Before we get to this week's review of the infomercial titled "Brooklyn D.A.", let's talk about PRIVACY.

I hope everyone had a good Cinco de Mayo!

John Sampson was entrapped by Shirley Huntley - that's the long and short of it.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/charges-expected-brooklyn-senator-sources-article-1.1335276

But...was it just a ploy to take both players out of the game?

Read this excerpt for the Times-Union piece:

It's the old bait-and-switch.

High fructose corn syrup is NOT sugar, no matter how many times you idiots attempt to conflate the two.

Dr. James Rippe perpetrates this fraud (and I'm not calling Dr. Rippe a fraudster, but he is allowing for this confusion to continue) by dint of this piece:

 

I was having serious issues in dealing with the non-presence of Room Eight. This blog worked as a release valve for many things, notably, the "incident" of last year which is still ongoing.

If I had been the litigious sort - well, suffice it to say that I would have never had the experience in the first bloody place.

I have never discussed an incident of decades past, which involved a glow-in-the-dark Jason mask and the D train. The long and short of it is...if I were the sort who sues at the drop of a hat, I would never have to work again a day in my life.

I was having serious issues in dealing with the non-presence of Room Eight. This blog worked as a release valve for many things, notably, the "incident" of last year which is still ongoing.

If I had been the litigious sort - well, suffice it to say that I would have never had the experience in the first bloody place.

I have never discussed an incident of decades past, which involved a glow-in-the-dark Jason mask and the D train. The long and short of it is...if I were the sort who sues at the drop of a hat, I would never have to work again a day in my life.

Are we going to have an early spring? I guess that li'l furry guy will let us know on Saturday. Let's hope Bill Murray isn't anywhere around.

I've made much of the idea that we can make a difference when we need to do so. One little girl did just that:

I would like to begin this with a thank-you to Officer Cahill and his partner.

Now, I won't get into the specifics of our impromptu meeting, but what I will divulge is that I haven't a record in regards to the Police Department of New York City.

Nothing. Nada. Ziparoonie.

That is a badge of honour I will proudly wield.

I hope everyone's enjoying their summer.

Before I begin, let's revisit the subject of this story:

I'm gonna say this as plain as I can. High Fructose Corn Syrup almost did me in.

There's no reason whatsoever, except for PROFITS, as to why our sodas and soft drinks are sweetened by HFCS.

As to those of you drinking the "diet" versions of those sodas and soft drinks; I hope you all reconsider your choice, before you find out that only the first three letters apply to your ingestion of a known carcinogen and a neurotoxin.

Good morning, dear readers! I did something special today, and because of that, you can now expect an irregular feature from me from time to time. I'm christening it Vincenzo's Crock Pot, where a number of issues will be discussed. I hope you find my eclectic postings to your liking.

You will see attached to this posting a picture of a little girl. Here's the story: I left for work early today, after getting up entirely too early this morning. This little girl was furiously coloring some document; it was folded, so at first, I couldn't make out what it was - I'll mention later what I did see.

I hope that what I am about to reveal to you is not standard policy at Metro.

Metro is one of the free daily newspapers offered to New Yorkers. The publication is also offered in Boston and Philadelphia. I prefer their publication because they actually made the effort to place staples in the spine to bind the pages. As a free daily, you'll find copies of it adorning subway platforms and seats...but at least, they're in one piece.

So...let's get to the meat of my latest piece. My last two postings have concerned the nature of high fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, in our soft drinks. I have done my own independent research into the properties of HFCS, and found them not to my liking.

I read a very disturbing article this morning in Metro, one of the free dailies offered to New Yorkers. The article in question pertains to a marketing campaign by the Corn Refiners Association, in which they wish to rebrand high fructose corn syrup into "corn sugar". I'm going to include two quotes, one by the president of the CRA, and the second from a recent advertisement, not attributed to any individual, but would ostensibly be from the CRA.

I travel via the subway to and from work. As I have previously indicated, I believe that the MTA does a pretty fair job of enabling travel betwixt and between the five boroughs. One thing I notice are the advertisements that adorn the subway cars. Recently, it has been established that advertisers can purchase an entire side of a subway car, and you will see that an entire companies' ads, all saying the same thing in different ways, will regale you on your journeys. Every once in a while, I will see an ad that strikes me the wrong way; obviously, I need to bring books to read during my travels.