My mom makes derogatory remarks about people's weight under her breath to me despite the fact that I have repeatedly told her to stop.

There is something conflicted about a society that is increasingly overweight, yet mocks fat people for exercising and makes decent exercise clothes for larger sizes expensive and hard to find. Of course, this is the same society in which the women's magazine covers tout "Lose that Last 10 Pounds" and "10 Best Chocolate Desserts."

I have been known to be at least amused by other people's carts. I stopped at an all night grocery one time to buy coffee and pet food, which along with toilet paper are the things I'd stop for at 2 a.m. The person in front of me was buying two bags of marshmallows and a game of checkers. Terrible insomnia and a craving for Rice Krispy Treats, maybe?

or a really boring, well-sugared camping trip! i make up elaborate stories for other people's cart contents all the time, but i keep them to myself (or maybe a snarky friend). I especially love running into theatre people doing emergency prop runs, those are almost always entertaining. "oh crap, we're out of extra large unlubricated condoms and skittles!" is surprisingly common.

eta: sure, it's usually the sound folks buying the huge unlubed condoms, but it's not uncommon for SM or Prop person to pick up an emergency pack when backstage is running low.

There is something conflicted about a society that is increasingly overweight, yet mocks fat people for exercising and makes decent exercise clothes for larger sizes expensive and hard to find. Of course, this is the same society in which the women's magazine covers tout "Lose that Last 10 Pounds" and "10 Best Chocolate Desserts."

Ginger hits it in one.

Society loves status quo. We will revile what we will not tolerate seeing changed. This is why people repeat the same patterns over and over again and why addicts get clean only to go back to the alley. There is HUGE social 'support' for keeping things the way they are.

Screw'em, I say. Choose to be happy anyway. That'll learn 'em. Or at least, that is what works for me.

A lady in front of me was buying zucchini and a bottle of cheap wine one day. I had a hard time stifling my giggles.

I had a hard time stifling my giggles.

I don't get it.

ew I just saw Timothy Hutton's Groupon ad.

Yeah, that one was in poor taste I felt.

I liked Eminem's Chrysler ad.

I don't get it.

Because I am twelve, I figured the zucchini was her date. But not really, but by then I had already thought it and the giggles wanted out. I'm pretty sure I contained myself enough that no one else noticed what a perv I am.

I liked Eminem's Chrysler ad.

I played it two or three times on my nice wide-screen monitor.