Popular Mechanics South Africa

Torch your lunch

make this depressing, but the reason I just can’t convince myself to bring my lunch to work is because it hurts my heart. Sitting at a desk all day is bad enough when there are people out there making a living surfing ( North Shore hero Southwest Airlines pilot Tammie Jo Shults) and importing wild cumin from Afghanistan ( Burlap & Barrel co-founder Ethan Frisch). I shouldn’t also have to wait in line for a sad science box from the 1940s to wilt my vegetables and humidify my leftover pizza. Life is short, and what’s left of the fire in my incandescent anarcho-punk heart has been smothered enough.

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