The Beginning of the End of Something Significant

As first reported by Advertising Age apparently, two major magazines that are still in print are doing the unthinkable: Allowing advertising on the cover. Here are the details...

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/17158039-time-magazine-and-sports-illustrated-to-print-ads-on-their-covers

The natural argument again this policy is a little weak considering the ad is so small, you'd have to actively look for it to find it. In fact, it looks almost too unobtrusive to possibly be effective.

Still, the fact that this is now becoming an acceptable practice speaks volumes. To me, it says that profits are king and that nothing - not integrity or principle or a goal of transparency - will come before them. When did money become the only thing of value in society?

Farmers Market Etiquette?

I love the free samples at the neighborhood farmer's markets. Recently, I visited a booth I'd not been to before where a woman was selling her rugelach, which I love. Usually. The nice lady offered me a sample which I gratefully accepted.

It was horrible.

The woman, the baker herself I'm assuming, asked me how it was. What should I have said? Does it make sense to lie and be polite, never informing the woman that she's making a dreadful tasting product and that she should change the recipe immediately? Who does that serve?

So I lied. And I'll probably do it again.