the first step is admitting you have a problem.

“Seltzer has long been the drink of choice for many sober people who are navigating spaces in which there is alcohol—and the implicit pressure to hold a drink in your hand.”

Pictured: Kangaroo, way too lean.

As promised. Probably not winning anyone over with this shot, but again, $3.

Ugh, I really wish you hadn’t prompted me to look up the ingredients:

and I’d certainly happily eat these. I’d just also happily eat the JJ’s... again, we’re talking about a $3 sandwich. You may very well be over this discussion (and I appreciate your indulgence if you are) but I’m still going to use it as an excuse to go get lunch for three bucks this afternoon. Here’s to hoping it’s “…

And what is the deal with airline food?

To be fair, that’s clearly a picture of a sandwich a customer just opened and took a picture of. It isn’t staged for marketing. The contrasting sandwich you provided, while quite likely real food, is clearly staged as well: gherkins evenly spaced, cheese perfectly layered so each slice overlaps 50% with the previous…

this is a dark f’in period.

I will never not star a Walk Hard reference.

There’s a Jimmy John’s next to my barber, and I’m overdue for a cut.  I’ll stop by afterwards and report back.

Pictured above: True Chicago-style pizza.

Hmm... so I can mitigate and mask the unpleasantness of one item by adding something palatable?

First thing I ever ate in France was a Brie and Butter sandwich at a little stand in Calais. Delicious? yes. Reasonably priced? yes. Aesthetically pleasing to the point that I would post a picture to really stick it to chain sandwich shops back home? not really.

I’d write a pun on my own, but I fear it would be so terrible I’d be ostrich-ized from the commenting community.

I think that was a little tongue-in-cheek.

“You may express your hatred in the comments section, as is traditional.”

1. Costco. Buying in bulk is cheaper.

Mom, how’d you come up with “Whiggly” for your burner?

Costco (mine at least) carries Kerrygold, and therefore I do. I don’t fancy myself a member of the sophisticated lot, but I do think it’s considerably better than any other brand I’ve tried.