Today is Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember fallen military heroes who gave their lives trying to protect the American way of life (and to find great deals on new cars, household goods, and other manifestations of consumerism runk amok, ahem, the American way of life). Yet despite the heroic efforts of generations of brave [...]
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I am writing this post on Friday night in case rapture comes on Saturday as predicted. If you are reading this post on Monday when I scheduled it to run then there are three possible explanations: 1. the rapture did not happen and the prophets of doom were wrong, or at least off by a [...]
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I have made many references on this blog about worshipping in the church of the divine swine, but I have never actually prayed at the Barbecue Church. One of these days I just might. The town of Sanford is home to 250-plus year old Barbecue Presbyterian Church, located at 124 Barbecue Church Road. The church was [...]
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If there were an award for the website that is most antithetical to BBQJew.com, this one might be the winner. After all, what could be more in conflict with the values espoused by BBQJew.com than the Christian Vegetarian Association? According to their website, ”The Christian Vegetarian Association (CVA) is an international, non-denominational ministry of believers dedicated [...]
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Lord, forgive me for I have sinned. Consider this post a confession more than a review. I was flying from the east coast to the left coast and had a layover at Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) airport. As I walked from one gate to another, I spotted a Dickey’s Barbecue Pit. ”What a coincidence,” I [...]
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Thank you to Jay and Katherine, a husband-and-wife team who sent me the below picture of a fascinating tapestry. According to Katherine, ”The tapestry hangs in the Gallery of Tapestries in the Vatican Museum and is a picture of the Last Supper. I think it was woven in the 1600s.” Why is this artwork of particular interest, [...]
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We all know that barbecue is akin to religion in North Carolina. Because of this fact, it dawned on me that perhaps there are some ‘cue-related lessons to glean from religion. Today’s post focuses on barbecue-specific teachings of the ten commandments. (If I don’t get too many “burn in hell” comments from this attempt at humor, perhaps I will [...]
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