Thank you, Terra Chips, or, The Dangers of Impulse Shopping.

I think that "natural flavors" added into Terra Chips makes me dizzy.

Yup, that's probably gluten. They don't put gluten-free on their bags for a reason. And the Terra lady on the phone says she definitely would not suggest someone avoiding gluten try anything but the basic root chips cooked in oil.

PROS: Score! If gluten is what has been making me dizzy, then as I get rid of gluten in my life, I can go back to ballroom dancing!

CONS: I liked those cinnamon spice sweet potato chips.

Will just have to bake my own in the oven. I don't have a fryer, because the oil would coat the apartment -- maybe if I had an outdoor cooking area, I'd get one. And watch Alton Brown's show on proper frying of fries (sweet, in my case.) I'd better go have my last fries at Kerby Lane, too -- they cook everything in the same oil, I'm pretty sure, so there go those sweet potato fries, too. Bah --

Tyrus Books, Busted Flush Merger Falls Apart --

From Publisher's Weekly on-line:

What with settling the estate, etc. it's not a good time for Tyrus Books to buy Busted Flush Press. About the only help I can think of we can give McKenna Jordan, owner of Murder By The Book bookstore in Houston, TX, would be to check out the great books over at Busted Flush Press.

I particularly recommend the David Handler mysteries!