Strange Days

[rant] Wow, this story I came across is a real crock and sheds a not too favorable light on Hallmark's attitude towards people of color. How can you create a line of African American greeting cards and not have a single African American writer, writing any of the cards? Is that crazy or what?

I'm not a big card buyer. I used to be (a little bit) when I was younger, a random love declaration here, a best friend in the whole world note there....but now I can't remember the last time I gave anyone a card. Probably besides Jess for Xmas or Bday, though I may not have even done that...mainly because I am the "major gift buyer". When you buy over 10 gifts for one person, I think that gives you the privledge of not having to read a hundred cards and then try to decide which one is best suited to your situation. Not to mention in the flurry of gift opening and enjoyment, Jess's card go the way of gift wrap.

Lets not even get into the fact that I can never-ever choose any-thing. Give me a choice of two things and we may decide on something, give me more than 5, it becomes a real problem. Throw a trillion Hallmark cards in the mix. forgetaboutit. [/rant]