Sipsey Street Irregulars: On the midnight dangers of Thai food and eating healthy.

Friday, July 22, 2011

On the midnight dangers of Thai food and eating healthy.

So, my gracious host who is putting me up in the vicinity of Mordor-on-the-Potomac until the hearing next week took me out for some Thai last night -- first time for that in a while for me. Delicious it was, to be sure, but I spent most of my dream sleep setting up a clandestine arms production facility in the countryside well away from Imperial Japanese invaders armed with bolt-action Arisakas and Zeroes -- not the most likely of scenarios, especially since an anachronistic CNC machine was giving me fits.

Weird.

Worse, my host is the healthiest-eating fellow I have ever camped with and trying to regulate my sugar when I am used to dosages fit for more carbohydrate ingestion in a day than he has in his entire larder is a challenge. Thus, I go from soaring to crashing until I imbibe more sugars from disgustingly healthy fresh fruit, which sends me soaring again. Unless I figure this stuff out, all this healthy eating is going to kill me.

But, things could be worse. I could be trying to set up an arms manufacturing facility to oppose the Imperial Japanese invaders WITHOUT a CNC machine.

"No more Thai food for you, Yankee barbarian long-nose!"

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: hang in there trooper Mike; We know you can master this healthy eating too.
VETTOM III; July 22, 2011 at 8:07 AM
Crownman said...: probably the funniest thing I have heard all week. Thanks for the laugh and stay safe.; July 22, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Anonymous said...: Mike, listen:
I don't know you and you don't know me, but let me say that I value your voice in the glare of oppression. You are a true leader in this movement and we need you around for a LONG time to come.
With that said, and PLEASE do not take offense at this as it is meant in the most kind way, I have seen your picture. You are a "big guy" and those of us with big bellies are at a WAY higher rate of a chance of massive heart failure. You simply MUST eat that "health food" as you call it, and get rid of the sugars and high carb foods that are so tasty! I struggle myself. I know. It ain't easy. But it MUST get done.
Good luck, and THANK YOU!; July 22, 2011 at 12:36 PM

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