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Waldo Jaquith - On the impracticality of a cheeseburger.

Further reflection revealed that it’s quite impractical—nearly impossible—to make a cheeseburger from scratch. Tomatoes are in season in the late summer.Lettuce is in season in spring and fall. Large mammals are slaughtered in early winter. The process of making such a burger would take nearly a year, and would inherently involve omitting some core cheeseburger ingredients. It would be wildly expensive—requiring a trio of cows—and demand many acres of land. There’s just no sense in it.

He is fast for a chicken pecker.

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My life is a constant battle between my love of food and not wanting to be fat.

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Dollywood & Gaylord Entertainment will be building a “114-acre family entertainment zone” across Briley Parkway. “The park will provide a mix of high energy water activities for the summer season and designated snow activities for winter play.”

Please don’t call this an amusement park or the return of Opryland.

I received an email from the Nashville Farmer’s Market announcing a pig butchering on-farm experience this Sunday. We’re heading home this weekend otherwise my butt would be there.

I think parenting young children (and old ones, I’ve heard) is a little like climbing Mount Everest. Brave, adventurous souls try it because they’ve heard there’s magic in the climb. They try because they believe that finishing, or even attempting the climb are impressive accomplishments. They try because during the climb, if they allow themselves to pause and lift their eyes and minds from the pain and drudgery, the views are breathtaking. They try because even though it hurts and it’s hard, there are moments that make it worth the hard. These moments are so intense and unique that many people who reach the top start planning, almost immediately, to climb again. Even though any climber will tell you that most of the climb is treacherous, exhausting, killer. That they literally cried most of the way up.

Good stuff from this honest article that puts it all in perspective.

The Daddy Complex: From The Daddy Complex Archives: Van, Go

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I saw a commercial recently in which a real live customer (not an actor!) explains why she bought a compact SUV or something. One of her reasons was because she would never be caught dead in a minivan. Those weren’t her words, but it was definitely her implication. It made me think of this post…

I’m looking forward to buying a van.