Wow, it's been over a year since I made a public post here. If there's anyone still out there listening, most of my blathering these days is done on facebook or my blog, occasionally twitter and still more rarely on I Fry Mine In Butter where I'm the resident tech and an occasional food writer.

First, from beatonna (tip of the hat to bittirsweet for posting it first):


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This is a sermonette I delivered as part of my UU congregation's service today on Ethical Eating. Comments welcome :)Twenty eight years ago, when I decided to stop eating meat, it wasn't because of the poor animals being killed. I didn't think most of those animals would even be alive if they weren't raised for agriculture ( Read more... )

OK, so we don't know any details of Obama's meeting with Bush, and it's Veteran's Day, but I can't believe Google couldn't come up with a better top U.S. story than this:


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Even though I'm an Obama supporter *and* non-meat-eater, I think it's funny as hell:


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This question should be a no-brainer IMO. Why am I even considering it? Because of this article in USA Today:

It's not just Palin's credentials on social issues that's excited conservatives. They argue she'll attract votes from independent voters and even moderate Democrats enthusiastic about the possibility of electing the nation's first female ( Read more... )

This is one of my favorite times of year, when the morning walk is cool but not too cold, and I get sunrises like this one:


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I found this on http://www.geekychic.com and had to share it with anyone who does oldschool Unix.

( Cut so you can put down your drink and avoid spraying your screen. Safe for work provided your work doesn't rely on Microsoft products. )

According to the latest from the AP, Knoxville gunman Jim Adkisson hated liberals, and blamed them for his being unemployed. He also apparently didn't expect to leave the church alive; he thought he'd keep killing people until police arrived. He must have believed the media image of liberals as weak and dithering ( Read more... )

From the New York Times report:
Witnesses said the gunman, carrying a guitar case, had first tried to enter the area where the children were preparing for the play, saying he was there to play music. But he was told to use the public entrance instead.
His victims could have been the children, who would probably not have been able to wrestle him to ( Read more... )