Money over Health

The government seems to be getting involved in all aspects of our lives lately. Trans fats are banned, we will be taxed on sugary sodas...yet all they keep doing about the smoking epidemic is raising prices and state taxes. People will continue to smoke. Cigarettes could go up to $30 a pack and there would still be people buying (I suspect many of us would switch to 100's). Weed is illegal, though its not as bad as cigarettes are. Why not ban cigarettes? At least only make them available overseas, and not online. If there weren't any cigarettes to buy, I wouldn't smoke. I couldn't smoke - I am sure cigarettes kill a lot more people per year than soda and Big Macs combined. If you really want to get involved in our lives...give us easier access to preventive health care and NO access to cigarettes. It IS a drug, why not treat it like one?

Ugly Betty Filming!!!!

Today there was an Ugly Betty filming on 30th and Madison! They changed the acting school to a medical center, the scene consisted of a Doctor walking out of the "medical center" and briefly speaking to Amanda and Mark. Amanda is pretty short in person, definitely looks older, was very tan and had a TON of foundation makeup on. SHe had her blond hair braided around her head and was wearing a black coat holding onto a document/briefcase. Mark looks pretty much the same in person and on TV- he has a great smile. We couldn't get too close, this shot is Amanda (she is walking in front of him, you can see the side of her coat and her leg in front of him) and Mark being ushered into a car after the scene wrapped. I did not recognize the actor playing the doctor, he is a middle aged black man. I wonder who is in the hospital? Betty? Daniel? Wilhelmina? I can't wait to see this episode to find out!!!