Food for Thought

Ha... I wrote that subject line before realizing that it could have easily been the name for McDonald's Newest Ad Platform: Report Cards (thanks, Ad Age!). That's right... McDonald's is advertising on report cards now. A shudder just ran through my body.

Thanks to Jared, this song (or rather, some horrid hybrid of this song and the one it parodies) is stuck in my head:



(And yes, I blogged this video because it asked me to in the song.)

And, if I can kill the mood a little bit, this idea really affected me: a landmine activist crosses Central London without touching the ground (via BoingBoing). What a haunting and effective way to spread the message. Be sure to check out dangerousground.org for details on the project, and to watch the truly evocative video montage.