Green Daily

Lisa Simpson is one of those cartoon characters who makes you feel a little guilty about your own greedy pleasures and self-indulgences. For an animated yellow eight year-old, she sure knows how to tug at your heartstrings. When she plants a lemon tree under which to meditate, you silently question your own spiritual beliefs. When she petitions to stop Mr. Burns from using six-pack wrappers to catch materials for "Lil' Lisa's Slurry," you feel guilty that your only activism consists of dropping pennies into the Salvation Army bucket at Christmastime. And when she canvasses the town in the Simpsons Movie, urging citizens to be aware of the mercury content in the Springfield Lake, you think of that big slab of tuna you had at Legal Seafood the night before and furrow your brow.

And we can't help but love her when she goes veggie, and brings her father's barbeque attendees gazpacho - "It's tomato soup - served ice cold!" and gets laughed at. Our heart goes out to her as we vow to give gazpacho a chance...

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