I know you're all sick of hearing about food and probably wish I was doing my usual post about some crazy party, but I can't really give up this particular event:

Tomorrow (which is probably today by the time you read this, and in any case to clear up confusion I mean Wednesday, by which I mean July 18, 2007.  A.D.) is the American Meat Institute's (!?) famous annual Hot Dog Lunch.  Located in the Rayburn Courtyard with the grills firing up at 11:30, the day promises to be memorable for the sheer amounts of beef...or pork...well, it's some kind of meat that we'll be eating.  In various forms, too: last year featured hot dogs, of course, but also corn dogs and other forms of dog that can only be dreamed of.  And it's free, because hot dogs cost less than $8 and thus don't violate the gift ban, thank god.

But wait, it gets better.  Last year, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), in their slight insanity, hired two Playboy Playmates to hand out veggie dogs and convince people to become vegans.

Yes, this is the one event not to miss this summer, the one that makes all those ridiculous unpaid hours worthwhile.   So go forth, eat hot dogs, and then post comments with pictures or something (Can you even do that?  Let's find out.).