With the news this week that Hostess, the company that makes Twinkies, is filing for bankruptcy protection, we must accept the sad reality that this may mean the beginning of the end for Twinkies.
Sure, Hostess makes a number of other well-known food products such as Wonder Bread and Ding Dongs, but has there ever been a snack food that is as iconic as the Twinkie? I would argue—no.
So how ironic is it that in the Asian American community, the Twinkie has a negative connotation—serving as shorthand for someone who is yellow on the outside, but white on the inside? Why can’t the Twinkie represent something positive? Like someone who’s yellow on the outside and full of yummy creaminess inside? So the next time someone calls you a Twinkie, instead of getting angry or offended, you can instead proclaim proudly, “Why yes, I am yellow on the outside. And inside me is a yummy creaminess that’s just waiting to explode inside your mouth, damnit!”
Greece is screwed. The home country of Mt. Olympus is bankrupt and no spell conjured up by any naked God from atop the Acropolis will be able to save it. Normally, when a country cannot pay off it’s debts, the government can quietly print up a whole bunch of new money via a printing press (ie. out of thin air) to get the creditor pimps off their backs (that’s what the 
