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Palin Pardons Turkey, Kills Thanksgiving Instead

Okay, we’ve all seen the footage (or, because of certain squeamishness, just heard it) of Sarah Palin giving her gubernatorial pardon to one turkey while hundreds were slaughtered right behind her. Her reputation could hardly be tarnished more at this point, so let’s take a look at the situation from another perspective. How many Thanksgiving [...]

November 24, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Politics, Uncategorized  One Comment

Boston’s 13th Annual Vegetarian Food Festival

I visited the 13th Annual Boston Vegetarian Food Festival on Saturday. As I had expected, vegetarian was code word for vegan. Whereas vegetarians have become more public and accepted, vegans are still deemed to be outliers and plain weird. While I cannot say for certain what percentage of the visitors were vegan [...]

November 4, 2008  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment