I love PETA.  They remind me of why I am, as my neighbor put it, "A meateater."  Stumbled onto this today; it's directed at kids which makes it all the better...

http://www.peta.org/feat/meatrix/

It's more disturbing in many ways than that Kikkoman superhero and the large-testicled racoon that roukzeptea23 brought to our attention not too long ago.

On ( Read more... )

So, life goes along like normal in berkeley (for those of you who don't speak with me on a regular basis, 'normal' is of course relative ( Read more... )

This one's mostly for pfsheckarski and drhibbert, but as my primary audience is college students, I figure you all will gain much from this ramen-related post.  You must find, purchase, and ingest the following product

http://eng.nongshim.com/eng/pro/nood_deft_viw.jsp

for it is most tasty.  They cost 60cents here, and we just got them.  Better than ichiban, better ( Read more... )

I am baking challah.  That's right, jew bread.  I made a curry chili.  That's right, indian food.  How do these relate? qfish.  This evening meal's to you, buddie!

thucyditron.  The new PUSA EP came out yesterday.  3 bucks on itunes. "the postman" groovin on love letters is pretty sweet. full album in mid august.  They're back.

So a few random thoughts to brighten everyone else's day.

I haven't figured out why yet, but for some odd reason, since I moved here not 2 days have past without me being asked by a stranger for directions. DrHibbert says we have crappy street signs, but I don't think thats enough to explain it.  Doesn't bother me really, but is a bit odd.  especially since ( Read more... )

 know its bad form for me to post twice in one day, but I figure you kids can deal.

Two things.

First, I just finished making sukiyaki, or as you bebopites know it bell peppers and beef.  Its special, for it contains no beef.  Spike would be proud.  Secondarily, it is also fantastic. I wish I had welding goggles to cook in.

Thing that is two ( Read more... )

Here Lies Dragos Philanthropenos the Chaste, Prince of the Aegean, Count of Euboia, Count of Naxos, Count of Lesbos.

Second son of Nikolaos and last survivor of his generation, Dragos assumed the countship of Naxos in his fifth year following his father's premature death by pneumonia.

He built his county for the next 14 years without regency, and ( Read more... )

I was making a quick stop at amazon to see if anything worthwhile was on sale. What I see, is this ( Read more... )

I have a place to live. It is expensive. It is tiny, but markedly less tiny than other places that were going to be Central Command. I look forward to the ST future with no money, my landlord probably does not ( Read more... )

For those of you out of the loop, I am in california, visiting the future site of the UF of P capital. As such, it is quite plausible that I will, in the near future, be founding said organization. Some significant portion of you (you know who you are) are invited to come live/visit me in my liberal paradise (and help pay the ridculous rent). I ( Read more... )