Chris Moss Online

Smoothie King had to go and destroy my relationship with them. Smoothie King first entered my life when I was working in Atlanta for several months. I liked to go jogging after work in Piedmont Park and then grab a smoothie. Smoothie King began in New Orleans (another place I love) and spread in the east, but there were no stores in Dallas. I became addicted to the “Pep Upper” in Atlanta, a delicious, icy and refreshing blend of strawberries and orange juice. Unlike many other Smoothie King brand smoothies, this one did not come loaded down with carbohydrate mix. I also am not a fan of yogurt-based smoothies, nor do I like bananas in my smoothie, which is a common ingredient to help make the drink, well, smoother. The “Pep Upper” was the perfect smoothie for me.

But now our happy relationship has been destroyed. Kaput. Kablooey.
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Jimmy Buffett will perform a fund-raising concert for Kinky Friedman in Austin on Sept 19th. Details here.

I guess I’m the only one interested. It’s a school night, too. Tix on sale this Sat.

I read this story in the Wall Street Jounal on Friday. I’m glad the story made it to another site, because I wanted to blog about it but the WSJ online is pay site, so there was nothing to link to.

That’s pretty abyssmal but not surprising that politicians and lobbyists will resort to such dishonest tactics. Even with news, especially political news, people need to be vigilant and behave just like a consumer: caveat emptor. It’s amusing that, just like in the fast-moving tech sector, there’s even a new term for this: “astroturf,” meaning a false grass-roots movement.