The cozenage of the so-called MLM (i.e. Multi-level Marketing) is still well alive in the U.S. and Canada. And I suspect it's apt to get stronger in economically difficult times.

Yesterday I was approached by a woman in her fifties or so and she tried to lure me into one seemingly popular MLM scheme. And that left me a strange and bizarre feeling for the day. What a world this one is.

Only after about 10 years of living in Canada, we began to use a masher and make mashed potatoes.

And I expect it will take at least another 10 years for me to begin to like mashed potatoes. I inherited a Chinese stomach, and I suspect that's in my genes. :-)