Lasting effects ....

I bought those Debbie Meyer's Green Bags "As Seen On TV" in an effort to attain long-lasting veggie freshness. I know you've seen them, and you've wanted the very same thing for yourself, haven't you? Hey, it's natural. There are many things in the world that humans try to keep going "just one more day."

Take the economy for instance. Wouldn't it be nice if instead of deteriorating further, we could wrap it in some sort of miracle packaging that will arrest its natural progression? Indefinitely?

(Special plastic didn't work for the celery, but maybe a bureaucratic committee can pass a law that will buy us some time...)

One of my friends forwarded me an email he got this week. It said the following:

Following yesterday’s meeting of the Board of Directors it was decided to institute a temporary Wage and Salary Freeze for all employees effective immediately. This action will be reviewed and the end of the first Quarter 2009 with one of two possible outcomes:


* Extend the Freeze Indefinitely


* Rescinded Retroactively


Your support and cooperation will be appreciated.

Events can be delayed, but rarely are they avoided completely.

But that fact that we can't pervert the natural progression of things is good, right? Because who wants an "indefinite" wage freeze, anyway?

And I wouldn't eat celery that lasted too long either.