American Cheese Guilt

After reading Dave's comment about my cheese entry, I feel compelled to list some of the many reasons why I disagree that Dave is an idiot.

Top 10 reasons why Dave is not an idiot

10. He teaches prisoners how to read
9. He convinces ordinary North Americans to eat bugs for dinner

Deep fried bug stall at an Asian market...yum. Image copied under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. Photo by Takoradee

8. He orders a mean Thai entrée
7. He shares his cookie-dough ice cream


Roman ice cream (probably not cookie-dough flavored). Photo by Alessio Damato. Copied under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.

6. He is more educated than 80% of people worldwide
5. He managed to live in Wyoming for two years without serious cultural mishaps
4. His “pears become wet” poem is a universally-recognized college alumnae/i cue


Moist pears. USDA photo by Keith Weller. Image Number K5299-1.

3. He wrote a couple of Spark notes
2. His daughter seems to think he’s the smartest man on earth
1. He picked Kim to be his life partner

So…not too shabby, if you ask me, any nonsense with burger shacks notwithstanding.