STIX 'N STONES

Get a FREE Chick-fil-A Sandwich Today (Labor Day)

 

This is a great Labor Day special.  Just wear a t-shirt with your favorite sports team logo on it to any Chick-fil-A today (Sept. 7th) between 10:30am to close and you will receive a FREE chicken sandwich.  CLICK HERE for more details.

Eating Bugs In Thailand

I'm told that eating fried bugs is a popular snack in Thailand.  Different vendors actually sell them and you also purchase them at the local market.  I promised the MCM Ministry School team that I would eat a fried bug while I was in Thailand.  Well, tonight was my night I guess you could say.  Not only did I eat one, but I actually ate 4 different kinds!  The one that I'm holding in my hand in is a larva or grub worm of some kind.  Whatever it was, it had one of the worst "after-tastes" that I've ever experienced.  Then there were a couple different kinds of crickets as well as a grasshopper.  The best tasting one (or the least offensive tasting one) was actually the grasshopper (I can't believe I just said that).  

Several others on our team also ate some bugs.  Scroll down to see some up-close pics of these Thailand "snacks."  The large water bugs or cockroaches (I don't remember what kind they were) were huge - at least several inches in length.  I didn't eat one of those.  Gilbert did, however, and it took him about 15 minutes to finally get it all down.  I enjoyed watching him almost "lose his lunch" in the process.  It was priceless.  The pics below are worth a view.  Enjoy. . .

 

FREE Tacos For America - Hurry and Get Yours!

No joke - this is for real.  Since Jason Bartlett (Shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays) stole a base in game #1 of the World Series, Taco Bell restaurants are giving away FREE TACOS on Tuesday, Oct. 28th from 2pm-6pm (local time).  No purchase is required, and the limit is one taco per customer.  This is part of their promotion called "Steal A Base, Steal A Taco."  Click Here for more details.