Lunch Blyte

OK ... so I'm still suffering some ailment as described in my last post. But it hit me today that I'd be better off blogging short little snippets, perhaps while I'm eating lunch at my desk. I used to do this when a good friend of mine was stationed in Kosovo. I would sit down with my lunch and type up a Seinfeld letter ... much about nothing. Just banter ... jumping from one topic to the next. I think he enjoyed them. So this should be fun.

Here we are ... your lunch blyte for the day. Blog + byte. We're you really wondering? Not to mention, it rhymes with bite. So there you have it.

Topic for today: Sanford Mr. Sketch Scented Watercolor Markers. Can you believe these wonderful sticks of smell are still around??? I have a Blueberry one that was sitting here on my desk. I can remember saturating paper with color just so the aromatics of the picture would cloak the ineptitude of the visual. Teacher: "That doesn't really look like a flower." Chip: "Well no ... but smell it! Mmmmm."

I like almost all the colors but black. Black stinks. They now have a set of 18 (the original 12 plus some pastel flavorings: light pink bubble gum, lavender cotton candy, light yellow banana split, peach, light blue raspberry slushy and light green tropical punch.) I'll stick with the originals.

I think these markers have been around since 1972 ... I couldn't find a good history on them. I was five at the time and very impressionable. And I liked smells. So I have an affinity for these olfactory cylinders.

Kinda like the affinity for wet mimeograph paper. Those of you who are old enough ... you know what I'm talking about. And I'll admit ... I did inhale.