A few days ago I found myself in Chick-fil-a chowing down on a spicy chicken sandwich. About three bites in I remembered that I was supposed to be boycotting Chick-fil-a due to the owners’ anti-gay positions. While this boycott originated during the heat of the presidential campaign, I realized my personal boycott would not indefinitely last.

While the principle of equality is incredibly important, the power of an excellent product and/or service will usually overpower any other concern. In this case, it’s not like the Chick-fil-a owners were discriminating against gay people in their stores. That would be an entirely different situation. They simply have an opinion and were financially supporting that opinion with their own personal wealth. While I disagree with their opinion (and voted with my wallet and food choices for months) its ultimately their choice, just as it is mine, to support their political position.

The other big lesson this reminded me is that in whatever I do, I should always aim for an outstanding experience because should anyone ever disagree with me, I want them to acknowledge that I at least deliver a superior experience and ultimately not care about tangential matters.

What do you think? Am I wrong to eat at Chick-fil-a again? Are there other examples of products/services you use where you don’t agree with the owners’ political positions?

I earned 1156 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

• Walking (treadmill) +64 pts

  • 0:10:03 || 0.7 mi || 4 mph || 7.5 % (+32 pts)
  • 0:12:00 || 0.8 mi || 4 mph || 5 % (+32 pts)

• Barbell Squat +762 pts

  • 5 reps (+26 pts)
  • 40 lb x 5 reps (+34 pts)
  • 90 lb x 5 reps (+48 pts)
  • 140 lb x 5 reps (+68 pts)
  • 190 lb x 5 reps (+95 pts)
  • 235 lb x 8 reps (+147 pts)
  • 215 lb x 8 reps (+128 pts)
  • 190 lb x 8 reps (+108 pts)
  • 190 lb x 8 reps (+108 pts)
  • Squats - calculate one rep max and go up on top set because the top set was easy to get 8 on. Should be struggling to get 4 to 6.

• Dumbbell Lunges +330 pts

  • 70 lb x 7 reps (+84 pts)
  • 65 lb x 8 reps (+84 pts)
  • 60 lb x 8 reps (+81 pts)
  • 60 lb x 8 reps (+81 pts)
  • Depends on squats next time. Should be able to get 75 but increase rest to 5 min between squats and lunges.

Think you can beat me, or want to comment?

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I don’t eat breakfast and I usually don’t eat lunch either. Today I spent roughly 2 hours driving to four places in order for my friend to get brunch. We ultimately ended up at a random diner but it was incredibly frustrating because while I dislike driving, I **hate** dealing with parking. This got me thinking about how much time I spent eating breakfast, lunch and snacks before. It was such wasted time between planning, cooking and just thinking about it that I am glad I pretty much contain my eating to one, maybe two meals late in the evening. This also made me realize why certain generals in the military, like Gen McChrystal, only eat once a day.

Looks like Yahoo wants to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion (see here for rationale: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-yahoo-might-pay-1-billion-for-tumblr-2013-5 )

Good or bad idea considering Tumblr makes an estimated $13 million in revenue. Frankly, I’m trying to figure out what Yahoo is getting out of this considering the company only has a few months left of cash. I don’t know how I feel about this because I really love Tumblr and don’t know how the experience would be affected by a Yahoo acquisition. While I don’t want to see it go away and want Tumblr to survive, I’m not sure if Yahoo in its current situation is the right partner…then again, it could be an incredibly awesome partner if they are willing to invest the time and resources into the company. What do you think? Good or bad idea?