"Every Day We Go To Work And Develop Acquaintances We Try To Pass Off As Friends..." And, It Is A Sad Day, Without Twinkies.

Hello:

There was an opinion piece that I wanted to share. The Dallas Morning News is very picky about displaying certain articles online to subscribers only.
So instead, you are getting me talking about the piece.

From today's Dallas Morning News:
"Are we capable of true friendship anymore?" By David L. McClure.
Here is the brief headline, shown on the Dallas Morning News web site.
"Every day we go to work and develop acquaintances we try to pass off as friends. In reality, they are nothing of the sort."

In a nutshell, McClure states that many in our society are losing the meaning of "true" friendship. He states that we tend to call people friends, when they really do not fit the definition, or have any requirements of being a friend. We are awash in a sea of acquaintances we call friends.

I am not commenting, except to give you some of the article.
Here is the almost last paragraph of the Opinion piece: "Who do you think your friends are, really? Stop what you're doing, right now, and call them. Ask them to meet you for lunch or set up a time to go to a movie or go work out together. Then, while you're eating that burger at the Butcher Shoppe in downtown Plano or while you're lifting weights at 24 Hour Fitness or watching the previews at Cinemark Legacy, ask that person how he or she is doing--really doing--and listen."

The Twinkie--that delectable treat--is going to be gone.
When I was younger (as in Elementary School), I was told that a Twinkie would clog your arteries for 25 years. There are many things that could potentially cause hardening of the arteries even more or about the same as a Twinkie would. However, that is not the point.
The crucial point is now, that they are gone for good. And, that 18,500 people will lose their jobs.

The Hostess company is based in Irving, TX.

I did try to buy some Twinkies today, and was told, "everyone hoarded them yesterday."



To all of this: Lovely, Just Lovely.
Yes, it is a very sad day, in America.

Goodbye,
Alice

North Dallas Homegirl
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