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In the interest of saving money, breaking the cycle of eating fast food twice a day, and cleaning the detritus from my pantry, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to trim my grocery budget to ZERO and commit to eating whatever I had in the house until it runs out. I had bought [...]

Late last night with grandpa, I had the best fast food experience ever.
We went to Jack in the Box for a couple of the Steak & Cheddar Ciabatta sandwiches.
First, the drive through person was perfect - repeated things clearly, understood what I wanted, all good. Not repeating everything, just what was needed, e.g. “coke [...]

Burning Man is the most beautiful thing ever made by the hand of man
I have spent the last week in a place of indescribable joy
It is the sum total of human kindness and good in π square miles
It is every dream you have ever had, all at the same time
Christmas and New Years and Hallowe’en [...]

While living in Finland, I much enjoyed the corporate cafeteria - the food was really, really good. There was one desert, in particular, that I loved, it’s really simple, they called it Finnish trifle, I think, but the real name is Pappilan Hätävara. It’s like pieces of cake and stuff smooshed up with [...]

I’m embarrassed to say I’ve been anxiously awaiting the street availability of C2. Brought myself home a nice little 8 pack from Ralph’s.
Couldn’t wait for it to get cold to try it, so I’m having it heavily diluted with melty ice, which suits me fine. I’m actually rather a fan of warm, flat, [...]

Super Size Me
A film of epic proportions

“I have a theory about McDonalds, and that is that everything they make is all one thing. And in the back, they have this big vat full of this ’stuff,’ and these little molds come by and SCHLURP! Hamburger SCHLURP! Malt SCHLURP! Paper box SCHLURP! Here’s your change.”

Steve [...]

I saw Super Size Me yesterday and ya know what, that movie made me hungry. It didn’t help that I didn’t have lunch. Specifically, it made me hungry for McDonalds.
I won’t go into my rebuttal in depth right now, I’ll probably post my paper after I write it, summary is that, hey, it’s [...]

Kraft Philadelphia Snack Bites (Turtle).
Yum. Yummification.
Sold individually for 51¢ with tax, these are a masterpiece of corporate mouthfeel. silky synthetic substitutes for chocolate, cream cheese, and caramel melt into a delicate fusion. I was massively impressed. I ran back into the store and bought another one.
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Doritos Rollitos Zesty Taco!
The link [...]

Huh. I actually quite like my lunch, a Big Eats® Dashboard Diner™ presents Tony Roma’s® Famous for Ribs Barbecue Rib boneless rib-shaped pork sandwich from 7-11®.
I think it’s my new favorite meat food product.It says “made with Tony Roma’s Original BBQ sauce,” but contrary to what you might expect, there is nearly no actual [...]