I don't know how to answer his objections to doing the lobster any way other than the way he wants. I'm not crazy about lobster even though I do enjoy it occasionally, but I have never done the pick your lobster out of the tank thing. The boiling alive just seems kind of cruel.

I probably sound like the world's biggest hypocrite given my user name. We very rarely buy beef because I keep the freezer full of venison. It may sound kind of strange, but the first thing I do when I track a deer and arrive at its side is apologize. I say thank you for the meat to feed my family. Just something I started doing on my own years ago. Not totally sure why I started doing it, but it seems a little like the old Native American practice of thanking the spirit of the animal.