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March 25th, 2012

Easter is coming! You know what the means? Mostly it means Christ is risen, so we have the possibility of salvation and eternal life. Along with that, it also means HAM. I just can’t imagine a better way to celebrate the ultimate sacrifice of Christ then to consume a big chunk of meat that Jews won’t touch. Weird. Anyway, what to eat for Easter dinner now? There is the whole realm of vegan friendly meat substitutes to consider I suppose. If tofu bacon, or, fake bacon, is contracted as ‘Facon,’ then what do you call tofu or some other fakery of ham? ‘Fam?’ ‘Toe-Ham?’(eww) ‘Ham-Fu?’(funny). Really I think we should avoid any facsimile of ham. Some things are just too disparate to try and bring together; we’ll not likely to ever see any iAmish products, Kosher heroin, Parisian bluegrass music, kitty wading pools, etc. No, we need to let tofu be tofu and let ham be ham. My vote for Easter dinner is vegetable Panini sandwiches with roast potatoes and broccoli. I can totally see making it a tradition, the Easter Panini Feast. Imagine my kids growing up with that, and then someday getting married, having Easter dinner with the in-laws, and being utterly mystified by the lack of flattened sandwiches. They may try to compensate by putting some of their ham on a roll and squishing it under a table leg, or the piano, in which case would the sandwich be a Pianini?

Here’s the revelation I had today, that was for me, earth shattering – I could stand to drink less coffee and more water. I tried that today and lived to tell the tale! NO, I will not be giving up coffee all together.

March 24, 2012
breakfast	French toast (made with banana instead of egg), blackberries
snack	a few almonds
lunch	Panini with loads of veggies, potatoes with sautéed veggies, salad
snack	whole wheat crackers
dinner	Panini with loads of veggies, lentil chili
activity	stroll around the neighborhood