Emergency shopping is not likely to end well, I’ve learned, at least in terms of value. It’s even worse than shopping for groceries while hungry because in that case you can improve your odds by snarfing a handful of peanuts on the way in. But when your glasses go south, well, it’s hard to comparison shop when you can’t see.

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My friend Deb, who understands my fascination with quirky cultural things, sent me two bags of “The Official Snack of Hip-Hop.” That snack goes under the name Rap Snacks, which already confuses me because I’m not clear on the distinctions and intersections of rap and hip hop, even after reading this.

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