Doing My Part

Every year, at about this time–oddly coinciding with the Christmas festivities–we (the wife and I, and a friend) do our part in the Campaign to Keep America Obese (Check it out, it's sweeping the nation). We gather, each taking turns spiking the egg nog, and bake cookies for our friends and families, A.K.A. the ingrates. This year it looks like 36 dozen are on the agenda.

The Breakdown:

• Seven Layer Bars
• Russian Tea Cakes
• Dutch Chocolate Cookies
• Frosted Shortbread
• Snickers-spiked Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Butterscotch Haystacks

Are you drooling? Why not collect it in a jar and give that to a friend? After all, it's the thought that counts, and what friend wouldn't be happy to receive the fruit of your cravings?

The marathon begins tomorrow, and ends when the film crews arrive, the police are called, or the sweat starts to drip in the icing. There's a little bit of us in every bite. We call it love. Why not take up this tradition yourselves? It certainly beats shambling through the malls, or greedily lapping the e-bay pool of crap. Plus, if enough people take it up, we can quit. And, just in time for the holiday devoted to quitters, New Years.

Happy Holidays, All. Eat up!