hope, despair, hope again -- the usual
last night in Philly I saw an adorable sparkly red smart car! Such a happy sight. They're not supposed to be available in the US until 2008, so perhaps this is a special import, but -- I hadn't laid eyes on one since I was in Europe 8 years ago!
At the end of the DVD extras to Morrissey's Who Put the M in Manchester, I was pleased, then shocked, then terrified to find/watch the PETA video 'Meet Your Meat'. It's like the slaughterhouse parts of Sinclair's The Jungle, in sound & video... I ended up switching to 2X, then 4X, up to 32X normal speed, and still I was traumatized. My only reassurance was reminding myself that I've been a vegetarian (mostly lacto/ovo, with occasional forays into veganism and "fisho/chicko"-ism) for about 18 years now (more than half my life)...
and finally, a quote from this article on organic farming: "I just like to see things grow. It's an amazing miracle of Nature - a sense of wonder - you put a seed in the ground, tend it a bit and it turns into a red, ripe tomato or a beautiful head of lettuce. With organics we are able to do things we feel good about, things that are good for the overall health of the farm."
At the end of the DVD extras to Morrissey's Who Put the M in Manchester, I was pleased, then shocked, then terrified to find/watch the PETA video 'Meet Your Meat'. It's like the slaughterhouse parts of Sinclair's The Jungle, in sound & video... I ended up switching to 2X, then 4X, up to 32X normal speed, and still I was traumatized. My only reassurance was reminding myself that I've been a vegetarian (mostly lacto/ovo, with occasional forays into veganism and "fisho/chicko"-ism) for about 18 years now (more than half my life)...
and finally, a quote from this article on organic farming: "I just like to see things grow. It's an amazing miracle of Nature - a sense of wonder - you put a seed in the ground, tend it a bit and it turns into a red, ripe tomato or a beautiful head of lettuce. With organics we are able to do things we feel good about, things that are good for the overall health of the farm."