Hold the Pickles
Published 21 years, 9 months pastJust when I thought it was all going to go to smash (and of course it probably will anyway), a tiny sign of sanity has peeked its head out of the murk to give me a moment of hope. A lawsuit alleging McDonald’s is responsible for two consumers’ obesity has been dismissed. Oddly enough, suddenly I have a craving for a McDonald’s hamburger. With fries. Mmmmm….
Of course, it’s absurd to think that fast food is good for you, and I’m not trying to say that it is. I worked at a very busy McDonald’s for a couple of years, so I know what goes into that stuff. It’s not healthy. I don’t think it’s supposed to be, and in fact the offering of salads and yogurt at McDonald’s still gives me moments of cognitive dissonance. The whole super-sizing trend isn’t the greatest thing to hit the waistline, either, and it seems to be moving into the home. But nobody’s forcing us to super-size anything. We choose to go for the Big Gulp, and Value Pack, the Combo Deal, the what-have-you outsized portion. We could as easily choose not to go for them, if it were important to us. In the meantime, people should stop blaming nebulous external forces for everything wrong in their lives. Personal responsibility may be a neglected art these days, but it’s one well worth reviving.
Speaking of junk-ish food, did you know that if you leave rainbow sprinkles in a vanilla milkshake overnight (in the refrigerator, of course!), they semi-disintegrate into a sort of sandy, crusty consistency? Neither did I, until lunch today. And for those wondering why I would be drinking a milkshake in our current weather, the nightly lows are still positive Fahrenheit values, so it’s not all that cold. Besides, a really good milkshake is worthwhile in any weather, and Dottie’s makes really good milkshakes. Not quite as good as Tommy’s, perhaps, but still really darned good.
If you’re in the central Ohio area and would like to see some fun stuff done with lightweight markup and creative CSS, remember that I’ll be speaking at the Central Ohio Macromedia User Group meeting tomorrow evening at 7:00pm. We’ve made sure to leave time for audience questions, so come on down!