I need six LR1120 batteries for the kids’ cute animal flashlights. The local RadioShack had them for $5, each. And they only had 4. That would be $15 in batteries for a $5 flashlight. No thanks.

Ooo, look, Amazon has a 10 pack for $6.40 with free shipping. And I can get 20 for $9.75 at http://24hourbatteries.com (including shipping).

No wonder RadioShack is in the dumps, and changing its name to The Shack is not going to help.

I am not a big football watcher these days, mostly owing to the fact that I do not have a TV. While in Ithaca over Christmas, I managed to catch a couple ‘bowl’ games. The sportscasters were mentioning how for a couple teams this was their first bowl game. No wonder when you now have the ‘Pioneer Purevision Las Vegas Bowl’, the ‘Meineke Car Care Bowl’ or the ‘PapaJohns.com bowl’. I think things are getting a little out of hand. There are still teams that cannot make it into a bowl game, so here I submit my suggestions for the next bowl games:

Campbell’s Soup Bowl
McCormik Salad Bowl
Dole Fruit Bowl
Long John Silver Fish Bowl
KoolAid Punch Bowl
Iams Dog Bowl
Snickers Snack Bowl
SweetTart Candy Bowl
DirtDevil Dust Bowl
KitchenAid Mixing Bowl
Kohler Wash Bowl
MrClean Toilet Bowl