Junk Food Nation, I hope you had a nice day off yesterday.  I was, again, stuck in trial, so I took a day off from the blog. APRIL FOOLS!  Oh wait, that’s not right.

I’m itching to talk a little sports, so let’s get right down to the Final Four this weekend.  Last weekend, while I was in Brooklyn for a wedding, I basically missed every single minute of the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8. Well, not true – I caught the last 45 seconds of Kentucky beating Louisville in a random bar in the West Village – right before the bar owners said they were closing…at like midnight.  MIDNIGHT???  This bar in NYC closed at midnight? I thought New York never sleeps??  Apparently, this dude wanted to, because he yelled, “I’M CLOSING YOU GUYS GOTTA LEAVE” as the clock struck 12.

Anyways, Final Four. So who’s left?

UCONN: Wait, is this 2011? UConn, led by a dynamic point guard, emerges from the Big East American Athletic Conference to shock the world and make it to the Final Four?  Is Shabazz Napier the second coming of Kemba Walker?  And does that last sentence mean ANYTHING at all?

WISCONSIN: They grow ’em big in Wisconsin apparently.  Every single game I saw of them, I was like, “WHY ARE THEY SO TALL? Seriously, those two dudes are a foot taller than EVERYONE ELSE on the court!” Usually Wisconsin was known as a defensive powerhouse, but now that they know how to score?  Yikes – watch out.

KENTUCKY: Well, well, well.  So you’re saying John Calipari, with his shady recruitment methods and ability to start five McDonald’s All Americans year after year made it to the Final Four again? You don’t say.  I’ll give credit where credit is due – he knows how to coach up and bring together the most unlikely of teammates.  Still, I know some are thinking that a Kentucky victory would be vacated in a few years anyways.

FLORIDA: Billy Donovan will not be denied!  GHOSTS OF JOAKIM NOAH, GHOSTS OF JOAKIM NOAH!  That’s all I’ll say.

My predictions?  We’ll be seeing a SEC Championship Game rematch.

Meanwhile, the good folks at CVS sent me a bunch of goodies, and this image of their own “Final Four” for their “Munch Madness” bracket:

Yeah…I feel bad I couldn’t make out the names of these snacks.  The upper left looks like Habanero BBQ nuts (looks good), then it looks like some trail mix, pretzel bits, and other trail mix.  Hmmm.  Well, whatevs – I like it anytime a snack company tries to capitalize on topical sporting events.

Let’s get to the goodies CVS sent me!

CVS sent me a literal sack of stuff.

Lots of goodies here – my co-workers will be so pleased.

Salt and pepper pistachios!  I wonder when we’ll see Stephen Colbert pimping these with salt and pepper hair?

Cranberry trail mix!  With TWO different kinds of cranberries AND raisins?  You so crazy, Gold Emblem.

GUMMY BEARS!  I honestly haven’t eaten gummy bears in FOREVER.  Is the original Haribo?  Someone tell me in the comments below.

Greek yogurt covered pretzels, as opposed to the crappy American-yogurt covered pretzels everyone else is producing. EAT IT, ROLD GOLD!

Deluxe mixed nuts!  For when I want to pretend that I’m running a bar and need a snack for all of my patrons to put their fingers in.

yeah….the Junk Food Gal stole this as soon as I put it down.

And finally, Sea Salt Caramels! Let’s actually try these:

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM not bad. Decent chocolate covering, and a REALLY soft chewy caramel inside.  Wish there was as much sea salt as on the picture, but whatever.  These were exactly as you’d imagine them to be – sweet, salty, chocolaty, caramel-y. Pretty damn delicious.

Thanks, CVS!  And enjoy the weekend and Final Four, everyone!

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Sincerely,

Junk Food Guy