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UPDATE 6/14/06:
At the suggestion of others, this post has been rated PG.
Proceed at your own risk.

Working at home has its advantages. The best part is eating lunch with my girls every day.

Unlike my previous workplace, though, we do not have a Wendy's and Taco Bell within walking distance. And, my wife will tell you that, for some reason, I do not enjoy plain ham and cheese sandwiches — frustrating the "what do we have for lunch?" quandary.

I will tolerate grilled cheese sandwiches, though, so we sometimes have grilled cheese with soup or grilled cheese and ham. A while back I discovered a new variation of the grilled cheese sandwich using one of my favorite ingredients: Wolf Brand Chili.

Wolf Brand Chili has no equal. It is the best chili on the planet.

There's no real magic to making a grilled chili cheese sandwich, but here are some tips:

• You'll want to prevent spreading the chili on the opposite side of an already buttered piece of bread in mid-air. I'll leave this exercise to the reader.
• Unless you want to eat your sandwich with a fork, spread the chili thinly.

Bon appetit!

For reference, here's another chili cheese sandwich: The Double Decker–definitely one for the fork!

This happened driving back from Dallas the other day. The tire had been shaking a bit with what I thought was just a balancing problem. Instead, the tire was coming apart! When it gave way, it made a terrible racket. I was able to pull into a gas station and replace it with the spare before it shredded itself and blew out.

Thankfully this happened while I was driving, so my wife didn't have to deal with it. As of yesterday we have four new Michelins on the car.