Teach It Tuesday: U.S.'s Smartest Cities

I have to share this

One more reason that Raleigh > Charlotte

:-)

Money Monday: Back-Ass-Wards

I was watching a Dairy Queen commercial and I had an epiphany.

The western world is messed up. In the rest of the world if you are poor, you don't have enough food,you are skinny and malnutritioned. However in the West, especially in America, if you are poor you are the more likely you are to be fat.

Think about it: 99 cent Value Meals at Wendy's, Dollar Menu at McDonald's, 5 for $5 deal at Arby's and pick 3 for $4 combo at Dairy Queen; you can get an entire meal for $3.00-$4.00 from your favorite fast food place but you'll get 850-1,200+ calories with that $1 fry.

But...

If you want to eat a wholesome lunch balanced 400-500 calorie lunch at Whole Foods it will cost you a good $5-$10.

So in the words of Main Thang (that's a whole 'nother blog post...) "Do the math."

You can have a $5 side salad or you can have 5 roast beef sandwiches. If you're broke than obviously you're trying to get the most for your money and therefore Arby's will probably win.