When a sandwich is the most exciting thing that happens to you all day…

Today wasn’t particularly eventful. Sure, some people on Twitter wanted to make a lot of the fact that I had a miso mustard glazed tempeh Reuben with avocado, ginger sauerkraut, spicy Russian dressing, on 7-grain vegan bread for lunch. But, honestly, who hasn’t done that from time to time?

In all seriousness, though, I bought the sandwich here in Midtown, and it was surprisingly good — especially for vegan food, which in my limited experience is often not very good. Certainly vegan and vegetarians get the short end of it at most restaurants, especially at lunch hour take-away. The place I got this sandwich was a little too far from the office, and certainly much too expensive, to be a regular lunchtime spot for me, but I was pleasantly surprised. I’d never even heard of tempeh before this. I have mixed feelings about soy in general. I like edamame, for instance, and don’t particularly dislike soy milk. But I pretty much hate tofu. So, again, it was a pleasant surprise, even if the sandwich wasn’t even remotely like a regular Reuben.

And that’s about it for Tuesday.

Tuesday various

  • So Yoko Ono only okayed the Citroën car commercial to keep Lennon in the public conciousness? That’s good, because before this, I’m sure many people were thinking, “John Lennon? Who’s that?”
  • Another from the fine line between irony and hypocrisy department: Sarah Palin Crossed Border for Canadian Health Care. Why does she hate America? [via]
  • Having just recently rented or purchased some DVDs and Blu-Ray discs where this is a particular problem, I can totally get behind John Scalzi on this:

    …if someone were to introduce legislation requiring home entertainment companies to have a “just play the damn movie” button at the start of every DVD, Blu-Ray or any other future movie-playing technology, I would call my Senators and representative every fifteen minutes until they voted “yes” on that bill.

  • Charlie Stross on how books are made. [via]
  • And finally, A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever [via]