Marianne couldn't post today...she's going to spend all day voting. Or at least that's what she WANTS to do. She'll probably spend the entire day and night watching election coverage, so I offered to fill in for her. On this…
It's a question as old as time: to meat, or not to meat. I know lots of vegetarians, and just as many former vegetarians who fell off the old meat-wagon. If you were struggling to control your carnivorous instincts, can…
Christmas is awesome. I don't know much about why we do it or what it's for, I just know that everyone hangs out at home all week and I get ridiculous amounts of treats and special dinners. Last week alone…
Sometimes I'm sitting in my office, window open to allow in a cool breeze, and what wafts in instead? The smell of cooking bacon. I work downtown, and fairly close to several restaurants. This sensory distraction drives me insane and…
On the Fourth of July, I was shopping at our local fancy-schmancy grocery store, Lazy Acres. It's like the small-town version of a Whole Foods. I love their produce, their cheese department, their fantastic wine and liquor selection, and...the meat…
It turns out that bacon grease is often the center of bets, dares or penalties, generally propagated by individuals between the ages of 16 and 24. If you go to YouTube and enter "bacon grease" you'll come up with a…