Starting Over

While trying to figure out how to make my comeback to blogging with grace and dignity (ok, I know that my absence was way longer than my blogging career!), I came across an interesting item among my business mail-a flyer from the Seattle Mayflower Park Hotel announcing a new promotion: divorce parties! Here's how the flyer begins:

Celebrate the Newly Single You!

Don't let divorce leave you feeling
alone. Gather all those people who
supported you through the hard
times and celebrate. Divorce Parties
are helping people close the door on
the old & face the future with a new
attitude.

Hmmm . . . altruism or a cynical marketing gimmick in a sagging economy? What do you think?