Eliot
August 2, 2009
1. And how about my half gallon of ice cream… it is not! 1.5Q.. grrr

Lisa
August 4, 2009
2. This post made me laugh! I have thought about this too. Has anyone noticed that the noodles in hamburger helper doesn’t even feed one person? Or that the spaghetti sauce in a jar is just not enough…now you’ve gotta buy two cans to cover the pasta?

   I think we should start a revolution! Stop buying food for one day or two and see if that sends a message! Food companies are making more money and I’m making less. So, I am trying to figure out ways to keep my grocery bill down and still maintain a healthy diet. Anyone got suggestions? Sure, it’s easy to buy the partially hydrogenated crap that they offer, but harder to buy fresh veggies, healthy snacks, etc. cuz they’re outrageously priced! The food industry is starving us! — and we’re getting fatter?!?!?! I’m confused.

Zupe
August 14, 2009
3. Yes, they did the same thing to the coffee rolls…I guess we are getting euro sized portions with all the euro socialism we are importing as of recent times

Bob Margolis
August 17, 2009
4. Joe,

   Couldn’t agree more! D & D is absolutely serving smaller portions. Their muffins seem to be 20-30% smaller as one example. Used to be hard to close the box on a dozen and it’s easier now. Bigger box… I don’t think so.

   I also got a double cheese burger at McD’s today and it was $1.29 where what seemed like a couple of months ago they were on the dollar menu.

   I suspect it’s happening everywhere.

Jenn Ford
August 19, 2009
5. Even the Girl Scouts are doing it with their cookies. More packaging and less cookies! Geesh.

   Lisa - I suggest Aldi for grocery shopping. Not a big selection, but if they have your staples you’re all set. And it keeps me from buying the little crap that I pick up that is not on the list! Aldi has fresh fruits and veggies at very good prices, but again, not a huge selection, and of course not local or organic.

   I get all of my meat and toiletries at Sam’s Club in bulk.

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Tia Martinson
July 30, 2009
1. Suzi, you are right on the money. This is about choosing to be empowered. This is about having strength and courage to do what is best for you! Make your own rules and make your own life. Great post! Thank you!

Eliot
July 30, 2009
2. I actually prefer habit breaker in your case…

   consider it… but it does sound less rebellious lol

   and its also about confidence…

   get rid of bad habits that make you less confident
   develop new habits that make you more confident.

   So I am sorry but I don’t accept the rule breaker persona…

   You are transitioning to new and better habits that will make you more confident and lead you to bigger successes.

   So there!

   (wadda ya think of that?)

Suzi Craig
July 30, 2009
3. Tia - you are right on. Breaking the rules = empowering your life. Doesn’t mean there aren’t scary things that fall out from that, there are, but rewards are great.

   Eliot - confidence is a factor for sure! But habit breaker sounds so vanilla. I prefer rule breaker - much sassier!

Tia Martinson
July 31, 2009
4. Yes! Rule breaker is much sassier (which is a very important trait to me)! I must say, the long road of transformation is really just doing one thing that will offer a change in the right direction. Then when you still feel great from that decision, you do another and then another. It’s no big secret that it’s not complicated, but it can be so painful to peel yourself away from the usual. Call it whatever you like and do your very best to enjoy the trip!

Jon Doubleday
September 28, 2009
5. WOW, that is out of character. Change is good if it is done for the right reasons and it seems this is. Good luck.

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Suzi Craig
July 30, 2009
1. I actually just love the variety of “shocked” faces on the girls. And, yes, creepy as it is those are girls, not women. But, I really would have liked to have been in on that art department meeting when they were choosing the pics - which girls got thrown out, I wonder, because they just weren’t shocking enough or because they replicated another girl’s shocked style?

   This is a good one Joe. Just wish you we didn’t have to actually show the ad and give these guys more press.

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Suzi Craig
July 30, 2009
1. All good questions Ben. I think there’s a mindshift too that needs to happen. We instantly think of in-person or phone as the most possible meeting options and video conferencing as fraught with technical issues and bad reception. Like you said, if the technology were open to companies of all sizes and became more universal (and surely it will be) than I think we would find that our worlds would get a little smaller, in a good way. And, I like your point on the “green” of not jumping on a plane. That’s something that Apple and others should consider as a selling point.

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Brian Scates
July 24, 2009
1. Joe -

   Thanks for your link. I think you’re misunderstanding the scale of the problem though. It’s not just an ‘upgrade’ decision for IT departments, it’s a “rewrite all our software” decision. These companies have all been developing proprietary and mission-critical software on IE6 that breaks in all other browsers. They made the mistake of treating the browser like a core piece of the OS that would remain constant throughout the years, and it did not.

   I’m sure MS would love these companies to redo the software as well, as it’s not just holding up advancements on the web, but it’s holding up OS upgrades as well (can’t run IE6 in Vista or 7, so they’re all still using XP).

   Somewhere in here there will have to be a tipping point. The two potential paths I see is that companies give in and spend the requisite millions of dollars to redo their software (difficult to justify in this economy), or MS gives in and makes a version of IE6 that will run on modern OSes, maybe in a self contained virtual container for enterprise customers.

   Either way, it’s not a simple fix by any means.

Joe Philippon
July 27, 2009
2. Thanks Brian,

   I might not have been totally clear in my post, but I do understand the scale of the problem and why the corporations that rely on it haven’t been willing to upgrade because of the catastrophic bill that awaits them. I’m sure, given the chance, most IT people would be ecstatic to upgrade, but cannot due to the cost involved.

   As someone who is involved in the development of websites everyday, I am trying to take a point of view I haven’t heard before (and an attempt at some humor) that developers maybe should not worry about making ever website they build work fully in IE6 anymore, and the inadvertent affects it would have.

   Thanks for your comments. I hope this better explains the thoughts in my head when writing my original post.

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