PUBLISHER’S CLEARING HOUSE WINNER ANNOUNCED

PUBLISHER’S CLEARING HOUSE WINNER ANNOUNCED When I write a blog I need to be mad or passionate about the subject—otherwise the words will not flow. I was in such a good mood today, with nothing upsetting me, so I was not going to post a blog. I had done research into the new “Car Allowance Rebate System“ (CARS) bill ( commonly known as Cash for Clunkers), but I just could not get into the subject. Then I received an e-mail that made me mad. Publisher’s Clearing House informed me that they had selected a winner and, of course, I knew it was not me. I fill out every form that PCH e-mails and snail mails me. I transfer every stamp and make decisions on whether I want yearly payments for life or a lump sum payment, I order magazines (even though I know that making a purchase is not supposed to enhance my chances of winning) and I have even ordered some of their “as seen on TV” stupid products even though I don’t need them. The e-mail invited me to watch the video of the winner being surprised--saying that they knew that it would be “entertaining” for me to watch the reveal. How stupid is that? Why would I be entertained by footage of some stranger finding out they had just won millions of dollars? Now I was mad! To keep my level of madness growing, I then read about how Oprah was spending more than $9,000,000 (1700 employees at a cost of $5400 each) to take her staff on a trip to Barcelona, Spain and then on a cruise. The excuse for the vacation was to celebrate Oprah’s 55 birthday which was back in January. Oprah has the right to spend her money however she chooses, but I bet the employees would have preferred cash instead of a cruise. But giving employees a cash bonus would not have generated Oprah the amount of publicity a cruise would. So today some random stranger won millions of dollars and Oprah spent millions of dollars. I had lunch at T.G.I. Fridays. The honey mustard salad dressing was delicious, so I am not mad anymore.