A bit on great things. There is an inherent problem that I have discovered during my term served in this reality and it is this: whenever you have the best of something it diminishes everything else in that category to dust. My example this morning is the glorious beef jerky that a dear friend’s retired 5 star chef father makes but once a year. I lack the adjectives to properly describe the euphoria that one experiences devouring even the smallest piece of the bovine based Ambrosia provided by this culinary genius. What is my problem? I love beef jerky in general, however whenever I eat this beef jerky it reminds how bad all other store bought jerky is and thus ruins beef jerky for me all over again.

This is true for many things. Hamburgers are a great example. Each and every day millions of Americans eat crap hamburgers at fast food joints all across our nation. They pound it down along with the tasteless greasy fries coated in pretend salt and are convinced that they are eating good food. However if you take a normal person and have them eat a real hamburger, say made from buffalo for instance like the one found at Ted’s Montana Grill, they quickly come to realize that they have been eating crap all along. Again, another category of food destroyed for that person.

This really applies to all things if you think about it. Sex? Great sex ruins normal sex. Cars. You could love your car, then sit in a top end Lexus or Mercedes and quickly look at your own car with disdain. Houses. Anything really. The old saying applies “There is such a thing as too much of a good thing.” or in this instance “There is such a thing as too good of anything.”

I will sit and enjoy by jerky while it lasts knowing full and well that jerky will be ruined for me yet again for at least a year. Le Sigh.