Another Monday, another cup of Starbucks wisdom

This was on my Starbucks cup today:

"The Way I See It #293"

The way I see it
Isn't necessarily
The way you see it
Or the way it is
Or ought to be
What's more important
Is that we're all
Looking for it
And a way to see it

- Desi Di Nardo, Author and Poet
Toronto, Canada

For the next 15 days, wouldn't that be great if the Democrats and Republicans could think about this election with that quote in mind?

Because, after Nov. 4...red states and blue states won't matter. The United States will matter.

Think about that.

Ouch!

A co-worker is running to Panera and was asking what, if anything, we wanted. I was thinking it would be nice to have an icy something to drink. Then, I checked the Panera Web site.

Oh. My. Gosh.

If you happen to be a fan of their IC Mocha or IC Carmel drink, read on. A 20 oz IC Mocha has 700 calories and 29 grams of fat. The 16 oz IC Mocha....25 grams of fat and 570 calories.

You think...it's just coffee and chocolate and ice and some whipped cream, right. Not so much. Apparently they also mix in a whole lotta FAT too.

Wow. I am so happy that Starbucks now has "skinny" coffees on their menu. You can order a "skinny" latte - a 'tall' has just 90 calories. [Skinny is non-fat and sugar free].

How I wish I was still young enough [and thin enough] to NEVER care about calories and fat grams. But I'm not. And so I must care.

I'm so bummed.