I've got to say, those Minnesota smokers are geniuses!
A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions. So some bars are getting around the ban by printing up playbills, encouraging customers to come in costume, and pronouncing them "actors."
See the whole article here. This is by far the most creative loophole I've ever heard of, no pun intended. I'm all for making smokers work for their habit. Maybe this will encourage a new wave of creative socialization, forcing people to use their imaginations to pay for their habits. I'd love to see more people taking acting classes. Friggin awesome.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Man, I remember when I was this dumb. The blog brings up a good issue in the latest entry, though. People being discriminated against for being smokers is a really ridiculous (especially since their only crime is killing themselves) and the example given of a company called Homac testing for nicotine just like some companies test for drugs or alcohol is a great example of the insanity this world is experiencing. Some people aren't ready to quit, that's all. Until the human race is purged of tobacco for good, there will be people who enjoy smoking it and those people have the right to enjoy their deaths in any way they wish.
I guess that might sound harsh. But I mean it. People deserve their choices.
As for this woman, please slap me if I become this whiny. While I choose not to smoke anymore, people who force their beliefs on others, no matter how much they think they're helping, should keep their point of view to themselves. While Tammy is doing a great job quitting, her constant stream of blather has me praying to whoever-might-be-upstairs that I can do it too (but sans the pathetic self-pity).
Wow, this entry makes me seem like a complete jerk. I guess I haven't had a very good day. Really wanted a cigarette on Wednesday. The Skyline View newspaper was in production and the last semester I worked on it, I was a smoker. Needless to say, the stress made me an addict once more and I was considerably tempted to run outside, find the closest night class student, and take their cigarettes.
Good thing I didn't.
I guess that might sound harsh. But I mean it. People deserve their choices.
As for this woman, please slap me if I become this whiny. While I choose not to smoke anymore, people who force their beliefs on others, no matter how much they think they're helping, should keep their point of view to themselves. While Tammy is doing a great job quitting, her constant stream of blather has me praying to whoever-might-be-upstairs that I can do it too (but sans the pathetic self-pity).
Wow, this entry makes me seem like a complete jerk. I guess I haven't had a very good day. Really wanted a cigarette on Wednesday. The Skyline View newspaper was in production and the last semester I worked on it, I was a smoker. Needless to say, the stress made me an addict once more and I was considerably tempted to run outside, find the closest night class student, and take their cigarettes.
Good thing I didn't.
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