Dec 31
I revel in those few moments each year when I get to use the education I paid so dearly for through both work (doctoral fellowship) and loans. You can always tell if you’ve miscommunicated by the responses you receive. It’s…
Dec 30
Today’s post was too long and will likely be a 2-parter, which is fitting. End 2008 and start 2009 with it. It’s probably the most important thing we can all do on a daily basis, other than be vegan: educate…
Dec 29
I’ve asked what you read (/if you read) as a child, if your parents or any other grown-ups were vegan, whether you had an affinity for animals, and what I’m looking for in probably the most inefficient, ineffective way possible,…
Dec 28
Susan directed me to “A food agenda for Obama” by Christopher D. Cook of the Christian Science Monitor. Cook suggests nine elements for Obama’s food policy: 1. New public investments targeting sustainable agriculture, defined as organic, small- to mid-sized, diversified…
Dec 27
Though it’s been years since I gave PeTA any money, I’m still on their mailing list and when I saw the Sea Kittens campaign my initial reaction was: Well done! They found a way to quickly, easily make the connection…
I received an e-mail from Israel Dupont, a naturalist and alligator expert in Florida who thought I might be interested in his site due to my frequent posting on alligator “attacks.” His site is called “Living With Alligators” and I…
Dec 25
Did you see “Sport Meets Survival: An Iditarod Without Dogs” in the New York Times? It is promoted as the longest, most remote winter ultrarace in the world, a slog across century-old marshland trails from the outpost of Knik over…
Dec 24
I really wish I had kept track of the dozen-plus people I’ve spoken with regarding potential help for Project Treadstone. I stopped taking notes after a while, beaten down by all of the similar responses I was getting that rhyme…
Dec 23
We all tell people that if they want a puppy, they should go to a shelter or a rescue group, right? Well, someone who shall remain nameless asked me about that doggy in the window, and what makes that doggy,…
Dec 22
Here’s a potentially Gray Matter for you brought to you by Deb Durant. In Wired, “Free-Range Research Could Save Chimps–and Our Conscience,” by Brandon Keim, introduces (to me, at least) the idea of free-range research sanctuaries. Think Save the Chimps…
Dec 21
Happy 42nd Birthday to me! Sublime was the location of my birthday dinner, and I brought my camera so I could take pictures of all of the gorgeous, scrumptious food and promptly forgot to take even one of the appetizers,…
Dec 20
In response to Thursday’s Good News/Bad News, Chris sent the following (from China) and I posted it, but it disappeared. So here it is again: Several overlapping groups of “cat lovers”, and animal rights activists are involved in anti-cat meat…
Dec 20
Because there are only 5 comments, it might be nice to go on over to Huffington Post’s “Vegan Holiday Baking Projects” article and have a say. Why the heck they’re called “projects,” I’ll never figure out. If they were nonvegan,…
Dec 19
Things can get very serious around here, so I thought I’d try to get a smile out of you . . . Thanks to dutch cousin Jennifer for . . . Bailey the Unknown Reindeer. Remember the volume, as the…
Dec 18
Yes, you read that correctly; the good news is from China (and some of you might not see it as good news, but I don’t think you can categorize it as bad news). I’ll do the bad news first so…
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