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WEEK IN REVIEWS – 11/5/2011

Marvo — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we follow.

Soooo…the mascot for the London Olympics…um, what is it supposed to be? With the gigantic eye, I’m guessing it represents the thousands of closed-circuit television surveillance cameras all over London. (via Foodstuff Finds)

Paper hole puncher review! Or as I like to call them, confetti makers. Or as janitorial people call them, The Devil. (via Office Supply Geek)

I’m disappointed this Alaskan wilderness trail mix doesn’t contain bear, moose, salmon, or crude oil. (via Foodette Reviews)

Bazooka Gum has a comic strip on its wrapper. The wrappers on these Maoam chews have what I assume are Kama Sutra position instructions. (via Candyblog)

Image via flickr user Andy Miah / CC BY SA 2.0

THE WEEK IN REVIEWS – 2/12/2011

Marvo — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:00:06 +0000

Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we follow.

Whoever came up with the name for the coffee energy drink Monster Xpresso Midnite should’ve drank an energy drink before coming up with the name, because, perhaps, they wouldn’t have been so lazy with its spelling. (via Energy Fiend)

Thanks caffeinated pantyhose! You’re giving the chipper, hyper, and annoying female co-worker another way they can be even more chipper, hyper, and annoying. (via Possessed by Caffeine)

Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit has a juicy secret. I hope its juicy secret is that it killed a man. (via Sugar Pressure)

Spreadable light port wine cheese sounds gross, but the Wikipedia entry for port wine cheese is awesome. (via Clearance Cuisine)

There’s a beauty beverage called Self. I wonder how many spoonfuls of sugar I’d have to add to it to make it self-conscious? (via Probably Edible)

Image via flickr user Unlisted Sightings / CC BY 2.0

THE DAY IN REVIEWS – 1/10/2011

Marvo — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:00:12 +0000

Here are a few product review posted today from other blogs we follow.

It seems the “dash of ginseng” in the Trident Vitality Awaken gum doesn’t do anything to perk someone up. Perhaps a dash of habanero seeds would’ve been more effective or whatever virus turns living people in zombies, because zombies never go to sleep. (via Gum Alert)

This alliteration sounds gross. (via Foodstuff Finds)

Who needs a high powered blender to make a milkshake? You can make a milkshake with this ice cream, milk, a spoon and your sexy high powered body to stir. (via On Second Scoop)

I wonder if I can crush a Lighter Spider Energy Drink can with a rolled up newspaper. (via Caffeine King)

I’m extremely disappointed The Megaclip is not a SyFy original movie. (via Office Supply Geek)

Image via flickr user Tobyotter / CC BY 2.0

THE WEEK IN REVIEWS – 11/20/2010

Marvo — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:39:00 +0000

Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we follow.

Hey! There are lightbulb-shaped paper clips. Now I can have an appropriately shaped clip where I can keep together my creative ideas. All I need now is a couch-shaped paper clip so that I can have an appropriately shaped clip to keep together my creative ideas that I will never start because I’m either too lazy or not motivated enough to follow through with them. (via Office Supply Geek)

Japan has an Adult KitKat. I’m surprised it doesn’t come with used schoolgirl panties. (via Jen Ken’s Kit Kat Blog

Popcorn that tastes like Rice Krispies Treats? If only they could figure out how to get wheat involved. It would create a top world crops trifecta, and give starving people in Africa another reason to dislike us. (via Foodette Reviews)

Doritos cheese crackers? Is there any flat, crunchy snack Doritos won’t turn radioactive orange? (via Munchies Blog)

There’s an energy drink that’s being marketed to soccer players, or for our international readers, an energy drink that’s being marketed to football players, or for those Americans who accidentally found themselves watching soccer on TV, an energy drink that helps them stay awake while watching soccer on TV. (via BevReview, Screaming Energy and Caffeine-A-Holic)

Image via flickr user jamesrbowe / CC BY 2.0

THE WEEK IN REVIEWS – 10/2/2010

Marvo — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:00:20 +0000

Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we like.

A Shrimp Mayonnaise Pizza Doritos? Tell me more as I throw up into the trash can next to my desk. (via Food Junk)

Chocolate with a touch of sea salt sounds good, but I prefer my chocolate to be choked with peanut butter. (via Probably Edible)

Wheat Thins now come in stick form. If they came in drumstick form, would they still be considered thin and would they be able to survive a Tommy Lee drum solo. (via Does It Hit The Spot)

Is it just me or does this battery operated eraser looks like it could be a multitasker? (via Office Supply Geek)

Great! A bigger candy corn. The smaller ones already haunt my dreams. Now I’m going to have a nightmare that has this bigger candy corn popping out of me like the alien did out of Kane’s chest in the movie Aliens. (via Candyblog)

Image via flickr user clango / CC BY SA 2.0

THE WEEK IN REVIEWS – 9/25/2010

Marvo — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:00:57 +0000

Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we like.

I didn’t know there were Xbox 360 controller-shaped caffeinated soaps. I guess it’ll give me something else to play with while in the shower. (via Possessed By Caffeine)

Wrigley produced chewing gums that are supposed to taste like Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream and Strawberry Shortcake. Hey, Wrigley! You know what would make a great flavor for gum? Listerine. Or meat. (via Foodette Reviews and Snack Love)

If I don’t get a Ghostbusters 3 movie next year, the only way I could cope is by toasting Stay Puft Caffeinated Marshmallows with a proton pack stream. (via Caffeine-A-Holic)

If you want to consume 1,800 milligrams of caffeine and 37,500 percent of your daily recommended intake of vitamin B12 at one time, now you can. But I wouldn’t recommend it, unless you want to experience the greatest crash ever — death. (via What I Drink At Work)

Ben & Jerry’s now has a snickerdoodle ice cream, which means they’ve created ice cream flavors of two of my least favorite cookies: snickerdoodles and ginger snaps. I hope they don’t make an ice cream based on my third least favorite cookie — the Spritzgebäck. (via On Second Scoop)

Image via flickr user joeyparsons / CC BY ND 2.0

THE WEEK IN REVIEWS – 8/21/2010

Marvo — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:34:13 +0000

Sorry for the lack of reviews this week. I’ve been in a generic NyQuil-induced haze for the past week. If you’ve read this week’s only review, you should know that NyQuil + review writing = most depressing review ever. Anyhoo, here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we like.

You got your mozzarella sticks in my grilled cheese sandwich! You got your grilled cheese sandwich wrapped around my mozzarella sticks! Two great tastes that taste great together. And a pop culture reference that readers under age of 25 may not get. (via Junk Food Betty)

I didn’t think it was possible, but someone made a vampire movie that Twilight haters will hate more than Twilight. (via Pajiba)

I wonder why a mint would be labeled “professional.” I also wonder if sales of Count Chocula have gone up since this Twilight craze began. (via Sweets Blog)

There’s a loaf concoction called Yoga Bread. I guess I finally have something appropriate to eat whenever I’m lounging in my yoga leotard. (via Yum Yucky)

If wearing Ed Hardy clothes make one look like a douchebag on the outside, will eating Ed Hardy Coffee Rocks make one become a douchebag on the inside. Or for those who are already douchebags, does it make them douchebaggier? (via Caffeine-A-Holic)

THE WEEK IN REVIEWS – 8/14/2010

Marvo — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:01:20 +0000

Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we like.

Maybe it’s just me, but: Clone Troopers + Mexican Frozen Treat + Review = Win. (via Food Junk)

Wanna make a wine cooler sound even more feminine? Just add the word “Escapes” to its name. (via The Grease Fire)

Isn’t having 7 Up AND Clear in a product’s name a little redundant? (via Japanese Snack Reviews)

I could see the Sharpie Liquid Pencil being popular with those who vandalize public restrooms. The three days it takes to completely dry gives vandals time to correct mistakes so that those who are looking for a good time won’t get a wrong number. (via Office Supply Geek)

Lego Clone Trooper Image via Flickr user alreadytaken / CC BY 2.0

THE WEEK IN REVIEWS – 7/31/2010

Marvo — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:00:35 +0000

Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we like.

A company named Molotov has a mango and Tapatio Salsa Picante energy drink. Muy bueno? O muy loco? (via ED Junkie)

These man-shaped paper clips either have really large noses or they’re anatomically correct. (via Office Supply Geek)

Suck it, Pepsi Japan! We have rhubarb soda. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! (via Soda Giant)

It seems Doritos is getting better at making their chips taste like meat. I wonder if Taco Bell will start putting it in their tacos, because it might be an upgrade to what they have now. (via We Rate Stuff)

Speaking of Taco Bell, they’re now attempting to make real Mexican tacos found in cantinas. Well, that’s all fine and dandy, but how about they focus on why their food works well as a laxative. (via Grub Grade)

Tapatio Image via flickr user JP<3! / CC BY 2.0/a>

THE WEEK IN REVIEWS – 7/24/2010

Marvo — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:00:49 +0000

Here are a few product reviews posted this week from other blogs we like.

Kawaii!!! Totemo kawaii!!! (via Candyblog and Snack Love)

Baconnaise = disgusting. Lite mayo = disgusting. Baconnaise Lite = The worst sounding condiment since belacan, a fermented ground shrimp paste. (via Grub Grade)

Wow! Someone ate the Carl’s Jr. Footlong Burger and didn’t die from doing so. Find that man and study his body for science. (via Holy Taco)

There’s an energy drink called Caffeine. But why isn’t there an energy drink called Energy Drink? With the clusterfuck of energy drinks available, mathematically there should’ve been an Energy Drink energy drink by now. (via Caffeine-A-Holic)

I’d really like to watch what happens to an unwitting mother who gives a caffeinated popsicle to her young child at an amusement park. (Sugar + caffeine) + child = birth control for spectators of the child at the amusement park. (via ED Junkie)

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with a man using their wife’s eye moisturizer. Just like there is absolutely nothing wrong with a man using foundation to cover his blemishes or any skin discoloration, powder to set the foundation, eye shadow to accentuate his eyelids, lipstick to make his lips redder, mascara to make his lashes look longer and blush to make his cheekbones stand out. (via Review Spew)