Yup.

“All right, I’ve got your three junior chili cheese wraps, a B.L.T., chicken strip sandwich, extra long Coney and a mozzarella stick. And a kid’s hot dog meal and kid’s hamburger meal, one with a grape slush, the other with a Powerade slush.” Tiffany Clay, a Newark High School (Ohio) student who should be going to a top college on a music scholarship, but won’t because she needs a job that pays the bills.

I was going through my email (you know–deleting the junk mail, responding to the important stuff, and enjoying the rest) this afternoon, and I came across an email inviting me to UNITE FOR HUNGER AND HOPE. Well, sheesh–I am always up for a good uniting, so I clicked the link, read the info, and decided that I would definitely participate! I personally have never experienced real hunger (and I hope I never do), but that doesn’t mean I would wish it on anyone else. You all know how much I love food–and that love is something I certainly want to share with the rest of the world. Good food, that…

I’m not one, but I play one on tv…LOL! Actually–I’m really not a shopaholic, most of the time! When this movie first came out, the NY Times ran an editorial suggesting that in a time of economic crisis, perhaps this wasn’t the best movie to run. Now that I’ve actually seen it, I personally disagree. Ü I think that this movie portrays the bigger symptom of our economy. We got into this mess because we couldn’t find it within ourselves to say no. We were drawn in by the lure of pretty things telling us that we deserved them. Hell with the finances–that’s what credit is for! And damn it–just…