i make cool beandips with black beans, ground roasted sunseeds, brewers' yeast, garlic, lemon juice etc; well let's call it 'foie maigre'

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

I've been (almost totally) vegetarian for a while now, and when I smell someone's charcoal grill, I remember those days vividly.  

I also find the smell of charring flesh amazingly gross and disgusting.  

The simultaneous experience of these two things is . . . well, it's just really weird, that's all.  

The Fates are kind.