Horse Manure Park

Advertising in America fascinates me.  It also ticks me off. We live in a society of "new and improved."  Everything is better.  Everything is upgraded.  Everything is refined. But when you think about it, what does "new and improved" really say to you? Well, in my world, when a manufacturer comes out with a "new and improved" product, it is something of a mea culpa: a confession that their product really wasn't very good to begin with... We know it sucked before, but now it's better!  Now it's improved!  No, really, it is ! So with this in mind, I put on my pajamas and went to my favorite store, Wal-Mart, to check out the latest advertising gimmicks.  Here's what I found. All of us should be just a little irked when we see this: Orville Redenbacher's Smartpop! popcorn; NEW and improved.  It no longer has saturated fat, which means your arteries will clog less quickly than before. Bleach is bleach, right?  It tak...

We bought string cheese for the kids. I had to throw it all in the garbage. I will have absolutely nothing in my home bearing the name "Cheese Heads." Man, what a waste of moolah.

Is anybody out there?  Hmmmm.... Anyway, just in case anyone might stop by, here's a little update.  I guess it's been something like three months since I've written anything.  I could be just talking to myself... ...which I do pretty often. I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook.  I saw an old post of mine, going back to 2009, where I compared Facebook to Wal-Mart.  It's the place everyone complains about, but everyone goes to anyway. That's pretty accurate, if I don't say so myself. I see so many dumb things on Facebook.  So many things that just make me shake my head.  The most recent was the following, posted and re-posted all over Facebook as a fact: No, it's not real. It's an obvious forgery.  It's ludicrous.  But too many people think that if it is on Facebook, it's gotta be true. No thinking allowed, folks.  It seems to be the American way. But Facebook is also a great asset because it allows me to ke...