Goodbelly

Doing some grocery shopping the other night in the natural food market near my house, I discovered these “goodbelly” pro-biotic and nutrient packed fruit juice shots. The last two days, I brought them to work and had them as a snack, once in the morning, and today in the afternoon. They’re tasty, only 50 calories, and my stomach feels terrific. Not stressed out, tight, or uncomfortable in any way.

It could be that my stomach feels so great because I’ve been doing very little work today, focusing instead on signing up for holistic health classes and catching up with friends (a girl has to have her social life!), but it’s also possible those little goodbelly shots work. I’m all about promoting digestive health, so I think I’ll try a few more days with the shots and see how my tummy feels. Apparently, a lot of dis-ease starts in your digestive track, so if you have issues there, it’s important to address them, and things that increase digestive health are a plus.

Not for nothing, I couldn’t help but notice that goodbelly is made by Swedes. Figures.

Absolut Says "Bite Me" America

Oh, you crazy Swedes, now you’ve gone and done it. With your off-kilter sense of humor you went from vodka to immigration and allegations of anti-US sentiments in 1.2 seconds flat. Didn’t anyone ever teach you not to mix stiff drinks with politics?

It’s very amusing to me that Absolute picked Mexico as the focus of its ad. Seems like they could have picked just about anyone who has lost in history and plucked on their nationalistic heart strings: The Aztecs before the Spaniards; Native Americans before the Europeans; Palestinians before Israel; Israelites before the Diaspora; Russia before the end of the Cold War; Vietnamese before the Vietnam War; Koreans before the Korean War; Pakistanis and Indians before the British; Africans before cololialism; and the list goes on and on. And let’s not forget the Vikings before they calmed their sea-faring ways.

I don’t believe for a minute that the Swedes are conducting a not-so-covert advertising blitz aimed at encouraging Mexican nationalism and drumming up anti-US sentiments. Probably, someone at Absolut just came back from vacation in Tulum where they fell in love with Mexico and happend to pick up an inspiring old map of the region. History is interesting, after all. I for one have an old map on my wall of centuries ago when the Swedes ruled huge sections of Denmark and Norway (Go Swedes!).

Some things really should not be taken so seriously. I mean, really, don’t the people worried about the US’s reputation have bigger things to worry about? Isn’t there a war going on?