Since things are going so smashingly well for us here in Omaha, Mike and I decided to start a blog together to keep friends, family, and fans updated on our best laid plans and plots to take over the world.
For those just tuning in or reuniting with us, two short years ago we were living in Boston and mulling over our Amstel Lights about how our plan for world domination was ever going to succeed in the land of $500k starter homes and insanity-inducing rush hour traffic. Mike then received a message from his brother Phil at the heart of the American Dream: there was a magical place where a person could drive 5 miles at 5pm on a Friday in under a half an hour. Six months later we sold most of our possessions at a yard sale in the rain, packed the rest into the minivan, and drove to Omaha, Nebraska.
There were were: two recent converts to vegetarianism moving to the birthplace of the most reknowned steaks in the nation, a city that one of us had visited once and the other had never seen. That's totally normal, right?
Our risky move paid off: in the 16 months since we arrived we've gotten married (our wedding was awesome by the way), both found good work, and are in the process of buying our first house. We caucused for Obama this month and haven't had a bite of meat in almost two years, except for that one time Mike accidentally ate a chicken quesadilla and wondered why it was SO damn good.
Some of you poor souls know us both, and some who come to read our little blog will only know of us so I'll sum us up briefly: Mike is the funny one and I'm the brains of this operation. Which of us is cuter is a conundrum that may never be fully resolved.
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