It's that time of year again, the Canadian seal hunt. I'm sure many of you have no interest in some of the animal welfare rants/articles/info I post here. But I really can't be silent about this.

I'm sparing you most of the gory details, most because I'm sparing myself - I can't look at the materials I got long enough to repost them. I received ( Read more... )

Jason and I were both avid adventure gamers in our youth (ah, the forgotten glory of youth, ya know, sitting in front a computer, gaming). We both loved the Kings Quest series, among many others. This is one area where I might actually be more geeky/nerdy/dorky than him.

Very soon after we started talking, I was playing the little Trogdor ( Read more... )

(and no, I'm not interested in discussing the pros/cons of TV/Internet usage, I just think this is a useful event to help people think about how they use their time and where they are getting their information from)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_turnoff

Gwen Moore rocks my world (and not just on this issue either)

This is fairly important to those people that at least care about the use of dog/cat fur in American products (well, all countries products really, but we don't have a lot of say over whats done other places).  It's being sold as "faux" fur and other types of animal fur.

Dear ( Read more... )

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6518979.stm

Top court rejects Guantanamo test

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Global Day of Protest on the 4th Anniversary of the War (Milwaukee)

Anti-War Rally & March
Sat., March 17, 2007 12 noon
O’Donnell Park Plaza East End of Wisconsin Ave. (orange sunburst)
Short Rally followed by
March to Senator Kohl’s Office
3rd St. and Wisconsin Ave.
* Bring the Troops Home Now!
* Defund the War!
* No US ( Read more... )

I just bought tickets to see David Sedaris reading on April 18th.  Last time I saw him my face hurt for an hour or so from smiling so hard ( Read more... )

I'm a bit late on this but I decided to do it anyway.

This is a really easy way to directly impact the life of dogs and cats in a positive way.  I like this charity a lot because there's immediate results.

I'm raising money for the Humane Society of the United States to spay and neuter cats and dogs in rural and poverty areas.  I created a team ( Read more... )

WIsconsin people, its your friendly reminder that it's voting day, weeee ( Read more... )

But it's WAY cheaper!