Batson's Blog

I recently made a trek almost the entire way down the east side of I-485, stopping at each Sam's Club location, trying to find Green Acres on DVD. It started when I was talking with someone recently. She'd mentioned that Green Acres is at least $20 online. I said, 'No way. It's only $8 at Sam's Club.' Thankfully I had a picture to prove myself right. However, I figured it'd be good to get them on DVD while I could. I didn't want to shell out $20 if Sam's did stop carrying them. I went to three Sam's Club locations and none of them had Green Acres , like they had just a few months ago. Finally, after getting a day pass at BJ's, I found three seasons of Green Acres for $8 each. It got me thinking about how difficult it is to find DVDs these days. Growing up in the '90s, I remember being able to find almost any movie at a plethora of video rental stores. If you wanted to own a movie, you could buy movies at Suncoast Motio...

During a trip to Sam’s Club I saw the most amazing thing: Red Lobster biscuits in a box! They were only about $5 too. It was amaaaazing! I didn't know if the product was available for a temporary amount of time, so I took full advantage. I mean, really, it doesn't get much better than Red Lobster biscuits! I only bought one box, but it makes about 30 biscuits. That's about 4 or 5 small dinner parties. There are three pouches of biscuit mix inside, making it easy to get the same flavoring they have at the restaurant. Thankfully, the directions are easy too. You put the mix in a bowl, add 3/4 of a cup of water, throw in a handful of cheddar cheese, and then roll the dough into little biscuit balls on a cookie sheet. I only got 9 out of that batch, but some were a little larger than others. Once I made the first couple of biscuit balls they were hard to roll together. A large portion of the mix stuck to my hands. While the biscuits were in the oven bakin...