Tonight I was whipping up a batch of Alton Brown's Pantry Friendly Tomato Sauce and, somehow, I absolutely botched it. Too much sugar I think. When I got to the final step and blended it all together, it looked liked it's supposed to...but when I tasted it, it was like eating sugar out of the bag. YUCK!

In vain, I tried to cut my losses by adding some balsamic vinegar, but I was too late. The sauce when from tasting too sweet to tasting like salad dressing. YUCK!

Oh well, it's nights like tonight that pizza delivery was made for.

My inhaler ran out on Friday. On Sunday, I started feeling a little fluffy in the chest, so I went out to buy a new Primatene Mist inhaler...only to discover they're pretty much impossible to buy around here (i.e., Charlotte, NC) anymore. I went to three different pharmacies and they all told me the same thing: "We want to stock it, we keep ordering it, but none ever shows up." I went to Eckerd, CVS, and Wal-Mart.

One of the pharmacy assistants offered "I think they're trying to make it better for the environment or sumpin'", which is in line with an article posted on Fark several months back about the federal government requiring manufacturers of these inhalers to stop using CFC propellants by 2008.

After searching several online drug stores, CVS.com finally offered to sell me an inhaler, so I bought 2. The next day they canceled the order and, when I asked why, sent me a mystic e-mail that said they were unable to discuss the reasons for cancellation by e-mail. WTF?

Finally, yesterday, I found one of the SMALL bottles at a CVS about 10 miles away from my house. It was their only one, and the pharmacist told me they only get about 1 bottle/month.

Does anybody know what the hell is going on with this stuff? The manufacturer's website is silent.