PETA co-founder on Colbert tonight. No link yet, but I’ll try to remember to update. Anyway, to the question of what to do with her body when she eventually dies, she basically says “cook me if you have to to get folks’ attention.” [Sorry, Dad. Offer a less awkward alternative and I'll edit.] Here’s mine:
Use the parts you can to immediately save or improve human lives; e.g., organ transplant needs, skin or other grafts, marrow, etc. as the technology allows. Share the rest with whoever will cook it. Prefer variety over quantity. Bonus points for excess or unnecessary heat. And/or heat.
Cross-posted as a comment at The Accidental Hedonist in response to a “I’ll show you mine…” article. (Merged a link into the body and corrected some mispelings.)
Food, commercials, game in that order. Plenty of beer, but that’s just home.
The Superbowl means full-production chili, at least for this one day of the year. The hot chili–if completely successful–will make Dad and me dilute our bowls with the mild(er) batch. Homemade tortillas, and you know those only taste right when they’re made with real lard. Chunky fresh-made guacamole with extra peppers. Cheddar and Jack, chopped jalapeños y habeneros, onion, sour cream, tortilla chips and saltines, and–for those people–Tabasco and pickled jalapeños.
And wings. Thanks to Mark Bittman’s approach to cooking wings at home, I’ve been able to start concentrating less on execution and more on heat and flavor. (I’ll debut my ginger-habenero sauce this weekend. The prototype was quite popular.) Milder ones in a couple of flavors for the rest of the crowd.
Which of course calls for homemade bleu cheese dressing. And therefore celery. And carrots. And broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms, cucumbers, peppers, radishes (if they’re pretty), maybe some blanched green beans or asparagus. Oh, and a batch of Hidden Valley Ranch dip so we know it’s just bar food not crudites.
Apparently irate about recent increase in tuition, a couple of deer bust into Radford University administrative building. That, ladies and gentlemen, is not the best way to save a buck or two
Full text from the roanoke.com story ’cause links rot:
Deer crash through glass doors at Radford University
By Shawna Morrison
Two deer crashed through the double glass doors of an administrative building at Radford University this morning, leaving a mess in their path.
Three deer had been spotted crossing Radford’s campus just before 11 a.m., university spokesman Rob Tucker said. One of them continued through campus, but another crashed through the doors on the south end of Walker Hall, near Washington Hall, and was followed by the third, he said.
One of the deer ran back out of the building and wasn’t seen again, Tucker said. But another made its way up the stairs to the second floor, leaving a trail of blood and fur.
A Radford animal control officer was able to catch the deer and take it outside. The deer had been seriously injured by the glass doors and died before a game department biologist could arrive with tranquilizer, Radford police Chief Don Goodman said.
Tucker said no people were hurt in the incident. The deer didn’t cause any serious damage other than the doors, which will have to be replaced, he said.
A very Walken Christmas. I don’t usually enjoy—or even long tolerate, really—the Seuss this and the ‘Twas the Night things. This one was oddly gripping. Needed more cowbell.
This is exactly what is wrong with this country.
As ripped right off of Yahoo! Finance News Pages…
BAD DAY FOR: Office attendance, as the governor of the Ulyanovsk region in central Russia urged couples to skip work yesterday and make love to help boost the country’s low birth-rate. Any woman who gives birth in exactly nine months will qualify to win a prize, such as a fridge or TV. (Reuters)
Woot! So if I made a baby yesterday, and considering I’d have to live in that region, then I could win a free refrigerator for my valiant efforts. I would hate to be the woman whose baby came late or early. That would piss me off completely.
Posting mostly just so we have a permanent copy of the newspaper article since they seem to go to pay-only archives after about a week. Dad’s doing well and should be coming home tomorrow. Last I heard he should be pretty well back to normal by Thanksgiving. PDFs below.
Newspaper Article from the [Charleston] Post and Courier
Picture with Caption
On my wall at work is a button I’ve had since about 2002. It says simply “Bush/Orwell 2004.”
The Clear Skies Act allowed more pollution, the Healthy Forests Act caused more trees to be cut down, the Patriot Act scarred the Bill of Rights, No Child Left Behind was a step toward privatizing public education, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act was a bonanza for the pharmaceutical industry and began the process of dismantling Medicare, the Military Commissions Act fostered torture and suspended habeas corpus.
Here’s to hoping the backlash and the new Congress actually puts my country back on track.
The Surreal Politics of Premeditated War via POAC
I’ve been trying to figure out which side of the debate I come down on. On one hand, there’s a great deal of accountability to be sought. On the other hand, reaching across the aisle to get past this bullshit mean-spirited partisan politics could (would?) be a good thing. On the other hand, bipartisan politics is something the Republicans have made it very clear that they have little to no interest in: Fool me once, and so on.
Then I stumbled across this article, which among other good points says
But the most compelling reason why double impeachment is not realistic lies in the fact that, given the order of Presidential succession, an attempt at a double impeachment would be perceived–and spun–as a Democratic attempt to seize the White House without an election.
So, practicality wins, and I guess I’m officially in the anti-impeachment camp. I just hope the incoming Congress can right some of the wrongs of the last six years. And if they can’t repair the Constitution, maybe they can bring our kids home before too many more of them get killed. How many miles per soldier does your SUV get?
