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Dear Frito Lay,

Why, oh, why have you taken away the Baked Tostitos Chips from my store shelves. Once, I could count on them being my favorite snack but no more. They are not to be found snuggled between other Tostitos brand products in any store where I live.

There is no way to leave you an e-mail on your website and I just don’t know if I am strong enough to keep it together for a phone call to your company. It is truly a snacking loss for me. No longer can I enjoy the “sensible and great tasting reduced fat” chip. By the way, I’m brand loyal, I love the Tostitos brand salsa (mild, of course) to compliment my once, easy to find snack pleasure.

I even see on your website there is now a new option out there, a “scoopable” Baked Tostitos version, but can I find them at my favorite market that’s super? No. They look delicious and a snacking experience. So why has Frito Lay abandoned my part of the planet? I just want my favorite chip back, is that too much to ask? I’d also like a coupon for a free bag if you’re still going to market them for my emotional distress you’ve temporarily caused me and my taste buds.

At the least, please make sure they find their way back into the stores in Northern Ohio. Yes, even people in Browns’ Town love their chips but they don’t necessarily want Restaurant Style, Bite Sized Gold or just regular old Scoops. Please allow our palates to enjoy the taste of Baked Tostitos again soon.

Yours Truly,
Un-Baked Next To The Lake

UPDATE:

I finally decided to call Frito Lay for an answer. The original Baked Tostitos has been replaced with the “scoops” version and should be distributed throughout the country within the next month! There’s a picture of the new packaging above! We can all rest easy now. Yum!

Whether it’s happy hour or just lunch, this place is a great spot to hang out for good time. Ask for Jeff!

Okay, it’s a chain Irish Restaurant but who cares, the people are still nice and the food is good. Check it out!!

Okay, yeah, I’m a little late with this post but the Booger won the competition. Janelle still got some dough, winning the $25,000 from America’s Vote. Here’s to Big Brother 8!

Classic Song Flashback: Boogie Wonderland – Earth, Wind & Fire

September 11, 2001 – One of those days you’ll never forget where you were. I was working at a Detroit television station, producing the noon newscast.

At the time the first plane went into the North Tower, I was out of the newsroom.

One of our videotape editors ran toward me when I came back into the newsroom and started pointing at one of our TV monitors.

He said “check out the wild pictures from New York.” At the time, we weren’t aware that a plane had crashed into the building and it wasn’t an accident! We talked about how hard it would be for firefighters to fight a towering inferno.

There weren’t a lot of people in the newsroom at the time because most people didn’t arrive until around nine o’clock in the morning.

Some people started coming in and rushed to see the TV’s, they’d heard the story on the radio.

It was about that time when another plane slammed into the South Tower and then we all knew something wasn’t right, we were under attack.

The world changed forever. The lives of an entire generation of people changed forever.

It’s a day none of us can or will be able to forget. We must not also forget the innocent people who lost their lives and their families who have to endure the pain of not having them each day and every anniversary of 9/11.

Classic Song Flashback: Only Time – Enya

The lucky one is no longer in the house. The all-time Power of Veto winner is now just a jury member. Janelle is gone, knocked out by Boogie. Big Brother: All Stars just got a lot less interesting for me. Now, probably the two least interesting people, Boogie & Erika are left to duke it out for $500,000.

Right now on the feeds, Erika and Boogie are sunning themselves and talking a lot about the game and what they’ll do afterwards. How Janelle probably wouldn’t have figured out that she was being played by herself without Erika opening her eyes.

So now, who am I supporting at this point of the game? Take a guess, hilight the following area to see who: >>Erika<<. Did you get it right? I’ll explain why in a future post.

So sad to see Janie get the boot!

Classic Song Flashback: The Lucky One – Alison Kraus & Union Station

Jani lost her patience with Dr. Will. He’s gone! No more playing Janelle and leading Boogie around by the neck. I liked Will but he was too much of a threat. Janelle had to get rid of him. I was sleeping last night (Monday) and I heard Janelle and Erika talking. I got the late night/early morning scoop about them teaming up.

So what have the feeds got me? I learned tonight Erika got her period. The houseguests think Julie is a Chenbot. I saw Erika plead her case dreadfully the first time to Janelle. I got to hear Boogie fart in the middle of the night. See Erika pop her zits. Boogie talk to Big Brother begging for beer, wine, sushi and anything else he wanted.

I’m watching the feeds right now. Initially, it was boring, Janie, Erika and Boogie staring off into the distance. No one was talking, BORING!

Give the HG’s some food and they’re talking. Boogie’s watching the dishes. Good little HG’s

Stay tuned, it’s only gonna get better!

Classic Song Flashback – Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell