As my thought has progressed and matured over the last few years, and the longer I have studied philosophy and law (specifically the nature of rights), I have become more and more convinced that all non-human animals have no rights. This is a near 180 from the position I held as a teenager and younger 20-something ( Read more... )

I've read that spaying a cat can help "behaviour problems." What kind of problems ( Read more... )

This is an odd question...is there any kind of machine that you can get that would turn grains into flour? Sort of like a coffee grinder, but for grains?

For example, if I wanted to turn corn into corn flour or wheat into wheat flour, is there such a thing as an at-home machine that will do that?

I reported to jail at 6:00pm today, as I was told to do. The cops on duty informed me that my sentence had been reduced to time served plus a $20 fine. They allowed me to leave the jail to find an ATM, I withdrew the money and walked back and paid them and said thank-you. I'm a free man ( Read more... )

I got 3 days in jail. I am to report Friday at 6:00. The judge waived my court fees and any fines. In short, I got the lightest possible sentence. And while I am still dressed to the nines I am going to go take pictures.

Hey...as a followup, what should I *wear* to court tomorrow?

Tomorrow at 9am I am to be in District Court facing charges of shoplifting, to which I will plead guilty (because I *am* guilty). If I disappear for a while, it is because I am in jail ( Read more... )

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I wrote myself a poem for my birthday, which is today, 20 October. It is below ( Read more... )

In January I, along with about 15 classmates and a professor, will be going to the desert of Pima County Arizona in order to contemplate and write. I found out that I was accepted last night. Now my only issue is raising the money. I'm thinking about having a bake sale, on campus. lol ( Read more... )