Sept. 4, #FollowFriday
In honor of International Bacon Day tomorrow, I thought I would dedicate today's Follow Friday to some of the important Bacon-related accounts on Twitter.
Some people have noticed the phrase "Bacon queen" in my Twitter bio and have asked me about it. Some have even challenged me on it. In the end, they all back down. I do not claim to be the world's best cook of bacon. I do not claim to love it more than anyone else in the entire world. I do not claim to be the first person ever to express a love of bacon online.I do, however, claim the crown of bacon queen that many have chosen to bestow on me and I take that honor quite seriously.So seriously, in fact, that friends I've known for decades, since long before this crazy set of tubes called the Internet was ubiquitous, send me links about bacon. A vegan friend brought me vegan bacon as a gift. I get e-mails all the time from people I've known at various points in my life, in various cities, saying, "What's up with the bacon?"I have become synonymous with bacon, and I take that seriously (I'm the third-highest Twitter account under bacon in WeFollow and seriously contending for No. 2). Bacon is not to be trifled with.So I'd been thinking about doing a bacon-focused Follow Friday for a little while now, and when I realized tomorrow, Sept. 5, was International Bacon Day (the Saturday before Labor Day in the U.S.), I knew it was an idea whose time had come.I only do five recommendations each week in my #FollowFriday posts, and I will not do differently this week. So I'm not going to get everyone.But if there's anyone you believe I have egregiously left out, please let me know in the comments.@BaconFeed: This is really THE must-follow of all bacon-related Twitter accounts. It seems out all bacon-related tweets and retweets them, so even if someone who rarely mentions bacon has something to say, you don't have to miss it.@BaconFestChi: Chicago is one of my favorite cities and bacon one of my favorite foods. There's a bacon fest in Chicago? How did I not know this before? I have to see if I can get plane tickets for Oct. 25. Can anyone put me up in the Windy City?@BaconDevil: All you need to know is in his bio: "You know you want me, don't fight it. It will just make things awkward. Mmmmm bacon!" Definitely click on the URL provided, too. And though this is cheating (I did say I would only do 5 recs), it's hard to mention BaconDevil without mentioning his relatives, though they haven't been tweeting as much lately: @BaconJesus and @BaconMoses.@BaconHaikus: Bacon-worship in haiku format. What's not to love? Now, the site and Twitter account have been rather ... quiet lately. But I hope that my FollowFriday love helps spark some new activity. I mean, Here's the most recent one on the site:
Run you tasty swine!It doesn’t matter who winsYou’re all delicious
• @FatKidsClub: I have to give a tip of the hat to the Fat Kids Club because they're the ones who reminded me of tomorrow's festivities. I would be severely lacking if I did not recognize them for their kindness.