So today I flipped cervical cancer the bird by getting my first injection of Gardasil. It's the first shot I can remember getting ever and I was trying not to be freaked out. I kept picturing needles the size of turkey basters and the evil clown doctor scene from Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Honestly, it was barely a pinch and the only problem was that my arm has been weak and tender since. I can barely carry, say, a small box filled with Mini Teddy Grahams.



One of my guilty pleasures is boxes of Barnum's Animal Crackers. Even in my mid-20s I still get a kick from swinging them around by the string through the grocery store. In a spin-off of the idea, Nabisco has released "Carry Me" packs in Mini Teddy Grahams, Macaroni and Cheese Crackers, and Cheese Ritz Bits Sandwiches. They're not as swing-able as the original, and all the shapes are the same so you don't have the fun of deciding if you're biting the head off a rhino or a gorilla.



My mac & cheese crackers were sadly broken to nothing but dust. They were frail to begin with so perhaps they weren't the best candiate for being shoved in a box that's prone to being carried and crushed. I had my doubts when I opened the Teddy Grahams, but they remained not only whole but very tiny. I knew the box advertised "mini" bears, and in my mind Teddy Grahams are mini to begin with, so these seemed uber mini. As you can see, they're practically penny sized! This has to be the second best use of Teddy Grahams I've seen. The first involves a vanilla version of the "dirt" dessert making it appear that the bears are on the beach under a paper umbrella.