So let’s talk hamburgers…

If you go into a pub/restaurant, there’s a good chance that there will be a hamburger on the menu. If the menu, in an attempt to fancy-up the joint, says, “made from 100% lean ground sirloin,” you might as well just turn around and leave. That burger’s no good.

You see, a decent hamburger really can only be made from one thing: ground chuck, straight from the shoulder of the cow. And the meat needs to be pretty darn fatty, something like 10 to 15% fat. Otherwise, you’re going to get some dry, tasteless puck that you’ll have to quietly endure as you watch you’re friends devour what looks like a pretty decent Ruben.

Chuck, people! Sure there are exceptions—I think the people at [Shake Shack](http://www.shakeshacknyc.com/) mix skirt steak with the chuck, [Peter Luger](http://www.peterluger.com/), I’m sure, uses their amazing porter house steaks, probably a well-marbleized sirloin would do, but why waste you’re money? The chuck is sitting right there.

Maybe they shouldn’t even serve a burger at pub/restaurants—they’re invariably way too big, served on some monstrous 5-inch high bun; who needs it? If you order it rare, you’re biting through 2 inches of cold, pink flesh (too much).

My latest feeling is that burgers should be kind-of small, loosely-packed, greasy, and delicious…

As a fan of the holiday, it’s sad to note that I will neither be in New York, nor in costume for Halloween. Maybe it’s for the best—last year Kaveri and I made elaborate “blue states for Kerry” costumes in the hope that we could somehow influence the election. We Didn’t.

But now that the Republicans are slowly sinking in the scandal-ridden muck, and with the ’06 elections looming around the corner, perhaps it’s time we revisit those carefree days when it looked like Bush might get kicked out of the White House…

All over my face. Specifically around my lips and nose.

So what’s going on here? It may be that I’ve been using a very toxic resin to create art in my livingroom/studio. The label says to avoid breathing the vapors, but I’ve been breathing them fairly heavily…

Stay tuned for typeface-related posts.

Today I was thinking about songs where I like the less famous remake to the original. Here are the only two I’ve come up with so far:

Hurt – Johnny Cash over Trent Reznor

Happiness is a Warm Gun – The Breeders over the Beatles