Minimum Wage Hike: A Haiku News Brief

Seventy more cents!
But will it hurt employers?
Or spur consumers?

My take:

Bosses feel the pinch,
But strapped for cash will spend more.
And everyone wins.

Find out more about the minimum wage increase here.

Haiku Movie Review: "He's Just Not That Into You"

A selection from my Netflix Que:

"He's Just Not That into You": a romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck, Ginnifer Goodwin, Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly and Jennifer Aniston:

Dating advice book
Stretched into too many plots.
Not that into it!

Huge star studded cast
Cliched faux feminist end
Passed off as modern

Scarlett: typical!
Justin Long as a heart throb?
Goodwin deserves more.

Read other critics' opinions here.

Chris Brown Needs a New Day Job

Chris Brown issued a public apology today for assaulting fellow pop singer and girlfriend Rihanna. Brown, poised to assume the King of Pop mantle prior to the incident, deserves kudos for owning up to his mistakes, but now he needs to retreat from the media and pop music. Not because he's a reprehensible person (which none of us knows him well enough to say whether he is or isn't), but because of his particular line of work: playing heart throb to legions of middle school girls.

Love songs sound twisted
Coming from an abuser!
Tween girls influenced.

While his on-air apology may help other young men in his position seek help and change their behavior, Brown's fan base is primarily young girls and for him to court them again is in very poor taste. Allowing Brown to promote a new album on television or in the press implies that all is forgiven, and given how difficult it already is for many teenage girls to disentangle themselves from abusive boyfriends, this vulnerable demographic doesn't need the mixed message.

Chris Brown's apology is the best thing he could have done to stop other young men from making his mistakes. His statement should be the last we hear from him.

Starbucks Update #2

Two of my favorite things are coming together and hopefully will deliver some holiday yumminess!

Project Runway Champ
fashioning New Starbucks Drink!
Hope not a "hot mess!"

The results of this collaboration between Christian Soriano and the 'Bucks will be announced tomorrow!

Mugs with Heidi's face?
Blah! But a Tim Gun latte?
That would "make it work!"


http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/07/christian_siriano_is_collabora.html