DAILY

GLAD:)

My plane from Atlanta flying into La Guardia landed unscathed last night. We flew head-on into intense winds and just before touching down, the plane tipped at least thirty degrees over its left side. Usually when I fly, I beg the window seat person to open the window so I can control the plane's trajectory with my mind, while everyone else is calmly reading their magazines. This time, the older man across the aisle from me intensely gripped his armrest, the lady behind me begged the plane to land, and the woman in front of me coached the young girl next to her to visualize herself on a roller coaster. We landed safely and for this I am GLAD.

SAD:(
General Mills now has a complete line of gluten-free cereal. This would make me happy if it wasn't a complete marketing ploy. If the gluten-free movement wasn't such a fad of vanity, I would be supportive, but I know people who actually suffer from Celiac disease and their first priority is definitely not finding the right cereal to eat. Plus, has anyone really looked into the stats on how many people in this country actually suffer from a true, honest-to-goodness gluten allergy? I doubt it's enough to warrant an entire line of cereal from one of the largest food manufacturers in the country. If gluten was really that bad for everyone, French society would have crumbled long ago- these people have literally fought rebellions over bread, and definitely not the gluten-free kind.