{"id":273,"date":"2007-05-12T16:19:43","date_gmt":"2007-05-13T00:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2007\/05\/12\/blog-064-stuffed-pocky\/"},"modified":"2008-11-22T14:35:40","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T22:35:40","slug":"blog-064-stuffed-pocky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2007\/05\/12\/blog-064-stuffed-pocky\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog 064 > Stuffed Pocky?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a target=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2007\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_stuff_pocky_01a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=1 src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2007\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_stuff_pocky_01a_sm.jpg?w=545\" alt=\"Stuff &#038; Pocky\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Photo 001 by xJAYMANx | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Hmmm, what does the American men&#8217;s magazine <a target=new href=\"http:\/\/www.stuffmagazine.com\/index.aspx\"><em>Stuff<\/em><\/a> have to do with the popular chocolate-covered Japanese treat <a target=new href=\"http:\/\/pocky.jp\/index.html\"><em>Pocky<\/em><\/a>? Well, not much, lol. That is, until this past week, while having some breakfast before work&#8230; when I turned to page 58-59 of the <em>Stuff<\/em> March 2007 issue. In the first pages of the &#8220;SPEND&#8221; section &#8212; &#8220;SNACK ATTACK!&#8221; &#8212; <em>Pocky<\/em> is actually featured as choice &#8220;A5&#8221;, lol. Check out the following close-ups of what the magazine says&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a target=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2007\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_stuff_pocky_01b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=1 src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2007\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_stuff_pocky_01b_sm.jpg?w=545\" alt=\"Stuff &#038; Pocky\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Photo 002 by xJAYMANx | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a target=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2007\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_stuff_pocky_01c.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=1 src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2007\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_stuff_pocky_01c_sm.jpg?w=545\" alt=\"Stuff &#038; Pocky\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Photo 003 by xJAYMANx | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a target=\"new\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2007\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_stuff_pocky_01d.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=1 src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2007\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_stuff_pocky_01d_sm.jpg?w=545\" alt=\"Stuff &#038; Pocky\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Photo 004 by xJAYMANx | Click to enlarge<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo 001 by xJAYMANx | Click to enlarge Hmmm, what does the American men&#8217;s magazine Stuff have to do with the popular chocolate-covered Japanese treat Pocky? Well, not much, lol. That is, until this past week, while having some breakfast before work&#8230; when I turned to page 58-59 of the Stuff March 2007 issue. In &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2007\/05\/12\/blog-064-stuffed-pocky\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[66,59],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-4p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/10\/15\/post-412-insane-shopping\/","url_meta":{"origin":273,"position":0},"title":"post 412 ~ insane shopping!","author":"xjaymanx","date":"October 15, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"the Galleria food court the Galleria parking lot, the Sunset Station casino in the distance brand-new Nike cap (sports authority) and Hooters mag (borders)! 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