Stephen and I spent this last week at the Objectivist Conference ( OCON ) in Boston. We started out the week staying in town, but finished it off commuting. As we stayed at the Seaport Hotel at the beginning of the week when we knew almost no one, we didn’t take advantage of the social atmosphere, but were happily sequestered in our room. After getting to know a few people, we dined, drank, and were generally merry with those few. Through the classes, general sessions, and referenced symposiums (in the ancient Greek sense), I left with a calmer sense of purpose, renewed motivation, and a smoldering desire to make the world a better place. By firmly placing the moral foundation under the tremendous achievements of the Founding Fathers first in my own mind, I then hope to help do so in the minds of others who have chosen the fundamental alternative to live, turning that smolder into a bonfire. One of the most immediately motivating things I learned at OCON this week regards the light tha
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The name suited my desire to be sassy but not my need to be serious at times. For me, the rationalization of salami is a somewhat amusing encapsulation of what is a constant struggle between eating right and living right. 3 Ring Binder tells more about what I want to accomplish via blogging, which is to learn and share more in the world of ideas as well as be sassy, fun, and hopefully amusing. That, and I have an actual penchant for storing, collecting, and organizing things via 3 ring binders. It's a good system and, I think, essentially a better name.
Thanks for asking!
I'm teasing a bit, but I must admit to wondering how salami could have enough import in someone's life to require any sort of rationalization to allow for eating it. :-) I don't even know what goes into salami, and I'm not aware of the health risks. I also don't love it. I mean, it's OK, and I don't actively avoid it, but certainly don't seek it out.
So in the eating right vs. living right spectrum, I'm guessing you hold that salami is yummy, but potentially bad for you, and the rationalization part is figuring out the balance while still getting to enjoy it sometimes?
C'mon, we need a treatise on this!
The ultimate question is, of course, what exactly is salami?
from Wikipedia: Salami is cured sausage, fermented and air-dried. Salami may refer specifically to a class of salumi (the Italian tradition of cured meats), where an individual sausage or style of sausage (e.g. Genoa) would be referred to with the singular Italian form salame. Alternatively, in general English usage, salami may be singular or plural and refer to a generic style or to various specific regional styles from Italy or elsewhere, such as France, Germany, or Hungary. The name comes from the Latin/Italian root sal-, meaning 'salt'.
Also from wikipedia: Historically, salami has been popular amongst Italian peasants due to being a meat product able to be stored at room temperature for periods of up to a year, supplementing a possibly meager or inconstant supply of fresh meat.
More fuel for my rationalization process - it has an important history!!!
I'm putting that in my 3 Ring Binder.
And I found your conversation with Mr. August very entertaining!