I am allergic to shellfish, which makes living along the coast of South Carolina quite troublesome. When I first moved here, I was constantly eating dips made with crabs, shrimp and oysters. Only after my throat would swell did I realize I had once again fallen prey to the booby-trapped appeteasers. These days I steer clear from all food prepared by someone other than myself or Moe's Crosstown. However, I recently tried a Carolina Crab Cake that came shipped - ready to heat and eat - to a friend in a lovely, hand-prepared package. After smelling the cakes on the skillet, I decided to buy an Epi-Pen and indulge. It was worth it (and would have been worth it still had the price been even remotely high).

The cakes are prepared by hand, so you don't have to go out and buy a chicken neck, string and a net - and make small talk with shiftless people parked alongside lowcountry bridges. You don't have to murder or clean the crabs either. Everything is done for you. And they're seasoned to perfection. I have been eating them nonstop - and shooting myself with an Epi-Pen after each meal.

Try some today - or buy some for Father's Day. You won't regret it - even if you are allergic.

As you surely have noticed, my greeting cards are no longer available online. Basically, my ordering process was extremely fugged up, so I am in the process of revamping the site. Until then, it'll just be bligs and blogs and such. In other words, nothingness for quite some time. Please do check in often and eagerly.

- Mgmt

It's no surprise the first option to choose among your 'send us a comment' topics is "fees/charges." It says a lot about the way Wachovia does business. I will rejoice when Wachovia is forced to close its doors like so many other banks in our country. I will never, ever forget the way you marginalize your customers.

Thanks for raping me at every turn.

- K

Yes, your grandfather was retarded. Just take a look at this from The New York Times:

Another indication of malleability is that I.Q. has risen sharply over time. Indeed, the average I.Q. of a person in 1917 would amount to only 73 on today’s I.Q. test. Half the population of 1917 would be considered mentally retarded by today’s measurements, Professor Nisbett says.

That's quite possibly the funniest thing I've heard all year. And I'm including Adam's version of "Ring of Fire" on American Idol.

Read the story here.