Let’s talk about bacon.

When people ask me why I don't eat meat, I usually freeze.  I'm always worried that I'll say something that will come off as offensive or ignorant or maybe even both.  I usually begin by saying, "I'm not a very good vegetarian."  I've been eating a mostly vegetarian diet for only a couple of years now, but I will eat meat if someone I don't know very well cooks me a meal.  I consider it common courtesy. I usually follow my shameful consumption of meat with lots of fiber rich foods, but at least I didn't seem like an asshole...

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I find new reasons to drink coffee every single day.

July 1, 2010 by Dawn · 5 Comments
Filed under: food and drink, physical well-being 
Coffeecups/mugs on my balcony

photo credit: laurensdekoning I steered clear of coffee for years because I thought that it was bad for me(and it probably would have been with all the cream and sugar that I used to add when I occasionally indulged in coffee).  Who knows why I thought that , but something tells me that a lot of people are under the same impression (namely: ignorant southerners).  I've been reading loads...

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