Tuesday, May 10, 2011

You say potato. I say spuds.

It was  a strange feeling for me. People get divorced all the time, more than 50% of the time in fact. But I was sad to hear about Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver separating after 25 years. Who's next? James Carville and Mary Matalin?

Why do I root for these couples? Because they are proof that yes, we really all can "just get along" if we try.

That's one of the conceits of HLSI. You get paired up with "shopping buddies" based upon things you have in common. Which is great. But maybe the icing on the Red Velvet cupcake will be that religiously, or politically, you and your buddy are at different ends of the spectrum. Yet despite these differences, your mutual love for Aidell's habanero/mango sausages transcends the fact that he voted for W while you campaigned for Gore.

Yes we all can get along. If we agree not to label each other; if we keep an open mind that we have to view people as a whole; not pick one aspect of their personality and base our opinion on just that.

With Hey Let's Split It, our slogan right after "share/shop/split/save" may well turn out to be "Vive la difference." And wouldn't that be nice?

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