March 16, 2012
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I’ve been a vegetarian for more than 20 years now. Now, I’m married to a meat-eater, and we’re not raising our boys as vegetarians. But for more than 20 years, I haven’t consumed meat. And while I’ve tried to keep … Continue reading
September 15, 2010
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No. Ronald McDonald hasn’t gone on a killing spree. But a commercial by a group of doctors suggest that the fast food hawked by the happy clown kills on a scale that even the worst serial killers would envy. [pro-player]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUxIXQza-dM[/pro-player]
December 4, 2008
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OK. It’s too late for Thanksgiving, but there’s at least one other somewhat turkey-centric holiday coming down the pike. (In the gastronomic sense, at least.) So, I gotta do this. I’m not sure why this article, which is over a … Continue reading
March 10, 2008
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I haven’t commented on the biggest meat recall ever, but this caught my eye. The USDA wants to put cameras in slaughterhouses. Cameras could be placed in about 800 U.S. slaughterhouses to watch for improper procedures and inhumane handling of … Continue reading
March 7, 2008
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Kip has posed an interesting question, and since he noted me as one of two vegetarians among his readership, I thought ought to join the discussion. So I was sitting in my undisclosed location a few days ago, cleaning out … Continue reading
November 19, 2007
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Normally, I’d stick this in asides, but I just upgraded WordPress and my asides are not working. It looks like more meat-eaters are ordering Tofurky this year. Tofurky hit store shelves in 1995, and the meatless dish has become a … Continue reading
October 25, 2007
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People are always asking me about where to find vegetarian food in the metro D.C. area, and back in March I posted a review of several vegetarian or veg-friendly eateries in the area. Well I have another to add after … Continue reading
March 28, 2007
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Normally, as a vegetarian and someone concerned about animal welfare, PETA’s activities make me cringe. (My favorite group as far as vegetarian activism goes is Compassion Over Killing.) So I don’t may much attention to PETA. That’s too bad, because … Continue reading
March 15, 2007
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After grinding away most of the week on a project at work, I’ve fallen behind in my blogging and my blog reading. I’m just about through digging through my RSS feeds. (I know, there’s this handy function called “mark all … Continue reading
December 15, 2006
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Never mind that business that soy products my might make your kid gay. If junior’s chowing down on tofu and turning up his nose at meat, it might just mean you’ve got a bright kid on your hands, according to … Continue reading
December 13, 2006
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Per my comment on the previous post — concerning claims of a connection between soy, homosexuality and penis size — it turns out that science bears out my personal experience. The relation between sexual orientation and penile dimensions in a … Continue reading
December 12, 2006
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So, I don't really have much to say about the latest bit of wingnutia to hit the blogs; namely, the notion that too much tofu can make you gay. Two reasons. One, I kinda covered it last year, when I … Continue reading
November 23, 2006
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Not to spoil anyone’s appetite, but I found this picture here via this Alternet article, and had to share. If that’s who I think it is on the table — that is, if it’s who it looks like — I … Continue reading
November 2, 2006
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I was impressed with Abigail Garner’s blog, Damn Straight, after reading it for a while, so it was inevitable that I’d pick up her book Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is. Plus, as Parker … Continue reading
September 27, 2006
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Not that I ever need an excuse to eat Ben & Jerry's ice cream, but I have one now that they've switched to cage free eggs.
August 28, 2006
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The FDA has approved spraying a backteria-eating viruses on lunchmeat, to fight listeria. Hmmm. I think I'll stick to Tofurkey. [Via Boing Boing]