Derry's Blog.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first Oreo cookie rolling off the factory line. And while March 6th, 1912 is certainly a momentous day to be remembered, it can't hold a candle to September 24, 1981. That's the day I invented the Deca-Oreo. Many said it couldn't be done—well, only one person, and she was more like "it shouldn't be done"—but I persevered and successfully combined the delicious cream filling from ten Oreos into a single lunchtime treat that would change the face of sandwich cookies forever. In its wake lay the uneaten chocolate biscuits from the nine cookies that sacrificed their guts for its creation. Sadly, since that day many have come forth to claim that they invented the Deca-Oreo, and it makes me wish this refurbished Netgear WGR614 Wireless-G Router with Parental Controls had been invented at the time. That and the internet. For a mere $4.99 I could have hopped online and posted photos of my creation to Flickr, blogged about how it was built, and secured my position as one of the world's greatest culinary pioneers. Instead, I now have to watch preschoolers and unemployed philosophy majors taking credit for my creation. -AL More »