Fuel prices, the farming crisis, taxes, inner city regeneration, the peace process, which of these, I wonder aren't 'real' issues, or don't affect everyday life?

BBC: Measuring up to the giants of the past

At least, in everyday life it isn't--outside of the occasional "cheat day" on a diet.

FORBES: Magazine Article

"Now that I've been filled in by friends about how difficult her troubled son (the shooter) was making things for her, I understand that it wasn't that Nancy was overwrought about the trivialities of everyday life, but that she was handling a very difficult situation with uncommon grace, " Mr. Leff wrote on the blog.

WSJ: Suspect, Mother Come Into Focus