More Reasons to Love Frank Zappa

Stuff like this is why Frank Zappa holds the top spot on my list of "People With Whom I'd Like to Have a Beer, but Can't Because They Are Dead". Frank Zappa in a suit, smackin' down the right wing with great aplomb.




(Thanks, Jeff)

Lovely Weekend Surprise!

Dr. Nate. Ph.D, and I were walking into the crappy Urbana mall on Saturday. I needed to pick up a birthday card and a plastic storage container from the only un-crappy store in the mall: Artmart. Imagine Dr. Nate's and my surprise when a portly and strangely-clad gentleman passed us in the parking lot. Portly Guy was wearing little green boots, and a puffy shirt, and leggings and....WAIT (the moment of realization came over us at the same time)! Do you know what this meant?!

HUZZAH! Society for Creative Anachronism dorks! Our own little Darkon, right here in central Illinois.


The whole mall reeked of sweat and failure.

Alas, we had no camera with us to capture the event. But I'm sure your imagination can do it justice because it was just what you'd expect. I suspect the percentage of librarians there was 12% (+/- 2.5%). Obesity rates ranged between 45% - 55%. Morbid obesity rates were probably around 8% - 12%. Men appeared to out number the fair ladies at least 3 to 1.


Huzzah!

The Veg Report: Week 3 and the More Dems for Mitt

Dr. Nate claims he is not suffering, but has pointed out that he's eating about 2/3 less animal than usual since Jan 1. Just for good measure he's having chicken tonight.

Thanks to Jeff for forwarding me more on the Michigan Dems for Mitt.

I Am Not Alone!

Thanks to Jeff for sending me a head's up on the "Dems for Mitt"


Read more about it in this Huffington Post article

But Can You Make it with Textured Vegetable Protein?

A review of the KFC Famous Bowl on AV Club. I've heard of Patton Oswalt before, but have never seen any of his stand-up. After reading this, I might have to:

Patton Oswalt's Review of the KFC Famous Bowl

Not Mitt but Perhaps Worse?

Okay, so Mitt didn't win the Iowa caucus, but is Mike Huckabee any better? I think not. In fact, he is probably even worse than the mormon, considering Mitt was a more moderate guy in Massachusetts. I beginning to think evangelicals scare me worse than anyone wearing silly underpants.

Better Living Through Chemistry

Yay for Textured Vegetable Protein! Which makes a darn tasty simulated chik'n nugget AND a reasonable simulated saus'ge patty.

Admittedly, three days into the Great Vegetarian Experiment and I'm not doing as well as I hoped. Not that I've been tempted by the flesh of baby kittens or anything...the foregoing "anything with a face" has been the easy part (even when Dr. Nate is tucking into a bowl of chili right next to me). It's the "am I getting a balanced diet?" part that I'm more worried about. I didn't really spend any of my holiday time off planning menus, so I'm kind of scrambling to find things to eat. Not to mention that I haven't been feeling well for the better part of a week now, and so don't have the motivation to do much cooking. But this is where Textured Vegetable Protein comes to the rescue! Because I can nuke a few Morningstar chik'n nuggets and add a salad and call it dinner. All this without resorting to cheese!!

I also took a look at the back of the cottage cheese container and noticed that I can get a whopping 12g of protein from just one serving. So yay for it, too.

Actually, I've found that my daytime diet doesn't have to change all that much. It's the dinners that I need to start thinking seriously about.