Dec 31
I finally saw Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox yesterday and it made me rethink my personal soft boycott of the products. The religious messages on the labels always bothered me, plus I found the soap to leave a tacky sort of…
Dec 30
First, in honor of yesterday’s rant on pizza, a veggie pizza made with Vegan Gourmet mozzarella. I forgot to take a photo of it after it came out of the broiler for a minute (when the cheese got all bubbly…
I was trying to mow the lawn (with my battery-powered Neuton) and look who was in my way, watching as intently as a Border Collie awaiting instruction. The Neuton is so quiet that I mowed inches away from him and…
Dec 28
January 2008’s Harper’s has a fascinating article by philosopher and author John Gray (and thanks to Rob for alerting me to my confusion about which John Gray), called “Faith in Reason: Secular fantasies of a godless age.” And what does…
Dec 27
Yesterday I had to delete four ranting comments from people who clearly had never visited Animal Person before and completely misconstrued my post about the mauling (and death) by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo. I even tried to…
Dec 26
That’s Charles on the beach on Christmas morning, shortly after sunrise. I managed to get wiped out by a wave as I was coaxing him into the water (unsuccessfully). Now that would’ve been a great photo. Violet had no interest…
Dec 25
Please open your mind. Whatever your beliefs are about Christmas, people who celebrate Christmas, and people who aren’t even Christians yet blog about shopping for Christmas gifts, hold that thought, take a deep breath, and read My Christmas Story ….
Dec 24
People who know me well know that I’m a vegan and that I don’t believe in god. Depending on your definition, I’m either an agnostic or an atheist. I don’t worship a heavenly being or believe that if I pray…
First, vegan chocolate peanut butter cheesecake with chocolate graham cracker crust and a sliver of dark chocolate, topped with cream. I definitely have to work on my slicing, plating and photographing of pies, but a crappy photo is better than…
Dec 22
First, I’ve got to tell you an awesome string of words someone used to find me earlier today: are vegans communists? I don’t know about any of you vegans out there, but twenty years ago I got that question all…
Dec 21
This photo is from several years ago, shortly after we moved into our new house and my cousin was visiting with his wife and son for his birthday. I bought the candles that don’t blow out and didn’t read the…
Dec 20
Now that we know that monkeys are comparable in the kinds of intelligence that we value in our college students, I shall go out on a proverbial limb and make the following prognostication: in my lifetime, I will see the…
That’s Michael Pollan, not bee pollen. In “Our Decrepit Food Factories,” in The Times Magazine, Michael Pollan, who clearly still can’t shake the notion that animals are ours to use, takes on “sustainability,” among other things, and almost gets me…
Dec 18
Today’s post was going to be a bit of a downer, based on Greg Critser’s “Of Men and Mice” in this month’s Harper’s. But at the last minute I decided on something more upbeat and affirming: Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey…
Dec 17
In a stunning discovery that will rock the foundation of the animal-exploitation industry, it has been revealed that Internet-Ordered Pups Are Frequently Imported, Diseased (click “Read” to go to the original article). I know, I know, you’re thinking, “How could…
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