Dear Thomas,
I’m afraid I must take issue (pronounced ISS-YOO, and if possible, in a British accent), with your post entitled “My Year in Things” in which you provide an updated status of your ongoing list of “things”. A veritable list of Resolutions. A perennial To-Do List of 101 Things, hence the name and inspiration of your blog.
I’m no math whiz and I’m too lazy to bust out a calculator (even though there is probably one in the default app section of my computer because every computer has a calculator), but a cursory glance at the number of completed items on your list seems to indicate that you are on track with getting your 101 Things done in 1001 Days and for that I commend you. I had one item on my list of 2010 New Year’s resolutions and it was a big fat FAIL. So there. You’re better than me.
Also, I realize this is not the time to nitpick an item on your list because that wasn’t the point of your post, but it is indeed the point of mine and I would like to briefly address item #49.
#49 Eat at In-N-Out Burger. It wasn’t bad, but I don’t get the hype.
Oh, to this, I must take umbrage. (Actually I’m not sure about that, as I am not completely confident as to the precise definition of “umbrage”, but it sounds good. Well, pompous, anyway)
I am sorry there was ANY hype which must have set you up for disappointment because In-N-Out Burger is the best fast food burger joint on the planet. I could eat In-N-Out every frickin’ day. But…I will say that I was not impressed on my first visit. The fries and burgers taste very different from other burger joints, but then I realized why.
Do you know that they have no freezers? Because every thing is fresh. EVERYTHING! The meat has no preservatives and no fillers. The potatoes are cut right there. The buns are made from old-fashioned, slow-rising sponge dough.
We get so used to eating re-nuked and/or refried frozen things that we forget what real food tastes like, especially in a fast food establishment.
Also? An In-N-Out manager is paid very handsomely. I think I heard it was something ridiculous like $100K per year, with full benefits, plenty of vacation and retirement packages. Employees start at 9 bucks an hour and work up from there.
AND nearly every restaurant staffs friendly people. You never got asked how you’re doing at the Drive Thru until In-N-Out came along and started it. And if you ask how they are doing? They say they are doing great and “Thanks for asking”. Of course they are doing great. They are making a LIVING.
And it’s the BEST place to go if you’re on a low-carb diet. (Just order your burger “protein-style”.) You can order your burger a bunch of different ways that silly cultists like to think is a big secret.
In summary and conclusion, In-N-Out makes only one thing (okay, three things if you count french fries and milkshakes) and makes it well. They don’t need to add variety (like bad chicken sandwiches, or a pile of iceberg lettuce questionably accompanied by two strands of julienned carrot and one cherry tomato the sum of which has the audacity to call itself a salad) to attract “healthy eating” customers because In-N-Out is, as you would say, alsome.
I would ask you to give them a second chance and get picky about the items you want on your burger so it’s the best it can be. And get the Double-Double so you get the right meat-bread ratio.
Meanwhile, I’ll be over at the new Five Guys Burgers and Fries that recently opened near Sacramento, trying their burger because some people say it’s alsome so for all I know I may have to eat all these words.
Cheeseburgerly, Frenchifryingly, and Milkshakingly Yours,
Margaret
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Tribal Blogs Conference (June 23-25)
Meanwhile, back in Minnesota, a state in which I have never had the pleasure, a blog conference is taking place. The Tribal Blogs Conference, or as Nicky of We Work for Cheese has taken to call it, TBCon.
And I’m going.
And I’m speaking.
You should come, too. There will be lots of cool bloggers to meet.
Me, for instance.
And you can learn about all kinds of bloggity stuff like social media and monetizing and writing and … did I mention you’ll get to meet me? In real life and everything?
And you don’t have to be a member of Tribal Blogs to register. And if you sign up early, it’s cheaper.
Oh, come on. How many blogging conferences are there in Minnesota? I don’t live anywhere near Minnesota and I’m going. Nicky, who works for cheese, doesn’t even live in this country and she’s going. Actually, I think she’s closer to Minnesota than I am.
So who’s with me? They say it’s right by the Mall of America. Which means I’ll have to get there about a week early.
Link to: More Information About Tribal Blogs Conference
