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Crafting the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich (and no, it isn't frozen)

I was in Aldi the other day when I stumbled upon these modern marvels of engineering. That's right, folks, there is actually a company out there that manufactures and sells frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Really? Who's buying this stuff? Moms who would like to prepare food for their families, but are too busy to open two jars and a bag of bread? Wouldn't it take even longer to unfreeze one of these than to spread the condiments on two pieces of bread?

Not to mention that you lose all semblance of creativity that goes along with making your own PB&J sandwich. What's that? You don't see how making PB&J can be creative? Well, good thing I'm here to set you straight.

Amputee competes in high school wrestling tournament (with video)

Just a shameless plug for the video story I did this past week. It was a pretty incredible find when I was hanging out with a camera at the Alabama wrestling championships and someone told me there was a wrestler competing with a prosthetic foot.

Then, I got to interview Chase Newton, his coach and parents, and was even more blown away by the story.

I'm embedding the two videos below and my original post is here. Watch them or we're no longer friends. Just kidding (kind of).

The future of Web video on al.com?

Maybe the headline is a little over dramatic, but we're changing the way we do sports videos at al.com. I've been shooting and editing video there for two years now, but now we're focusing more on telling complete stories with our videos, as opposed to just showing game highlights or post-game interviews.

For example, check out this UAB basketball video I shot earlier this week:

UAB beats Tulsa 65-55 for first place in C-USA

Yes, that overly nasal voice you hear in the background is mine. That's another change that's going to take some getting used to for me. I don't especially like going on-camera or doing voice-overs but it's easy to see how the finished product is more watchable than just highlights with no context added.

Keep an eye open, as I'll be putting together some National Signing Day videos as well as a preview of the state high school wrestling tournament this week.