2.24.2009

What in the...?



Twice in the last couple of months I've had a young man knock on the door and pose the following query:

"Hey, man. Do you like steak?"

Uhhh, yeah. I do. A lot.

I just don't like to buy it from a fellow canvassing my neighborhood in jeans and a hooded sweatshirt who's willing to go as low as $3.00.

I don't know what $3.00 will buy me. Our business relationship hasn't ever gone that far. Maybe someday, I'll learn just what cut the mysterious bargain meat is...

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