Aerik ArkadianHilarious days of taffy… Weekly Recap 2/2/2026
When I was a kid, I loved taffy. Salt water taffy was great, but Laffy Taffy was better.
I could eat entire bags of those.
Banana was probably my least favorite flavor. I always saved them for last, eventually winding up with a bag full of banana.
Laffy Taffy was so named because you could find jokes on the underside of the wrapped. I don’t know who was responsible for their joke database, but rest assured, these were some of the greatest jokes ever known to humanity.
Here are a few examples:
- How can hurricanes see? They have eyes.
- What type of brief packs a punch? A boxer brief.
- What type of store do apes own? Monkey business.
Classic!
If you’d like to help future generations learn how to be funny, you can actually submit your own jokes to be featured on upcoming batches of Laffy Taffy.
I don’t really eat taffy anymore because it hurts my teeth. Adulthood is harsh like that sometimes. If I grab something sweet today before a movie or something, I usually wind up with Rolos or something chocolatey.
Daily writing prompt What’s your favorite candy? View all responsesGood morning and happy Monday, friends!
Happy start to February and happy Imbolc!
You probably know this already, but Hell froze over.
Seriously. WTF?
I know, I know. Most everyone else in the US is getting it way worse than us. But this is Florida. It was snowing a couple of hours north of us. We’re not equipped for this stuff. People are already panic buying broth to make soups.
Anyway, the weather significantly impacted our weekend plans. But more on that in a second.
Early in the week, I made a really awesome incense blend for Apollo.
It consists of:
Try it out and see. Or you can grab a batch from me via Etsy.
I’ve still been making a bunch of Brigid’s Crosses. This past week, I was also receiving messages from people asking if they could get them in time for their Imbolc celebrations. It’s really cool to think that a small item I’ve been producing is making its way around to so many different places and will be a part of so many different rituals.
I also finished up an Astral Sight fluid condenser for use in my Saturday workshop: Awakening the Astral Senses. It was a pretty simple recipe and I’ll probably make a video about it at some point, but it’s covered in my upcoming book.
Our original plan for the weekend was to go to Turning the Tide on Friday afternoon. We had one of the tent locations reserved and we were going to camp. But the overnight temperatures were going to be down in the 40s… and I don’t handle cold very well. Seriously, as I’m writing this our house is at 73 degrees and it’s painful.
As much as it sucks to miss festival, we skipped camping.
On Friday, we continued our sushi tradition, but it wasn’t all fun and games either. My first piece tasted a bit off. I really tried to turn it around, but something just didn’t sit right with me. Also, and I never thought I’d say something like this, but the wasabi was weak! Sad.
It still looked awesome though.
On Saturday, we drove to Tides. I gave my workshop and we hung out for a while, but ultimately… it was just too cold. I took some pictures and I’ll share them in a future post in the usual fashion, but it will be less of a “Turning the Tide Recap” and more of a “Turning the Tide Visit.” We had to cut out before main ritual, which was a bummer, but I was already finding the temperatures to be intolerable and the sun hadn’t even fully set. There was no way I was going to hang around in the dark.
After Tides, we stopped at the Eataly in Aventura and got a couple of pizzas.
We packed up a leftover box and then walked out of the restaurant to do a little shopping in the store. After two minutes I realized I had forgotten our leftovers on the table, so I rushed back to claim them.
But it was too late. They were gone.
Discarded. Disposed. Wasted.
Anyway, in brighter news, I’ve rounded the corner of 55,000 words for my current book. I’ve got two more months to finish, edit, and submit. These are exciting achievements in the life of an author.
I also have a supervisor most of the time, so the work goes quickly.
New M3 episodes and teasers will be coming soon. Check Patreon for early releases and access before everyone else.
That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more soon!
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Ed