Thursday miscellanea #449

I went to Walgreens at Jordan and University this morning. The woman who rang me up sang to me instead of talking to me. How pleasant and unexpected!
Sounds like Neil Diamond will get a lifetime award at the Grammys this weekend. I may actually have to watch for that.
My friend C.C. Fridlin just published an Italian cookbook! I bought a signed copy yesterday at lunch. I’m looking forward to getting into it.
Vince McMahon today announced the return of the XFL. Yawn. The word “safer” popped up a time or two, but given that one of the central points of the original league was violence, how seriously should we take that?
The particularly rough cold and flu season has generated increased visibility on my feeds for a product called Oscillococcinum. Couldn’t recall ever having heard of that. When I looked into it, I found that it was expensive, fraudulent garbage. I’m sad about the number of people I see recommending it.
Taco Bell just started serving fries again. They did this once before for a little while, remember? Apparently they’re different this time, being seasoned all TexMexy and served with nacho cheese. I’ll have to see a bunch of raves before I’ll even consider such.
After all of the unambiguous cold we had, it seems the weather won’t make up its mind for the next several days. Swings of nearly 30 degrees in a day are forecast. Good luck!