Diet Coke, which has no nutritional value, also won’t give you a heart attack: it has only 40 mg of Sodium.
On the other hand, V8 juice, which is supposed to be so healthy, has 880 mg of Sodium – 37% of an adult’s minimum daily requirement.
Black Friday (Missed It)
Once again, I’ve missed out on buying even one essential-to-life, in-store special, like a diamond pendant, a “Monster House” DVD or a 30 inch tall Flounder Pillow Buddy.
Midterms and High-Tech Cred
Prior to the elections, CNET News.com graded Congress on technology votes covering such topics as the federal Can-Spam Act, taxing online purchases and making the ban on Net-access taxes permanent.
Considering that the election was supposedly about big ticket items like Iraq and Congressional corruption, it seems that arcana like Net neutrality wouldn’t have captured the public interest.
That’s probably true of most of the country, but not necessarily in the geographic regions with a large population of high tech workers.
Here’s a rundown of how the highest and lowest-rated Senators and Representatives who were up for reelection fared.
Dogs
I wish that I liked Golden Retrievers. I’ve tried, but to tell you the truth, that breed and I just don’t get along.
Unseemly
It is an ugly and distasteful spectacle, watching Mitt Romney, who was born with so much, build his intended Presidential campaign on the backs of people who face discrimination for handicaps that are not their fault.
That’s beside the fact that Matt’s preoccupation – nay, obsession – with the private sex lives of monogomous, consenting adults makes my skin crawl.
Doing More (and More, and More)
Doing, i.e., filling every waking minute with a task, chore or activity, isn’t making me particularly happy.
Sure, it’s not a bad thing to respect time as any other non-renewable resource. The problem with doing, though, is that it’s like having: you can accumulate accomplishments in the same way as goods, but at the end of the day, all those goals achieved seem to vanish into thin air.
Why would that be so?
You Go, Gov-Elect
Governor-elect Deval Patrick has said he has “more homework to do” on legalizing casinos in Massachusetts.
Symbol of Security
This, from Glamour, so it must be so:
Police in your dream are a symbol of security in your life. Even if your dream involved trouble with them, it signifies that you will get unexpected help with a current problem.
Mild Winter, Guaranteed
Peter, Bonnie and I bought a snow blower last night, so a pleasant winter is almost a certainty.
Uphill Battles and the Mashpee Schools
Much to his credit, my son was quoted twice in the local papers this week about the shortcomings in the Mashpee Public Schools.
Both he and his wife have become grassroots activists for change and improvement, and since he’s blogged about this, I won’t recap the details.