dinner now thanksgiving 041011 ... raze "don't laugh until i've explained what you're looking at," my dad said. we didn't have as much chicken as we thought we did. so he improvised. he made himself a ham and asparagus sandwich. "that has to be one of the strangest meals i've seen in a while," i said. "how is it?" "it's actually not bad. you got your asparagus here. you got your three slices of ham. and you can't go wrong when you have a cheese bun." then he smiled and said, "i'll have you know that i expect to get a mention on blather after this." and here we are. 220531 ... tender_square expediency made me reach for my sad single meal of soy hot dogs. the last remaining links were slimy as i tugged them from their plastic sheath. too risky to eat. i lobbed them in the trash, miffed about wasted food. the gas was extinguished; i'd greased the pan for nothing. the rectangular slices of hard cheese listed on the cutting board. i shoved them into the crease of a hot dog bun and inhaled it in three bites. my neighbour dropped off chocolate chip cookies in the midst of meal prep gone awry, and i ate two of them in speedy succession, and gulped oat milk straight from the carton. 230814 what's it to you? who go blather from