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To be a true man, I must first learn… to cook!

Lincoln Adams | April 6, 2009 @ 11:00 am

There are a few things I am superbly good at making in the kitchen: pasta, pizza, and… that’s it.

I’ve been living the kind of oddball lifestyle where for six years at least, I didn’t even have an oven I could use to make food. I have one now but I still haven’t made use of it. I had more important things to do see, like surfing the internet and tinkering around my blog.

And because I had the tendency to get up say, 20 minutes after I was supposed to be at work, my breakfast would consist of a mad dash to 7-11 for coffee and a quick stopover to Wendy’s drive-thru for a “breakfast”, then doing Warp 10 on the expressway while I stuffed my face in with chicken nuggets to the tune of “Eye of the Tiger.”

And since my job requires me to work till late at night, I have to eat my dinner there as well, either utilizing the 300 year old microwave they have and the conventional oven that was once used as a restroom area for mice, or I could run down to the nearest supermarket/take-out/pizzeria and pick out a gourmet meal for myself.

As you might imagine, this isn’t exactly the healthiest way to live (not to mention it’s EXPENSIVE), so in order to establish a healthier routine for myself and save money, I have to learn to really cook again.

I just wish I didn’t get so lost when I read recipes sometimes. I don’t even know what an avocado is. I mean really, what the flip is this thing??? It looks like an egg from the movie Alien for bloody sakes. Homey ain’t touching that!

Then there’s the weird instructions like “…pound one strip of boneless chicken breast to 1/4 inch thickness.” Huh? :blink: So I gotta get a hammer out of the shed now and beat this thing like he owe me money?

I HATE following detailed, complex instructions. It slows me down, and I’m the kinda guy who either needs to have it given to him straight, or I end up bending the rules and pushing the envelope. Why can’t I just throw stuff together, toss it in the oven, and see if it bakes, for reals? That’s how I do pizza after all, and I haven’t burned down any buildings yet.

But, whatevers. Today I’m gonna have to do some honest to goodness grocery shopping, and can only hope I manage to throw together enough meals to last me the rest of the week, else you’ll find me running to Papa Mia for another emergency fix again. :silly:

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I have decided to be a man…

Lincoln Adams | October 18, 2008 @ 2:18 pm

… by running away from all my problems.

The last few days I’ve been following up on the latest political news, which I realize tends to put me in a violent, must-eradicate-all-liberals-on-Earth kinda mood. The last straw were all the personal attacks on Joe The Plumber, whose unforgiveable sin it seems had been that he asked a question.

But then I realized that despite spending so many hours reading up on the news, being well informed doesn’t really do anything for me except raise my blood pressure. See, I’m a guy who has no absolutely impact on anything that happens in the world, so why bother getting upset over things that I cannot possibly ever change? Indeed, the only thing I CAN change is myself. So I have decided to do just that… by withdrawing completely from reality and pursuing an escapist lifestyle where I can remain blissfully ignorant of everything that’s happening in the world. :ggrin:

I can see the wisdom now of barricading myself in my room with nothing but my desktop PC, a bundle of Netflix DVDs, a few bags of Tostitos and some cheese dip. I’d remove all the political/news feeds from my feedreader, lock out all the news channels on TV, then completely immerse myself in playing massive multiplayer games online (or perhaps my favorite Nancy Drew mystery games.) If I have a hankering for something more than chips, I can always order from Papa John’s and have them slide the pizza under my door.

Who says I don’t know how to enjoy life??

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When The Term Christianity Loses All Meaning

Lincoln Adams | September 24, 2007 @ 8:00 am

I recently got temporarily banned from a “conservative” forum after challenging one of the members for making disgusting comments regarding his lifestyle. He basically bragged about being a heavy drinker and for sleeping around with as many women as he could mathematically fit within a day.

Normally this would get a yawn from me. I am from New York after all. But here’s the thing: he called himself a Christian, and a devout one at that.

Say what now?

Since when did God start giving thumbs up for behaving like a drunkard and a sex maniac? Was there a footnote I missed in Revelation that said, “Oh by the way, all those commandments I mentioned earlier about living a sinless life? Just kidding!”

Dudes, seriously, what is this? It was so outrageous I initially thought he was just joking. When it became clear that he wasn’t, and even worse tried to defend it, I finally called him out on it. I wasn’t nasty about it (though I could have been), and even used Scripture to back up my points and explain why I felt he was wrong.

So what happens? The board starts coming after ME. Well one “Christian” in particular, who I’m sure had also expressed the same reservations and concerns about this guy behind closed doors, yet decided to take his side and attack me because of an unrelated post I had made a few days earlier that she thought was distasteful. So, my lacking tact was somehow worse than a guy who brags about smelling like the women he slept with the night before?

O-kaaay.

Then another “Christian” (who also happened to be a mod) starts blasting me in private messages (PM), telling me that I go too far, that I should have taken it to PM, yadda yadda yadda, blah blah bladdy blah blah. Not one person, NOT ONE, ever considered the idea that maybe, just maybe, I might have had a point. And I did have a point, but I was the only one who was actually willing to say anything about it publicly.

I’m not the kind of guy who likes to murmur behind closed doors. I’d rather bring things out in the open, that way there’s no doubt as to where I stand on things. And believe me, there was no doubt then when I made that post. But once again, because I said what I felt was the truth, I get my arse put in a sling. So much for contending for the faith once delivered to all the saints.

The cowardice and hypocrisy of that board astounds me to no end. They were perfectly willing to express the very same concerns I did behind closed doors, but to actually tell it to Man Whore’s face was another matter, and even worse, they pretend to be on his side through it all. These are Christians? Good grief, the word has lost all meaning.

Hypocrites, In-Your-Face Perverts, and Cowards. That’s what the church today is all about, and why I no longer want any part of it. Yet in spite of it all, I really do believe there are good Christians out there, some of who even frequent this blog, and while they’re not perfect, they’re still trying to do the best they can in a screwy, psycho world. I have nothing but heartfelt admiration for them. I only wish we weren’t so spread out away from each other in distant lands. Oh well. At least I know they’re out there.

And yeah, I admit I’m hoping that amongst them all, the girl of my dreams is still out there as well, waiting for me. :sigh: