Ian White, long-time friend and reader, just bought a .NET Rocks! sweatshirt. I wanted to give him a shout out because he's my friend, and also because he does nice stuff like this.

It also kind of sucks that he bought the sweatshirt, though. There's a different post on his site that I was going to link to, and now it's going to look like the only reason I'm linking to him is that he bought some stuff. That isn't the case, and I shouldn't need to say it, but I wanted to be clear.

So, the post I was going to link to was this one. Ian pointed to an article covering McDonald's discontinuation of the "Super Size" program. The motivation was, of course, to promote McDonalds as a healthier place to eat.

I've often wondered why the brains behind the golden arches haven't yet just tried to turn the restaurant into a fast health food eatery. Healthy food doesn't have to taste like crap. In fact, forget about "healthy" food - just give us healthier food. I, for example, have nothing against the idea of a soft drink with half as much sugar as they currently have. I realize that I might be alone in this, and that many people might find it disgusting, but I just don't need that much sugar in my food.

The only problem with a place like McDonalds switching to a healthy menu is the suspicion. It would be hard for us to get used to, and, like many other people on this planet, I'd have a hard time accepting the possibility that McDonalds would try to use anything but grease as a salad dressing.

Still, though, I think it could be done, and almost has to be done - both for good health and because people who are concerned about their health (which is more of us all the time) simply aren't going to buy a hamburger from McDonalds - even if it does only cost fifteen cents (or whatever they're down to now).