The Issues

Why is everyone so down on OJ?  Not the person, the juice.  Orange Juice gets all this negative press, but the fact is that it's crazy delicious.  You see all these ads like:  'Orange juice is high in sugar.  Drink Vitamin Water.'  Or stories on the news websites about health saying things like:  'Juice is too high in sugar and you don't get enough nutrients or vitamins or whatever so eat real fruit'  And I'm not saying real fruit is bad, I love real fruit.  Just stay the eff away from my orange juice!  It's delicious and you know it!  Damn orange juice haters. 

One of the worst realizations I've had in the past few years is that Vitamin Water is actually really no better for you than Kool-Aid.  I thought I had finally found a good alternative to sugary Kool-Aid, but alas...   Seriously, it tastes way too delicious to not be good.  Maybe that's the problem.  Maybe everything that tastes good is not good for you.  THAT is the worst realization. 

Why do so many things that I like have salt in them?  I mean, lots of salt.  Refried beans, pasta sauces, the list goes on and on.  You look at these things and the sodium content is like 30% of your daily value and there's about 5 1/2 servings in the tiny can.  You gotta be kidding me.  We stocked up on some cheap Campbell's soup at the grocery store and those suckers have loads of sodium. 

The key is to not buy anything unless it's on sale.   Here are some tips:  don't get tomatoes unless they're .99 a pound or less.  And if it's summer and you're in CA, definitely plant some and don't buy any at all.  And don't get cereal unless it's $2.00 or less for the small to medium sized boxes or $3 for the big time ones.  

And those are the issues for the week.

Poker aggravation of the week:  other player's flush draws.