The Power of Negative Blogging

First off, the most obvious failure I need to point out today is the lack of a post yesterday. One thousand apologies for a hectic day that sidetracked me enough to forego my blog. Shame…SHAME!

The failure I wanted to showcase today originated from spite. Spite is pretty bad thing. I would hope you don’t do anything out of spite. But hey, we all have slip ups. We all have weak moments when our anger lashes out to other people. If we can learn from them, then something worthwhile can be gained. Look at George Crum (From Wikipedia.org):

It is believed that the original potato chip recipe was created by Native American/African American chef George Crum, at Moon’s Lake House near Saratoga Springs, New York, on August 24, 1853. He was fed up with a customer — by some accounts Cornelius Vanderbilt (although this has been called into question) — who continued to send his fried potatoes back, because he thought they were too thick and soggy. Crum decided to slice the potatoes so thin that they couldn’t be eaten with a fork, nor fried normally in a pan, so he decided to stir-fry the potato slices. Against Crum’s expectation, the guest was ecstatic about the new chips. They became a regular item on the lodge’s menu under the name “Saratoga Chips.”

So George’s diabolical plan to get back at a customer blew up in his face. Thankfully! What would the world be without Pringles??

 It would be a sad, sad, unsalted world, that’s what. And who wants to live in a world like that? (To the lovely people at Pringles – feel free to send free chips!)

Uh…maybe that’s not such a good idea… I guess (unless I get free chips. Then its one hell of a good idea!) .