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I was just watching “Unwrapped,” specifically the episode on vending machines (it's when I repeat things like that several times that I begin to feel bad about myself). They were showing footage of the International Vending Machine Conference (OK, I made up that title, but seriously, it's a vending machine trade show) in Vegas, and they had an interview with someone who is apparently an expert on, or manufacturer of, vending machines. In said interview, he said, “Consumers are becoming more sophisticated, and it's the consumers that drive everything.” They then showed vending machines containing a hangover cure, one of those vitamin supplement packs you can buy at the gas station, and a giant, frozen burrito. Really? That's more sophisticated? Maybe it's just me, but I probably would have left those particular shots out of the “sophisticated vending machines” montage. Then again, what do I know? Maybe eating a giant, gross burrito is considered sophisticated these days.

New thought: I just turned on the “Golden Girls” (again, it's when I repeat things like this. . .) and Sophia, Dorothy, Blanche and Rose were coaching a boxer. For a second, I thought it was one of those dream episodes, like that one where giant posters of Rose's face were up all over Red Square, but no, they actually coach a boxer in this episode.