10-22-09 Thursday (Argumentative)

I started an argument on Facebook today.  I become a fan of a lot of different thinks on Facebook.  Sometimes it’s for 100% fun, sometimes so people will get a better feel for who I am, sometimes it’s for coupons, etc.  For example, I’m a fan of “not being stabbed repeatedly”, “Not being on fire”, “I love Coldstone”, etc.  I recently became a Facebook fan of Morningstar Farms and even got some coupons from them.  Today they posted a Jambalaya-Style Rice with Shrimp and Sausage recipe using their veggie sausage.  The ingredients:

1 package (9 oz.) Veggie Italian Style Sausage
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 can (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes
3/4 cup uncooked long grain rice
1 1/2 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
8 oz. frozen, peeled and deveined shrimp, thawed
1/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth

You would have thought the earth stopped spinning.  Other fans grabbed their torches and ridiculed them (Morningstar Farms) for not being 100% veggie.  Chicken broth?  Shrimp?  Ugh.

My reply?

Oh geez people. I eat meat but love Morning Star for lower calorie, reduced fat meal solutions. It's not always about YOU. Tweak the recipe to your liking. Pssssst, I bet their workers eat meat. Egads!

I couldn’t help it.  It hit a nerve.  The words flowed out of my brain to my fingers like, uhhhh, like diarrhea.  Mmmmm, maybe more like melted delicious chocolate.  Is that better?  Anyway, the next 20-30 or so comments were more like arguments about vegetarians, vegan, flexatarians, pescetarians, their beliefs and definitions. 

Point of the story?  Yeah, uh, use torches outdoors.

Jim had a phone interview today.  I seemed to have went well.  Still nothing on the other positions he applied for.  He’s gotten a few rejection letters but not even at a fraction of what he’s applied for.

I’ve heard back from mine.  Nothing good, nothing bad.  Just a hold for a few days.  I have a second interview for Saturday.  Wish me success.  Screw the luck.

Our friends Dave, Mike, and David hosted a Windows 7 party in the evening.  It was a promotion by Microsoft to advertise their new version of Windows.  The party included Windows 7 paraphernalia such as napkins, totes, a puzzle, etc.  Windows 7 appears to be faster and easy yet similar to Windows Vista which I already have on my laptop.  Jim has XP on his laptop.  I’m not sure I’ll run out for Windows 7 just yet.

That’s all I got.  I’m craving farm animal right now…