Blessed by the Potato

I’m even sicker today, and really sick of being sick.

A few days ago I manged to get out and try a Quiznos sub. I had a 2 for 1 coupon that came in the mail, so Wayfare came and got one too. They were really good, almost enough to bump me up into another sandwich bracket. Tomatoes do taste a lot better toasted than raw (plus they’re probably higher quality to start with, if the price is any indicator), and I can only imagine what it does for meat.

But it was significantly more expensive than Subway. Even with our 2-for-1 coupon, it was only a dollar cheaper than our two subs would have been at Subway; about $2.50 (50%!) more for just my veggie sub. It was also sort of weird, since they had metal sneezeguards, so we couldn’t watch them make the sub. They were also even more stingy on the lettuce than Subway was, and didn’t have cucumbers at all. But it was still quite good. I’ve got a few more coupons, so I’ll probably go back one or two more times before February to give it a real shake-down.

It’s been a recurring theme here, but it bears repeating: I have no idea what to do about hosting. Something that would go a long way towards helping me make my decision would be an idea of how many people use this site; a census of sorts. So I’m asking everyone who hasn’t already left a comment to please leave me one just so I know how many unique users there are. If you’re shy, you can email me at holypotato at gmail instead. Or, you can leave a comment with 3 or more URLs in it, which will then cause it to be caught by my spam filter. I can from there delete it without anyone seeing it.

To encourage you, I’m going to offer a cookie to anyone who leaves a comment to this post. I’m assuming, of course, that right now I’ve only got a small handful of readers located in a small geographic area (that is, friends of mine, or friends of friends). If it’s not feasible to get a cookie to you (or if you wish to remain pseudoanonymous, which I totally understand), then perhaps we can work out some other form of cheap-as-free incentive.

Edit: yes, a real sugary cookie, not some truly worthless tracking file in your web browser.

On to other matters: Kraft Dinner.

It really deserves it’s very own post, but I’ve been wondering lately why I like it so much, and couldn’t wait to author a proper post. It’s so artificial, and it’s not even all that cheap any more (the logs now run at just about a dollar, and the fancy white cheese, spirals, and three cheese flavours all top $1.50). But I love it any way. Not a month goes by where I don’t have a pot, and usually more like once a week. My cat likes it, too, which only strikes me as a little bit strange. What’s really weird though, is that I hate macaroni and cheese, by which I’m referring to that casserole stuff with real macaroni noodles and honest-to-goodness cheddar cheese baked on top.