Jun4
It was only the first Friday in the month that I claimed I wouldn’t eat out for lunch, but there I was, sitting at the Chipotle counter happily eating my barbacoa burrito (which I could barely finish for some reason). At least I have a legitimate excuse, or at least a personally-justifiable one, for not driving home for lunch – my truck was in the shop.
Impending $300 windshield replacement cost and my false claims aside, the point is that Chipotle Mexican Grill is fucking magnificent.
For those of you who know me, or even those of you who tolerate my Twitter rants, it’s probably no surprise to you that I love Chipotle. I’ve pretty much told anybody who would listen that I could be a happy (although slightly more overweight) man eating Chipotle for nearly every meal. (The thought of it for breakfast kind of makes me nauseous, or maybe that’s just the barbacoa starting to make a move.)
…continue It’s pronounced chi-POHT-lay
Jan20
December 21, 2012—the big day, right?
Maybe. Maybe not. However, for the sake of my next questions, let’s pretend it is. If you knew you had two years until the world ceased to exist, what would you do?
Ground rules
Let’s lay some ground rules so we’re all playing the same game.
…continue It’s the end of the world as we know it
Dec10
Here’s the deal: I don’t like Christmas. And now is when you give me the omg-he-just-kicked-a-puppy-look.
That’s right, I don’t like Christmas.
I don’t like Christmas music, I don’t like Christmas decorations, I don’t like Christmas food, I don’t like Christmas commercials and I certainly don’t like Christmas shopping.
Yeah, I know that pretty much makes me Mr. Scrooge, the Grinch, Satan and an asshat all rolled up into one. To that I say: Bah! Humbug!
…continue How the real world stole Christmas
Nov30
My one month (25 days) of experimental vegetarianism* is over, and I couldn’t be happier. For me it comes down to one simple, hard-to-overcome obstacle – lifestyle.
The sad truth is that I eat out way too much. Trying to navigate a vegetarian diet in modern fast food is rather difficult, and seldom satisfying.
Almost every time somebody wanted to go out to eat, the first thing I did was google “<restaurant name> vegetarian”, which usually brought me to a handful of websites that list acceptable vegetarian dishes. Those websites were extremely helpful to me, and are invaluable for modern vegetarians and vegans.
…continue Plight of the modern vegetarian
Nov2
Sometimes I like to try things simply to try it; usually just to see if I can. This can be a good way to push myself out of a comfort zone. In this case, it’s vegetarianism.
I have absolutely no ethical, moral or religious objections to eating meat. In terms of the food chain, it’s only natural – not to mention delicious. (However, I do have a major objection to the mistreatment of animals that are raised for food.)
Being a temporary vegetarian is just something that I wanted to try (or in this case, try again.)
…continue If he says he’s got beef, that I’m a vegetarian