Feb 29
The latest downer cow situation has become surreal for me on several levels. Once again, every response I have makes me feel like an alien, and when this particular topic comes up in conversation I am amazed by what the…
Feb 28
An Animal Person reader has asked my advice, and though I know some stuff and am resourceful, thousands of heads are better than one. Here’s the situation: A 7-year old decided a few weeks ago that he no longer wanted…
Feb 27
On page 99 of THE STUFF OF THOUGHT, author/Professor Steven Pinker nonchalantly includes “boycott” in a list of eponymous verbs (and mentions that the person who inspired them has been long forgotten). He moves on and I’m frantic. Boycott? Eponymous?…
Feb 26
I’m pretty sure that if a consequence of my business was that I polluted the air, water and soil of my neighbors, I’d be in a bit of trouble. I’d probably have to report what I’m doing and what I’m,…
Feb 25
I’m going to have to add “Films” to my categories, although that would involve some serious backtracking to reorganize and label everything correctly. I watched “Margot at the Wedding” on my computer while the guests were watching golf on the…
I gotta hand it to Nathan Deuel, author of “The American Way of Beef,” in The Atlantic for managing to blame vegetarians for making the situation worse for animals. The article is from October of 2007, obviously before the latest…
Feb 23
“Baraka” is a documentary with no words but with powerful music (therefore watching it with the sound off is not a terrible idea). According to the website, Spirit of Baraka: [H]igh quality 70mm images show some of the best, and…
Feb 22
A reader who wishes to remain anonymous transcribed Dr. Dolittle’s speech to his accusers before being sent to the insane asylum for the crime of compassion toward animals (check out “bad footage of the awesome opening credits” to bring back…
Feb 21
What do you do when your father-in-law is on his way for a 12-day visit? Bake scones. Chocolate chunk scones with the help of Vegan with a Vengeance. Then bake vegetable lasagna, courtesy of The Candle Cafe Cookbook . And…
Feb 20
This is a new one for me. Perhaps that’s because I don’t get out much and the term has been bandied about for years and it just hasn’t gotten around to me until now. Nevertheless, I give you “animal welfare…
Feb 19
I received eleven e-mails yesterday, two of which were from people who don’t eat meat, about the beef recall and the HSUS expose of torture of downed cows. I called the e-mailers to reach out and use this opportunity for…
Feb 18
Not to unload inappropriately, but this is after all a personal blog: Some very unfun things have occurred in my life in the past couple of weeks, and I hear that Mercury has been in retrograde and I’m happy to…
Feb 17
I don’t watch much regular television, but my husband did record The Celebrity Apprentice, as vegan Marilu Henner is on it playing for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (i.e., PCRM is the charity that will get any money she wins)….
Feb 16
New Animal Person reader Fredrik commented yesterday on a post about Richard Dawkins and his book, The God Delusion. You may recall that Vegan Screenwriter posted part of an interview with Dawkins in a comment last month and it broke…
Feb 15
In Grist’s “Love me, love my food habits,” Sarah van Schagen explores veganism within relationships and eventually comes around to: veg-an-gel-i-cal: noun, a “holier-than-thou” vegan. What I’m really interested in is the comments section, where “spaceshaper” writes: When I first…
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