Dog, dog - dog eat dog (Ted Nugent)

While travelling in California it is obvious how persuasive the persuaders are. They are everywhere we go.

Maybe it's because we are watching more American broadcasting this week and we are walking around having different shopping experiences (San Francisco and Waipukarau aren't that comparable yunnerstan), but the hard sell for medicines (with long lists of possible side effects) and medical treatments is in-yer-face obvious.

I noticed that sign outside a new-agey therapy place (my brain is wired to notice such things) and did a double take.

The pseudo-scientific Nano-microchanneling technique sounds an interesting/weird/daft/enticing process (delete what doesn't apply) that fits right into the anti-aging urge/craze/dream/quackery.

It's non-invasive - so whatever nano-microchanneling is, it doesn't penetrate the skin (of course not), and they've slashed the price for you!

Good grief!