So I find myself at a grocery store acquiring foodstuffs for the first time since the great spinach scare of 2006 and what do I notice? EVERYTHING that could even be possibly construed to contain minute quantities of vegetable matter has "Contains No Spinach" stickers plastered all over it. Some are reasonable in a quaint, we-just-whipped-this-up-in-our-laser-printer-with-Microsoft-Word-and-some-OfficeMax-labels kind of way. More amazing, however, is the proportion of products sporting slick, marketing-department-approved photoshop-heavy labels professionally printed on holographic card stock (ok, I kid on these last two). I mean, who had time to go design these things, print them up, insert them into the production line, and STILL get these packages of salad mix from the earth to my shopping cart in less than a week? This is the essential justification for me never trying to compete in the foodservice or retail markets -- I just wouldn't have imagined it was worth the effort!
In other news, it turns out that I haven't blogged in forever. As usual, that's because there's too much to say and too much happening -- leaving me dazed and unable to decide what to cover with the 5 blogging minutes available. That I'm writing now might telegraph a long-awaited slowdown in the pace of life -- though knowing me once I realize it's happening I'll schedule another 5 business trips. Then again, you could just blame it on the unresistable simplicity of the topic... I mean, who WOULDN'T jump at the chance to rant about "CONTAINS NO SPINACH" labels? Seriously!
More updates and retrospective on the past few months in the next post!