Hello friends! We haven’t been Meatloafing much—or meating, for that matter (Except for burgers. We always need burgers.). It’s hot out, so that means we’ve been jumping off cliffs, riding the Cyclone with best friends, riding bikes, homebrewing kombucha (the ancient Asian wonder drink [note: future Meatloafing post about this]), and sprouting. Hippies. Summer! We love it.

Summer Fitness: Guide to Arms

Today we will focus on the core and upper body. Pushups and situps are classic. When done properly, you will strengthen your abs, arms, shoulders, and back—all while watching tv or hanging out in the park! Here is a video demo of Meatloafing-style pushups. Please note that in this video, my form is perfect, but my execution could use some work.

Here, a frank exchange between two friends about bedding. Commenters, please add your thoughts about memory foam.

WARNING: light adult content

PATTY: where can i find a decent mattress pad
RON: what’s your idea of decent
k-mart or bb&b really
PATTY: bbb is expensive isn’t it?
i thought c21 would have some but theirs sucked
RON: do you want memory foam?
i would try overstock.com for memory foam
brad pitt swears by it
a standard firm mattress topped with 3″ of memory foam
it’s the pitt-rest
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• The Brooklyn Kitchen First Birthday Party & Bodega Challenge is TONIGHT!
• Especially relevant to me: Curing Insomnia Without the Pills [nytimes]
• Adrian Grenier: Hot or Not?* The Entourage cast held a book signing yesterday and there were like 20 people standing in (on) line, as compared to more like 200 for The Sopranos book signing. I love the show but am simply having difficulty categorizing him as hot or not. Thoughts?

*As Adrian Grenier (the actual person), not as Vincent Chase (who is obviously hot)

Warm up this fall with this healthy and delish recipe. It blows everything else away!

Ingredients

Main stuff

• Joseph’s low-carb wraps
• Soyrizo
• Rice (u choose what kind) cooked in vegetable broth and a little olive oil
• Shredded cheese
• Sour cream
• Your favorite salsa and hot sauce

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It’s that time of the year again. As the temperature drops, we suggest 10 ways to boost your mood* and stay healthy throughout those troublesome winter months. Act now—before you’re too depressed to do anything about it.

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Combining the slightly sweet sauce of the Chicken Tikka Masala with the sugar-glazed goodness of the Popem, the ChickNut brings East and West together, resulting in previously uncharted flavor combinations. You might think it’s crazy but that’s only because you haven’t tried it yet. Just another day in the Meatloafing kitchen.

Ingredients

• 1 piece of Chicken Tikka Masala from the Indian food cart on the southwest corner of 46th St. and 6th Ave.
• 1 Entenmann’s Glazed Popem

Directions

1. Insert clean index finger into Popem, creating a hole large enough for the piece of chicken.
2. Insert chicken into hole.
3. Enjoy.

Note: This recipe can also be made with meats other than chicken. BeefNuts, PorkNuts, and GoatNuts are not unheard of. Feel free to experiment and don’t forget to share your favorite Meat + Donut combinations in the comments section of the post!

me: i have to paint b4 i can have a housewarming
Bryan: mm
me: the starbux brown is making me crazy
like the shining
i’m thinking “light french gray”
or “cloudy day”
Bryan: hmm
ok
me: ahh just clicked “purchase”
what a rush
Bryan: whoa
gotta drop a deuce
me: front to back