Newest Tattoo

I had to wait four months, but I think it was worth it. Tattoo was done by Mark Evans of Mooresville, NC, at Anything's Possible Custom Tattoo. The guy was cool to hang out with and honestly was respected by all the other artists there for his skill with portraits. That he was as excited to do the tattoo as I was to have it done made things even better. I am looking forward to going back for more ink.

Hey, I posted again in under a month....

Silly I is, I know. I got some time on the computer (my wife wasn't blogging it up for a change), thought I would throw some more words into the Ethernet.

First and foremost, I received some topic suggestions from a reader. Now, not to still any thunder from supplementyourlife, but I feel I can weigh in on these items.

• Coconut Whipped Spread (think mayonnaise)- seriously tree hugger, do you think you are fooling anyone? Just because it is white, creamy, and in a Miracle Whip jar doesn't make it delicious for hamburgers, slaw, or potato salad. I know that the smell of tanning lotion coming from my BLT would disrupt the joy I might experience from the meal. And by looking at me, it's obvious I don't like tanning lotion (albino humor folks, stick with me).
• Chia- yes, that weed we have all come to love and respect for it's ability to grow anywhere including a bald guy's head also seems to be an excellent source of protein, fiber, and essential fatty acids. Seriously, how hungry would one have to be to look at that grass-like vegetation and say "Hmmm, I'm starving but I'm too lazy to drive to the store for sprouts, let me graze on that Christmas Gift." I've done it sure, but I am a closet fatty.
• Hemp food products- It wasn't enough that you have your own shirts, special cigarette papers, movie and music icons, the time of 4:20 (and the day to boot), as well as documented proof that it suppresses nausea, no you refer heads had to keep pushing it. You weren't happy surprising us brownie patrons with an unexpected trip to Wonderland (recipe reference, Alice be tokeless brownies), you now want everybody to fail a drug test by eating a large bowl of hemp flakes with hemp milk whilst wearing hemp drawls. How "green" of you, thanks but no thanks. I prefer to rest my boys in weevil free cotton shorts and eat regular foods. Plus, I never got into the whole Mary Jane phase of teen-dom, I wonder if I missed out?
• Spirulina- no, that wasn't a sneeze, that is the name of the next super food (soy apparently is not designed for human consumption on a daily level). Algae, that stuff you scrape out of Fido's water dish every other weekend, only more supery. I really have nothing to say here, other than if you cannot remove the delightful green of Ireland from the product before putting it in food, understand most people aren't going to receive it with open arms. I agree, dark chocolate is quite fantastic to eat. But, if I bite into a piece and there is green on the inside, I am liable to pitch a hissy fit of major proportions. Wrapping questionable inside a sheath of awesome still registers on the lower end of the happiness scale. Call me old fashioned, but when something is green unless it came out of a Del Monte can chances are it is a little long in the tooth and needs to be trashed, ground in the disposal, or sent to Glaxo Smith Kline for refinement into antibiotics. Hell, I don't like to shave my face much less my foods...

Thank you Turbo, I am hoping this leads to a few good snorts.