june was a bad month. pretty dark. technically, june didn't do anything. months don't act. people act. but, it's the expression we use. june was a bad month. apologizing for not posting is a bit too self-absorbed even for someone who dons a royal moniker. it's like a waiter giving a thousand excuses for why your food isn't ready yet (reason #301 why i don't eat at restaurants). dude, i just want my food. so i'm not apologizing -just sayin' i'll be more consistent. darkness kept me down … [Read more...]
i eat food part 2, electric boogaloo
May 24, 2011 By
What i eat is usually not the real question. The real question is: how is that possible? The interrogative is predicated on a notion of impossibility resulting from perceived necessity. Ubiquity could be the culprit. On my 2.23mi ride home from work, i pass over twenty restaurants and can see a handful more in the distance. Prevalence, while adding to temptation, is not the sole bearer of culpability. I blame the Joneses.The Joneses are your metaphorical negative subculture and i'm not sure why … [Read more...]
i eat food
May 23, 2011 By
Common Question: if you don't eat at restaurants, what do you eat? i eat food. Not lightning as has been rumored (i started that rumor and it never took), but food. For breakfast i eat a 1/2 cup of oatmeal (under $.07 per serving) with part of a banana, peanut butter, and splenda. Of my satisfying and tasty breakfast, splenda is the splurge. Including the splurge, breakfast still hovers around $.25 per serving total. Lunch is leftovers and dinner is usually an economically well-crafted QoF … [Read more...]
the king’s top 40
April 28, 2011 By
The average millionaire reads one non-fiction book per month. (uncited statistics have no credibility). If you want to effect any positive change in your life whatsoever, you need to read. Non-Fiction. "You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read." (Charles "Tremendous" Jones). For the Thirty-Seven Months that we've been slicing and dicing the debt dragon, i've been reading. Obviously, Dave Ramsey makes the list, but only … [Read more...]
i didn’t hear no bell
April 26, 2011 By
Two initial observations: 1) Rocky is the greatest movie franchise of all time and 2) of the Rocky anthology, Rocky V is the worst. Agree or disagree in part or in full with those two statements, but for now just roll with me on this. My frustration is that I can't get Rocky V out of my head. Not the original, not Clubber Lang, not the Soviet - - V. The movie doesn't even fit with the rest of the films. Here's why it won't leave my head and why I'm kinda ok with that.I'm tired. Beat down. … [Read more...]
all good things come to an end
April 22, 2011 By
If you turn a card from the red side to the green side, several men with large knives come rushing at you. It's like a scene from a Tarantino film only instead of murderous villains it's a gaggle of pleasant servers wielding weapons of culinary bliss. Fogo is cool. The place makes you feel like you're snuggled up with your favorite blankie on a cold winter's day; if, of course, that blankie was seasoned in the finest South American fashion and grilled to perfection. The food just. keeps. … [Read more...]
Faith, Food, & Hulkamaniacs
April 6, 2011 By
Secret dream job: WWE ring announcer. Not color commentary, just introductions. Pro wrestling is not a guilty pleasure of mine. The KoF does not partake, but as a kid I allocated way too many hours to the sorta sport. So, I used to partake. Plus, I sound like a ring announcer or possibly Shock G from Digital Underground. Either way, given my knowledge base and sideshow voice, I'm uniquely qualified. The pursuit of this gig is futile. It would add nothing to my faith. I try to make that … [Read more...]
what makes the king cry?
April 1, 2011 By
About six months into the restaurant free journey, the Eldest Princess excitedly proclaimed that not eating at a restaurant for six months must be a world record. She was wrong. Not, I'm pretty sure she was wrong. Way wrong. To her credit, she's in the 3rd-grade. 3rd-graders are generally fascinated with world records. Somewhere along the way, I failed as a parent either in conveying an accurate understanding of the world or in the teaching of basic mathematics. So I gently explained the … [Read more...]
This one time, I killed a bear
March 31, 2011 By
Today, I did not eat at a restaurant. I did, however, take my Queen to Qdoba. Major muscle memory must survive a 1.25 year hiatus because I found my hand gravitating toward a basket of chips. Mmmm chips. My past experience where I killed a bear sure did help me resist that crisp, salty, fried-empty- carbohydrate goodness. There's this story about this kid who killed this giant with this slingshot. Amazing event. But, in its retelling, certain details are often neglected. This wasn't a … [Read more...]
