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N Cookie AA: Preliminary Housekeeping
August 20, 2009 – 9:06 AM | 13 Comments
N Cookie AA: Preliminary Housekeeping

Greetings, snacklings! Please give Wing Chun a round of applause (or clink your spoons on your bowls) for her excellent co-captaincy of the N Cereal AA.
It’s already time to do it again.   The N …

The N Cereal AA: Your Champion
August 4, 2009 – 8:55 AM | 31 Comments
The N Cereal AA: Your Champion

Frosted Flakes ekes out the win at last after a closely fought battle with Honey Nut Cheerios.   The final bracket is right here if you’d like to review the goings-on in their entirety.
Stay tuned …

N Cereal AA: The Finals
August 3, 2009 – 9:30 AM | 52 Comments
N Cereal AA: The Finals

Edited 8/3/09 to add: It’s still a dead heat.   The current plan is to close the poll the morning of 8/4/09, but in the meantime, please Facebook, tweet, or otherwise share this entry to …

The Vacationing: July 2009 Edition
July 26, 2009 – 9:53 PM | 22 Comments
The Vacationing: July 2009 Edition

Typhus, the Brooklyn Dodgers of Flatbush, lesser Kennedys, seminal animé (say that five times fast), Argentine nutbars, and cod on the Cape — plus the N Cereal AA and the fall contest.These stories and more, …

N Cereal AA: The Final Four
July 20, 2009 – 9:59 PM | 29 Comments
N Cereal AA: The Final Four

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Frosted Flakes vs. Honey Bunches of Oats. Honey Bunches of Oats is what I buy so that I can tell myself that cereal isn’t just …

N Cereal AA: Elite Eight Runoff
July 20, 2009 – 9:33 AM | 14 Comments

…Hi!   …Good, good.   You know: vacay.   What’s up with you guys?   …Awesome.   So: cereals, right?
Every time I think it’s safe to close the poll, Frosted Flakes climbs back into it. …

N Cereal AA: The Elite Eight
July 11, 2009 – 8:07 AM | 11 Comments
N Cereal AA: The Elite Eight

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1 Rice Krispies vs. 2 Frosted Flakes. Wowie. Now this is a contest! I have to hand it to you fiber-loving TN voters: truly, these …

Support Local Biz: July 9, 2009
July 9, 2009 – 9:58 AM | 16 Comments

A few administrative notes before Lobster Roll Tour 2009 commences on Saturday…
As you may have deduced from the previous sentence, I’m going on vacation for a couple of weeks.   I may have internet access; …

Breakfast; Wimbledon
July 2, 2009 – 5:41 PM | 2 Comments

The current rounds of the N Cereal AA will close tomorrow; we’ll return with the Sweet 16 on Monday.   While you wait, enjoy the Wimbledon Drinking Game I helped Joe R to craft, or …

N Cereal AA Round of 32, Flights 3 and 4: Fiberfest and Sugar Shock
July 1, 2009 – 10:38 AM | 23 Comments
N Cereal AA Round of 32, Flights 3 and 4: Fiberfest and Sugar Shock

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1 Quaker Oat(meal) Squares vs. 8 oatmeal. I can’t say I’m particularly surprised that traditional oatmeal triumphed over Puffed Rice, the John Tesh of breakfast …