1. A New Low
I humbly present... a new low.
The Taco Bell Drive-thru Diet.


Here's a youtube of the stupefying commercial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ89JaxqVgI
Sigh.

2. WSJ too
The WSJ loves Ann Tyler and her new book "Noah's Compass too:


The WSJ guy didn't mind her Noah not needing a compass theme... seemed like a hook to me... contrived.

3. Annoying, Part 2
This isn't a new phenomenon... just something that is getting more common.
Bugging you at the store to give money to this charity or that:


QOTD

"...can't I just get a gallon of milk in peace?"
- WSJ guy on getting accosted for money checking out at the Safeway, source

I remember my telling Ty at Wendy's when we were hit up for some dough... "Can I just buy my lousy burger." He he.

4. My Handle
From my previous post... "everything has two handles, one by which it can be borne and one by which it cannot."

Taco Bell ads and Safeway ninnies and on and on... these can be borne by the handle (knowledge, approach, outlook) that these are exceptions to the beauty and care surrounding us. Focus on these positive things every day, and the Drive-Thru Diet can be borne, in all its ridiculousness.

Or, worded another way, Venus Williams in a bikini trumps any shenanigans I might bump into watching TV or at the Safeway.
my handle... yow, bill

Labels: fun, qotd