In one of the less harmful but more stupid things they have done, PETA suggests a new, not quite vegetarian, product - CloFu - Tofu mixed with George Clooney's sweat: http://environment.about.com/b/2009/03/13/

Two small children picked up by police while traveling to Africa to elope:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7811686.stm

Man becomes ill with "popcorn lung" after inhaling the fumes from too many bags of microwave popcorn. It's not even an Onion story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070906/ap_on_he_me/popcorn_safety_16;_ylt=

Median number of lifetime partners for men in one study is 7; for women, 4:
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WS/333/22002/558748.html

Wow, I know a lot of above-average people...or else there are a lot of liars.

This story made me queasy. If you want to off yourself, well, that sucks. But if you do, don't take your kids with you.

Short and sweet article: a professor is designing a new type of solar collection cell which is more efficient, potentially reducing the costs of moving to solar power: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061128/ap_on_sc/solar_power_3.

A Hurricane Katrina family receiving a home as a donation from a Memphis church clearly says,"No Thanks!"

What do you think about this? Right, wrong, or gray and shady? ;)

"The Vegetable-Industrial Complex" - the source of this post's title.

Also: a black cat crossed my path on the way to work today. Or maybe it was really charcoal...I think it was just running to get out of the rain as soon as possible, not to send my day swirling into the pits of hell. We'll find out, I guess ;)

This is sort of creepy. Especially disturbing was this illustration:


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The Watercone--this idea is simple, efficient, inexpensive and a real breakthrough for people all over the world. In fact, it's so simple, I wonder what took us so long?

In any case: H20, way to go :)