The first new, occasionally recurring topic, will be Things that I find Irritating, Annoying, or Dumb.
And first off is this dumb measuring cup from pyrex:
Did Pyrex hire a marketing design team who told them that new shape would attract a more "youthful clientele?" I'm pretty sure the only thing this will accomplish is lots of middle aged people walking into bed bath and beyond, taking one look at this weird flared shaped measuring cup (which is needlessly different from the old measuring cup) and then walking back out of the store to go to a yard sale, where invariably, they would find the old measuring cup.
Or how about this. Perhaps pyrex makes such solid, durable, and long lasting products, that people who bought the original measuring cub 30 years ago have no need to replace it unless there is some new marketing gimmick. Hence the new shape! Either way, I, who am looking to buy the normally shaped pyrex measuring cup for my mother in law (don't ask) find the new shape irritating, annoying, and dumb.
