I am really annoyed with cereal companies. Post, Kellogs, and General Mills you aught to be ashamed of yourselves.

When I was a youngster, you would buy a box of cereal and the prize would be inside. Now, you rarely, if ever, get a prize inside the box. You always have to send away for it. Sending away for something is about 100 times less exciting than getting something right in the box. I don't care what it is - a baseball card, a figurine, a decoder ring, whatever - if I get sugary kids cereal than I want a dang prize!

When i was a kid the prizes were cool. I remember getting lego sets, cool GI Joe-like toys, puzzles, and all sorts of stuff. The closest thing to a decent prize they have now is cutting a mask out of the back of the box. Needless to say, this is lame. Would it really cost them that much to just throw a two cent plastic figure in every box? It would make me a happy boy.