Good News And Bad News

Which do you want first? Bad News? Ok. Here goes. Texas, my home state, was just ranked as the 46th healthiest state in the nation. Not bad. There are 4 states with obeser, strokier, cancerier, smokier, diabeteser people than Texas. I blame the lack of mountains. How are we supposed to burn energy without mountains? We can't rightly go snow skiing or mountain biking. What do we do instead? Drive our cars to our corporate jobs, sit, eat, watch football, and sleep. Tailgates. Barbecue. Fermented barley. Too many restaurants. Not enough recreation. Boredom. It is no wonder we are so unhealthy.


Good news. I read this yesterday.

Pantone, which provides color standards to design industries, specifically cites "mimosa," a vibrant shade of yellow illustrated by the flowers of some mimosa trees as well as the brunch-favorite cocktail, as its top shade of the new year. In general, Pantone expects the public to embrace many tones of optimistic yellow.

"I think it's just the most wonderful symbolic color of the future," says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. "It's invariably connected to warmth, sunshine and cheer — all the good things we're in dire need of right now."

Just thought everyone would be happy to hear that.