Escalation

Jim Gordon: What about escalation?

Batman: Escalation?

Jim Gordon: We start carrying semi-automatics, they buy automatics. We start wearing Kevlar, they buy armor-piercing rounds.

Batman: And?

Jim Gordon: And *you're* wearing a mask and jumping off rooftops. Now, take this guy: armed robbery, double homicide. Got a taste for theatrical, like you. Leaves a calling card.

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I told a couple of friends about my foolish month of veganism. And, since they're lunatics like me, they decided to up the ante a bit.

So now, we have:

The Monastic Challenge

Vegan diet (no meat, fish, eggs, dairy)
No refined sugar
No alcohol
No drugs (including caffeine)
No sexual release of any kind
No harmful thoughts toward others (compassion to all beings)

Big Mike made a Facebook page, appropriately entitled "The Monastic Challenge". We'll probably post hourly updates of our withdrawal symptoms.

Any one of these things would be irritating and cause me to make a smart-ass remark about it. But all six? This is going to be an interesting month, indeed.