2025 to me. Here's the review for Liquid Death Cereal Criminal. I assume they went with "Criminal" because they didn't want the Flintstones associated with "Killer ' youtu.be/VShpn9T378Y

Crush Blue Raspberry is one of the best Blue Raspberry flavors in my opinion. That said, I have a complicated relationship with the flavor. Find out what I talk to my therapist about here! youtu.be/-T5YQOoVFo4

It's always great to try an indie soda, even better when it's the longest lasting cola flavor I've come across. Big Jerk Soda Company - Pensa Cola review is up. youtu.be/Xpnq0aRE-58

Does anyone know how I could create a 360 degree picture of a can? I'm assuming some sort of platform that rotates with a fixed camera, but do y'all have any suggestions?

I attended a wedding once and during rehearsal learned I was going to be a groomsmen despite never meeting the groom until that very day. I barely knew the bride. In every "silly" wedding party picture I'm just shrugging in exaggeration.

The Mountain Dew Dragon Fruit review is up for... review. youtu.be/V1BmYn4VusI

I just learned a guy I work with played a few gigs with the voice of The Bill from Schoolhouse Rock.

Got the fridge setup with several new sodas to try out. Hoping to get back on the horse this week.

My physical therapist: ok, with your back issues don't lift or pull anything until you're feeling better. Me: I'm currently in the process of moving My PT: oooooooh

New Soda Experience: A fountain that requires you to scan your cup and allots you a fixed number of ounces. NEW new Soda Experience: 50/50 Dr Pepper and Fruit Punch is delicious. My wife figured that one out.

This Fourth of July I decided to go to the ER and get some steroids, valium, and lidocaine patches for my lower back. It's been a BLAST

Looking for a non-alcoholic Rum and Cola alternative? If you are, look no further... well maybe just far enough to finish reading this, and then clicking the link, and then watching the video. youtu.be/mpZZxaNVBnY

Some interesting site geography data from last week. Germany being at the top is actually the strangest bit if you can believe it.

Looking for a non-alcoholic Whiskey and Cola? I wasn't, but I still really enjoyed this No Spirit Cowboy Cola. youtu.be/bSPoU4TU_Iw

One of the wildest root beers I've ever had. youtu.be/rVyGHHz93Ic

I got to watch The Princess Bride today for work. What a great way to finish a Tuesday.

I needed a hard surface to put some housing documents on as I took pictures of each, so I just grabbed a book off the shelf. This is a good sign, right?

If you love a HARSH orange soda (I do) then check out this offering from Iron Heart. youtu.be/8laEe7HBskA

For my comic loving pals