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From time to time, I get in a bit of a rant mode; Lately, it has been one of "how would your feel?" Yeah, I am kinda stuck on the negative at the moment but, read on later in the week, I have some positive "how would you feels" coming up. Today, I wanted to talk about, in a tongue and cheek manner, about feeling like a criminal for doing the right thing.

Let me begin by telling you what I did that I thought was so right. In my humble loft, amidst my wreckage caused by my curse of never wanting to throw anything away, I felt a tad bit remorse about the amazing number of plastic grocery bags I accumulated. Now, I have read interesting articles about turning them into door mats, I don't get much company. That solution wouldn't work.

Next my mind turned into what I should do. A few days later, at the local grocery check out, I noticed they were selling re-usable bags. Like the ones my non-modern-obsolete grandparents used to use when they took me to market. Back in the oh-so-stupid days when we demanded fresh produce and the right to haggle over price. I was so struck by them as a solution that I actually uttered "eureka". I bought two.

The hippie in me really felt good about it. No more excessive plastic bags met I was sparing the life of many plastic plants out there. I don't know what ecosystem they grow in but plants that never need water and fade so little MUST be preserved. I left and anxiously awaited my next walk to the grocery store. Unfortunately, everything after that was just a mixed bag.

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Maybe it is just me but I am pretty bitter at NBC. Maybe it is just the old skewl in me, having grown up in an era of MASH, All in the Family and so many other shows and networks that, in those days, did things a bit different. I can not believe they simply axed heroes. It is wrong on several fronts.

First of all, I am one of those late era baby boomers who has an opinion on this. A very strong one. You end a series with closure... not a cliff hanger to seeing if you will have more viewers next season. Like what the hell are you thinking NBC? Hey Jericho fans sent nuts because of a line in the series.. I suggest we send the NBC execs brains for they certainly lack them regarding this decision.

And yeah NBC, it may have not been the best of the best rated shows. It still fared pretty well and uh, look at the rest of your schedul. Heroes had something your network deseperately need.. regular viewers. People like me who got hooked and made no other plans on Monday nights. Now that is my "anything but NBC" night.

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So, Uncle Sam is ready to release a new hundred dollar bill. Should we say w00t!? Forgive me for saying so, I seriously doubt it. First of all, who is paying for all this redesigning and retooling? Oh of course, we are, that would be the US Citizens. When I was a kid, I always thought that the U and the S, implies us. A naive view on what I thought democracy was.

Personally, I would have rather see them create some type of new value for this bill. The new bill doesn't impress me any more with it's looks any more than the old one. Rarely, have I even seen the the old ones. Like many, if not most of us, I seldom see more than a thin stack of twenties.

Like many or most, quarks rival the stay of currency in my wallet... Too little in and too much out. Honestly, put Mickey Mouse on the mo-fo and make it spend mo! That is the new bill I want!

This is nothing more than putting a wedding dress on a crack whore and claiming she is a lady of value. Seriously, we don't need a new hundred dollar bill. We need the old ones to be worth something.