Step One
I have a message to communicate. Over a two-and-a-half-year period from 2007 to 2010, I learned something. It is a huge thing, an unimaginably complex thing, and it is horrible. In this era of...
View ArticleEuphemisms
Making it even harder to figure out what exactly is actually going on, people keep using obfuscatory words to make sure nobody knows what they are talking about: Research: lab animal – “animal model”,...
View ArticleA Meaty Amusement
Having gone to a slightly less meat-infused lifestyle, I find it more difficult than it used to be to order in restaurants. I never realized how pervasive meat was until I tried to find a dish without...
View ArticleBadly Aimed Spam
This blog just received a spam comment (in German) from a site called “High Protein Recipes”. I probably shouldn’t reward them for that behavior by mentioning their name, but I’m finding it pretty...
View Article470,000 Die, Receive Brief Mention In Local Paper
Just a little something I noticed today…. An egg farm near Roggen, Colorado, owned by Boulder Valley Poultry, burned to the ground on April 30. The extremely brief article (which matches other,...
View ArticleA Penny Arcade For Your Thoughts
I find that, in trying to make every post valuable, rational, and deep, I am not posting at all. So, in the interest of keeping my brain cells active and ideas flowing, I will briefly digress and...
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