Commercials

Since Super Bowl commercials are such a big deal it started me a thinking...probably not a good thing! Home security commercials, the family sitting on the couch - the father slumped over because he failed to protect his family - the mother with her pearls and light cardigan, back turned to her husband, her hands on the little girl who looks like someone tore the arms off her favorite doll. Their home is trashed, so their going to sit down and share with us how having a home security system will make us safe, and only a failure father/husband would have ever allowed this to happen in the first place. And why would overweight, rapping hamsters entice me to purchase a car which looks like an ancient clog? Did you see the one with the dog buying off the man with Doritos. The dog was burying the collar and name tag of Fluffy the cat - all I kept thinking was "Some poor little girl is balling her eyes out because her kitty is gone." 3 in 1 hygeine products, made mostly for men, now you can use one substance to wash your hair, your body, and soothe your face after shaving. Are men that lazy they can't manage two hygiene products? And how can one product do all three? If it really can, where is the one for women? Speaking of which...Just For Men hair color - a little comb, 10 minutes...bam you are a stud muffin walking out the door with a woman half your age and half a dress. I checked the price of this product,between $6 & $7. To color my hair I pay $9 - $12, it takes two hours and it stinks for two days. Of course those hard to color gray areas are back in 2 weeks so now I can buy root touch up for only $6-$8. Yay for women. Are women so much more vane (that's not the right spelling of that word but you know what I mean.) Why yes we are, because it has been imbedded into us since childhood. You don't want to be an old maid! There is nothing wrong with being a maid. I don't want to break the bad news, we are all going to get old, men too! Car commercials, manly men drive big trucks, soccer moms drive safe vehicles, rich single folks drive convertibles. It's that easy - except for the other 3 million of us who drive what we can afford or what is already paid for. We don't count. The couple going at the beach with their wine & cheese, they are not driving a 2002 Ford Escort. People are paid millions of dollars - did you count the # of Budweiser commercials during the SB? That must have cost $20 million, could not that money been put to better use..."We at Budweiser have elected not to promote our products, because it is the SB, and y'all are drinking anyway. Instead we are donating $20 million dollars to build 5 advocacy agencies for abused children. So take this commercial free time to go hug your child." that would have been sweet! And did I hear correctly that folks are protesting JCP because they selected Ellen Degeneres as their spokesperson? Seriously? JCP is an old school store I get that, and Ellen did "come out" loudly...15 years ago. Sexual orientation aside, what is the problem here. Get a piece of paper and a writing instrument, blindfold yourself or close your eyes (but don't cheat, trust me I will know) using your non-dominant hand make a list of the 10 things you value most. How did it come out? Can you read it? Was it comfortable? Try writing with your toes. Imagine your whole life having to utilize what wasn't you just to get by. Goodness when will people wake up. I didn't proofread this so I apologize for typos!