fear not our vegetable-plant proteins

(an e-mail sent to sacredchow@aol.com)

Subject: Many thanks

07-29-08

Dear Cousin Cliff:

I am a little slow on the uptake these days. That comes from becoming officially old (60). But many thanks for your generosity when we visited your restaurant. While I am afraid I will never be a vegan, I did find the food interesting and enjoyed some of the dishes. Sacred Chow is really very comfortable and enjoyable. Hopefully we'll see you again soon.

Best regards. Cousin John

/caliph's response/

dear john,

sounds like u had a great time! and it was good to see u, meet a new cousin, see judy, and your son. all cousins of mine. the women were very serious about their eating experience, while u and your son were in giggles. also, a good thing. i am glad u found sacred chow interesting. sacred chow is an important food movement, a collective vow . and u can come and enjoy sacred chow any time you'd like. you'll see the mood changes with the hours. add this to your blessed 60 years of life:"i, cousin john, am a part of bringing about enormous change for the health of the earth and human species, and onto our sons, and the generations." now that's an old, slow, officially 60's kind of thing to be proud of! each decade we r called on to be stronger, a leader. come lead the way cousin john, come lead the way!

yours, caliph

/chow's response/

fear not our vegetable-plant proteins for we can step on them and crush them into the dirt with our feet. while w/ our larger flesh proteins, we'll need our guns, arrows, hooks and knives, or simply our brute strength to choke them to death. ah, but u r 60 "officially" old and slow. so just use some dental floss to get the grizzle out while you egest, and read this article on the actress, estelle parsons, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/theater/29estelle.html?ref=arts, she's "officially" 80/1. place article/laptop on your knees, so u can s l o w l y do 3 things at once.

p.s. here's a 4th thing u can do, think: vegan is a cleaner, greener fiber, adding effulgence to the blood, spirit, body, mind and our collective sewage system. it's low carbon living man! now that's generosity!

best regards 2,

sacred chow