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Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Then Spock Killed His Mother with a Snow Globe

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Saw Trek. I liked it fine. Mrs. Offering loved it, and saw it twice more today. Syler was surprisingly good as Spock. Honestly, Leonard Nimoy suffered by comparison. The cast was [...]

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Grange We Can Believe In

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Somewhat conflicting, somewhat orthogonal takes on pasture husbandry:
* Richard Manning makes more sweeping claims for the practice than I’ve yet seen;
* Historian James McWilliams comes close to pooh-poohing the whole idea;
I’ve written to [...]

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Zeno’s Rabbit is Delicious!

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Max Fischer writes about how vegans intimidate vegetarians and vegetarians intimidate omnivores, occasioning hostility and resentment in turn. It’s not exactly new insight, but it’s usefully stated:
Facing this basic contradiction of vegetarianism made me recognize a [...]