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Thursday, July 19, 2007
2:04:00 PM EDT
Hearing Pop! Goes My Heart -- Pop!


I'm feeling a bit daffy at the moment, so I thought I'd do another entirely daffy Weekend Assignment:

Weekend Assignment #175: TV or Bacon? By which I mean, you have to choose one of these two things. Whichever you choose, you get to continue to enjoy. The one you don't, you lose forever. So which will you choose? The pixellated, phosphorescent pleasures of television's hundreds of channels? Or the smoky, meaty pleasures of bacon? You must choose!

Why TV and bacon? Well, because they are two things most people seem to like, and they are (usually) entirely unrelated, which makes choosing between them more interesting.

Caveats: Assume "TV" also to mean any form of entertainment originally broadcast or intended for TV; no "well, I'll just watch Heroes on my computer" weaseling out allowed (you can still watch movie DVDs on your computer). If you're a vegetarian and/or Jewish and/or Muslim (and therefore don't eat bacon), you may substitute some other beloved food product, but has it has close to a bacony experience as your dietary restrictions allow. For non-Americans, assume that all bacon sub-types are involved here, not merely the narrow American definition of it. Got it? Excellent.

Also: Aside from dietary restriction scenarios, no "bacon" substitutions, like Kevin Bacon or Roger Bacon. Honestly. That's just silly.

Extra credit: Current favorite TV show and/or variety of bacon.

This is an easy one for me: I hardly watch TV as it is -- mostly just cartoons and the Daily Show at this point -- whereas I firmly believe a life without bacon is a life not worth living. I don't eat a huge amount of the stuff, mind you -- I'm at an age where it's not advisable to have bacon every day -- but I would certainly miss it if it were gone, more so than, say, Scrubs or My Name is Earl. Those are fine shows, to be sure. They're just not bacon. They are not bacon-worthy. I suppose I will miss not being able to veg out to TV, but I've still got books, music, movies, live theater and the Internet to keep me occupied. What can replace bacon? Not a damn thing.

So: bye, TV! Nice knowing you. And, bacon: Let's never fight again.

Favorite type of bacon: Whatever kind it is you use for fettucine carbonara. Because I lovethat stuff.

your turn! Choose between television and bacon. Write your answer on your blog or journal, and then come back here to leave a link! This should reveal some very interesting thins about all of us, I would say.


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• #11 Comment from axlward060674 
  7/23/07 10:16 PM | Permalink

  Here ya go:
  http://cosmicdog.typepad.com/cosmicdogs_awareness/2007/07/bacon-vs-tv-thi.html
  
  Man, lay on the guilt trip, why don't ya?
• #10 Comment from anaedream 
  7/23/07 4:17 PM | Permalink

  Here you go!
  
  http://anaedream.com/2007/07/23/weekend-assignment-175-tv-or-bacon/
  
  What would be the blogosphere if we didn't support each other! :)
  
  Kate
  
  
• #9 Comment from lifes2odd 
  7/23/07 11:48 AM | Permalink

  Here's mine...
  http://journals.aol.com/lifes2odd/perception/entries/2007/07/23/tv-or-bacon/433
• #8 Comment from promiseluv372 
  7/21/07 12:25 PM | Permalink

  Here's mine...
  
  http://journals.aol.com/promiseluv372/PromiseMe/entries/2007/07/21/weekend-ass./1633
  
  Promise
• #7 Comment from hewasolddog299 
  7/21/07 11:19 AM | Permalink

  So, you taking any bets on what it'll be? Satisfy your curiosity with a visit here:
  
  http://dailysnooze.blogspot.com/2007/07/john-m-scalzis-weekend-assignment-175.html
  
  wil

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