politics with a side of fries

So it was yet another hungry Sunday…or as I once heard it put, ‘you KNOW I’m EXTRA hungry on Sundays!’. I had forgotten to really sit down and eat the day before, in between the SFA/Sam Houston game fun and the post celebration at Gravitas I had just grabbed a bite here and there. I wanted to go try Counter Burger (as it’s been raved about by some pals) but I couldn’t get T to get moving. I think he was less hungry and more in pain so I was overruled and it was decided to keep it to a place that forces you to ‘take it to go’. Now if anyone hasn’t visited Sparkle’s Hamburger Spot, stop what you’re doing and go right now! I’m kidding but only sort of. Sparkle’s was introduced to me a while back (before the Burger ‘meat a thon’ idea was even a flash of a neuron) and while it’s not something I can eat every day, it is personally a Burger favorite that I come back to over and over again. That being said, I knew I had to try it specifically for this list and be my most critical self, if only...

Let me tell you a short story about my local congress ‘person’… She’s been elected and has ‘served’ for multiple terms, but yet her service record entails: going to Michael Jackson’s funeral on the tax payer dime (or if not directly, her unnamed ‘sources that she has’ paid for it…), believing that Vietnam survived as two separate countries – there’s still a north and south, taking phone calls on her cell phone during a town hall and various other experiences involving some level of ignorance, shadiness, elitism and flat out craziness. For your viewing/reading pleasure…. Shelia the champion for ‘US women to have the same rights as women in Afghanistan’ Shelia getting her facts ‘right’ There’s still a north AND south Vietnam Shelia asked for an accounting of scholarship funds, and surprisingly – no response! Let’s take a moment and remember that our nation is only as strong as the weakest voter, and folks, there are some weak individuals out there that continue to elect her. Do we reall...

Things have been a little crazy as of late. For some reason grubbing on the next burger has just slipped my mind. (shocking, I know) Never fear- here’s a hodgepodge of randomness to keep you entertained. Eat THIS not THAT This site is just terrifying when you go through the numbers. I mean, 53 grams of fat in just the BURGER? Geez, talk about making me sad! And poor Chili’s, their #1 worst burger is really tasty (actually anything in avocado ranch is really tasty) but I’ll be avoiding it in the future. Unless it’s my last meal or something so I won’t have to regret it for very long. On one of those lazy days where nothing gets accomplished, other than switching from the bed to the couch, T and I stumbled across a food tv show ‘Insane Food Challenges’. As we were intrigued by the possibility of watching gluttony we left it on and discovered… Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub This place is RIDICLOUS, it’s entire purpose (other than providing good burgers and beer) seems to be to create the largest...