Meat-ssion Accomplished!

We did it!! Thanks to you all, we raised $3533.94 (and counting!) for some deserving kids at Excel Academy. MeatNight Madness -- a fitting finale to a challenging but fun month! Much appreciation to all donors, blog-watchers, recipe-providers, supporters... and to my beloved family, who put up with the silliness and toughed it out to the very end :)

Postscript: Late donations have brought our total to $4138.94. Congrats and thanks to all. -JK

Final Weigh-Ins

Me: 154.5 lbs (down 14.5 lbs from my 8/31 chicken-wing-induced high)
Ten Racks of Ribs Currently in My Slow-Cooker: ~16 lbs

Could be a good night to make up for lost time. See you at 12:01am!

The 0.1108% Factor

The life expectancy of an American male is currently 75.2 years (902.4 months), which means I have just squandered a full 0.1108% of my lifetime meat-eating capacity. Here's hoping I can make most of that up overnight on Tuesday.

Yup, we're really in the home stretch of this now, folks. Just under 65 hours to go. And if that man to the right can go ten days without without food or drink (or passing any urine or stool, I might add), I can certainly last 2 and a half more days without a burger.

See you at MeatNight Madness.

You're Invited!

Together we have raised over $3500 for Excel Academy (and lowered my cholestorol by an estimated* 13 points). No Meat September has been a huge success, and it's almost time to celebrate! Please join us for:


It's a carnivorous extravaganza, the perfect excuse to be late to work on a Wednesday, and open to all No Meat September contributors (or make a contribution of any size at the door).

Please RSVP one way or the other by clicking "comments" and leaving your message below (need to know how many ribs to pick up -- in addition to the 3 racks for myself!). Hope to see you there!

*estimated by me

My Fellow Vegetarians...

Wanted to alert you all that Trader Joe's Vegetable Masala Burger is actually pretty tasty. Of course, calling it a "burger" is akin to calling me a "vegetarian" (doesn't the FDA regulate things like this? or are they too busy keeping E. coli out of our diets?). Far as my recollection goes, this "burger" has only two things in common with a real burger: it's round and it's intended for human consumption.

Oh yeah, and one more thing: fry it in a deep puddle of olive oil and it doesn't taste half-bad.



PS. Blerbs, you're still a nimnitz... there's no way I'm giving up the Grade A boeuf for pretenders of this nature.

Worst Prediction Ever

"You're going to love being a vegetarian. Your body is going to feel so good, you're never going back to meat. I guarantee it." Frankie B, certified nimnitz, 8/30/08

Blerbs, in case you were wondering about the accuracy of your prognostication, here's a preview of my breakfast menu for Wednesday, October 1:

Ah, meat... how I miss thee.

Actually, Not So Bad

Had the Smart Ground fake taco meat... and have to say it wasn't horrible. Or maybe after 2+ weeks of this thing, my standards have gone way downhill. Regardless, we're over the hump and into the home stretch.