I've started off my week with a new deodorant. I've been using Right Guard Xtreme Sport Power Stripe for quite some time now. I'm usually against products that use the word "extreme" as a marketing gimic, and even more passionately against those that leave off that first "E" in the word. But how can you resist that power stripe? It's an extra dose of odor protection.

Unfortunately, the terrible and tiny Giant grocery store by me in Alexandria did not have ANY Xtreme Sport Power Stripe deodorant when I was there last night. (Wegmans when are you coming to Virginia?) But regular Right Guard Anti-perspirant was $1 off. So I figured, "Why not."

But now I'm going through the "new deodorant switch" where you try and figure out how best to use thew new stuff. See, with the Xtreme Sport Power Stripe deodorant, four swipes on my underarm would get me through the day without making me smell too much like "sport" or "active fresh" or whatever smell I had last chosen. But it seems that four swipes might be too many for regular Right Guard deodorant because as I sit here at my desk, with every breathe I take I can smell just how "fresh" I really am. And I bet that as I walk down the hall I leave behind a trail of "Alpine Fresh" for my co-workers to enjoy.

I don't want to actually smell like my deodorant, I just don't want to smell bad when I sweat. Man, I really lead a difficult life.