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So it's Fat Tuesday today, meaning tomorrow is the start of Lent. Now, I was not raised Catholic, but the Bear was, so we're having a debate. Bear thinks we should give up something for Lent and has been going on about what to give up. She's been wrestling with it, but finally came up with alcohol. Bear's going to give up alcohol for 40 days. That's fine, except of course, for the fact that we're married.

"So what are you going to give up?" she asks me. I don't know how to answer this. "I think I'll give up snorting coke," I replied. "You don't do coke, you have to give up something you do."

"What if I give up not doing coke?" I was going for the technicality, but I guess God doesn't buy into those.

So it's Fat Tuesday and I'm faced with the peer pressure to go 40 days without the gin and juice. That's fine if you live somewhere warm, but this is Portland. It's miserable out and it's very much a beer culture. Will I follow suit? I'm on the fence. But until then, I'm counting down the hour and getting ready to get out of work for some good old fashioned binge before you purge fun.

So faced with no groceries and no real desire to go out and get some, I was foraging through the pantry and came across these sweet little treats from Little Debby. If you're not familiar with Little Debbie, she's the poor man's hostess, making knockoff treats at prices you wouldn't belive. Well, you start to believe them once you open the box.

Yes, there's the little temptress, offering the forbidden fruits of christmas tree shaped confections. I was salivating at the thought of eating each and every branch. They just looked so tasty in their individual plastic containers.

Sure, they're a little squished, but that doesn't affect the taste. After all, these things won't expire until the second coming. And speaking of the taste, these things consist of a coating of frosting followed by a layer of white cake, followed by more frosting, followed by more cake.

Needless to say, I temporarily became a diabetic after my first bite.