There has been a lot in the news lately about supersizing. Michael Moore even made a movie about it, and he should know, he is supersized. Our bigger portions rest on our bigger plates in our bigger houses that we drive to in our bigger cars. This is all attributed to greed--greed for food, greed for space, greed for power. I'm sure some of that is true, but I discovered something while sorting through some of my mom's old mail, cards have gotten bigger too. Christmas cards used to be what we now consider "money holder" size. And there was no money--I looked. Wedding and baby congratulations cards she received in the mail were about two inches square, the size I sometimes stick in the bag with a shower gift. The size the post office won't even deliver anymore lest it get stuck in their machinery.
I just can't chalk this one up to greed. I have never met anyone greedy for bigger cards. For women it just means more to store, for men it just means more to throw away. Phones, computers and Christmas lights have actually become much smaller. So I close this blog with a Suessical sound.
I surmise that supersize
isn't always greedy and unwise.
Some things get bigger,
some get small.
Is that a bad thing?
Not at all.
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