New View Askew

Now I know how the Inca’s may have felt. Or the Hittites. Or even those stone worshipping people on New Guinea – sheesh.  The life and society I have lived is being buried. First, you take away a man’s beer like Budweiser and replace it with Moose Drool or something equally stupid. Then you make him wear lycra shorts and a helmet to go for a bike ride. Isn’t that enough?  Apparently not and now they’ve gone too far; they’re stealing my childhood food. Listen to this (From Sept 15 Star Tribune Food section): ” Delicately spiced pork shoulder defies it’s bologna shape; its thinly sliced, warmed and slightly scorched on the stove, cloaked with Gruyere and sharp cheddar and tucked into a toasted and buttered roll.” All for only $11. This is the modern replacement for the good old bologna, Wonder Bread and chunk - of - cheddar cheese sandwich. Really. First, if you even know what Gruyere cheese is I don’t want anything to do with you!  Next, why would anyone do this? Can you

Labor Day Lament When you think about Labor Day what comes to mind? That's right, probably something like the image above. Well, I propose that it's time  to rethink Labor Day: why do we need one?  It appears that few of us actually labor anymore. No, that's not exactly right. We still work hard it's just that what we do doesn't seem like work. No, that's not right either. Work is work - it's what you do to make a living, support your family and sometimes even enjoy. Today, however, it's often hard to tell what it is we really do. I mean, most of us (okay, not me, I REALLY don't do much!) don't do work that actually makes stuff; that's either been outsourced or an immigrant (legal or otherwise) or a robot does it now. We do, however, attend meetings, work from home, create spreadsheets, analyze stuff for someone and create clever things that we can post pictures on or share what we're having for dinner. Oh yeah, and also drive pe