As said by someone below (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2292910 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2292910), it's the format for the piece. While I don'

As said by someone below (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2292910 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2292910), it's the format for the piece. While I don't particularly care what they had for lunch, I felt that a lot of the conversations around what they were eating actually acted as rather a good insight into Parker's personality, so it wasn't a complete waste of text.