Food for thought

I can't wait to get there and try some of those buffets! They have prime rib, jumbo shrimp, New York strip, crab legs, and desserts that will make your head spin. Believe you me, Jason, it is going to be... wait for it... wait for it... legendary!

- Jay

As many of our poll voters have already noted, we like to eat. If you've never seen Jay devour 60 jumbo shrimp at Bogen's then you've missed a gastrointestinal feat. Our concern is the fact that overindulgence can be considered a sin, gluttony.

"Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat."

- Proverbs 23:20

The honest truth is this is going to be a tough one for the two of us. We're not used to gambling or attention from women so we won't be tempted to indulge in those things out of routine. We do, however, enjoy eating. This temptation will only be harder to resist when Jay discovers there is a Krispy Kreme at our hotel.

So what are we to do? Our spiritual guide book suggests fasting may help heighten our meditation, but being in the desert heat makes fasting a dangerous activity. Then we remembered the old story about the young boy whose father found out he had been chewing tobacco. The father was upset, but rather than tell the boy not to do it again he sat down and forced the son to finish off an entire bag of Red Man snuff. The boy kept putting more and more of the gooey tobacco leaves into his mouth until he began gagging and eventually threw up. Sick as he had ever been in his life, the young man never touched chewing tobacco again.

That's our plan. We are going to gorge ourselves on as many buffets, dessert shops, and deep fried Twinkies as possible. The goal is to get so sick of the food we will never want to overindulge again.

Wish us luck!