The Cheeseburger Bill

Well Congress has decided that we can no longer blame McDonald's for being overweight. It's about time. Why anyone would sue for voluntarily consuming two times the calories needed in one day is beyond me.

Yes, fast food is convenient, but anyone who did not realize that it isn't good was never taught about good nutrition. French Fries should not be counted as a vegetable.

As long as it also puts a stop to parents suing because their children are over weight. Well parents are the people feeding this junk to children not Ronald McDonald. Not having time to cook does not meant that it is acceptable to blame the company that did cook for the problem.

Why is it that people want to blame everyone else for their problems. If the food is what caused the weight issue there is no one to blame but the person eating the food. Unless of course it is a child then they can blame their parents for feeding it to them in the first place.

It isn't that difficult to know what to eat either. There are advertisements for three servings of dairy, five fruits and vegetables and whole grains. The TV tells you what to eat listen for a minute.

Soft drinks are not good, candy is not good, fried food is not good. That leaves a few options at some fast food places, but do you really want to chance how long the salad has been in the refrigerator?

The portion sizes are also too big. If one meal at a fast food place has the calories for a day or more then there is obviously too much food to be eaten at one sitting. Going over a personal calorie need continuously causes weight gain it is simple if it's not used it's stored. Guess how it's stored. I don't really need to say do I?

So the fast food places offer crap to be eaten by the American public, and too much of it for anyone to eat at one serving, but they can't make anyone eat it. Next time you want to blame the fast food for the extra pounds try blaming the person who drove up to the window to get it.

Good for congress for making us take responsibility for what we put in our bodies willingly.

Long nights make long days

So, after my much needed studying I slept a few hours. Well this sounds like a good thing, but I don't think the coffee wore off until right before I woke up. I was more tired when I woke up than I was when I went to sleep, but it can always be worse right.

And it was. The test I was expecting to be as easy as the last was much more difficult. As long as I passed I don't care anymore.

Followed by a long interview that I had to fake my way through. All of that just to get information I already knew from someone who has the title to say it.

Then a lot of waiting for the meeting that didn't happen. Although the waiting wasn't all bad in fact it was the most entertaining part of the day.

Then another interview. By that time I was so far gone I just didn't care, and didn't know what to ask. But at least now I have all of the interviews done that I needed to do. Until the next round comes along.

At least I did accomplish something today. I finished writing the one thing I won't be graded on, and got it in a day early.

Well at least tonight I may get some sleep.

New thoughts on W's nomination

So, I have a theory about the nomination of Harriet Myers to the Supreme Court. This is based on my belief that W is not an idiot, he just plays a damned good one on TV.

W nominates Myers who he knows will not be received well by the Republicans. He knows this because he knows all of the possible candidates they believed he might appoint. But this is part of the plan.

Knowing that Myers will not be confirmed by the Senate to the Supreme Court W. will use this when he later appoints a man he knows will be received well by the Senate. When people ask him why he did not appoint another woman he will be able to use the refusal of the Senate to confirm Myers.

In other words they wouldn't confirm her, so I picked someone they will confirm i.e. a man.

This type of planning would take much forethought from W and those around them. Lets face it that hasn't been something they have shown themselves to be good at, but I still wonder if it is possible that W is planning something with this nomination, and in turn tricking everyone around him to get what he wants in the end.

Anything is possible.

Another long night

I could just be asking for trouble. Waiting until the last minute to study, but procrastination is the name of the game. It doesn't help when the people I am studying with are even better at procrastination than I am. I thought I had it down when I finished my last paper five minutes after class started, but I think they have me beat.

I don't know how many more long nights I have before I finally give in and start doing things early. That would be better for my sanity, but I've never worried about being sane before so why should I start now.

I could just be growing up, but what fun is that anyway. Maybe it's not so much that I'm growing up as the people I am surrounded by make me feel old. But then again that hasn't been a difficult thing to accomplish lately.

What ever the reasoning for this new sense of needing to get things done before the stress hits I'm sure it is a passing phase. By the end of the week I will be so worried about all of the things that need to be done right now I won't know what to do with myself.

Sitting around

I should be glad. I will soon be done with school, but instead I feel like if I ever make it out I will sleep for a few months before it is possible for me to do anything productive.

I know that's not completely true. I'll only sleep for two days before I start going again.

The largest problem I have is that I will actually be in the real world. I don't know if I can handle that. Of course that could be because I don't believe in the real world to begin with. Not only will I be out of school, but have worked for four years toward a goal, and now I am questioning that goal.

Well, I guess I just have to live with my choices for a while.