Monthly Archives: March 2010

Clomp Clomp Clomp

Posted on 31/03/2010 by fishinthewater

I guess it was kind of obvious I was going to one day be un-vegan long before I even started eating cheese again. It was the boots, you see. I’ve always had conflicts within the vegetarian thing. For the first … Continue reading →

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Death, Dying, and Twinkle Fingers

Posted on 30/03/2010 by fishinthewater

We saw Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland this past weekend, and I have to say, it was disturbing. Not disturbing in the way most people probably thought it was disturbing. Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter flitting around being psychotic … Continue reading →

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The Vegetarian Myth, Part 1

Posted on 29/03/2010 by fishinthewater

I spent the weekend lounging around the beach (indoors) and banging my way through Lierre Keith’s book, The Vegetarian Myth. I am about halfway through and wishing I was at home reading it still, especially as I am about to … Continue reading →

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Consumers Consuming

Posted on 28/03/2010 by fishinthewater

You know, kind of like “maids a milking”. Consumers consuming. I don’t consider myself a consumer. Sometimes I consume- like when I inevitably end up at Target for some random household item I’ve decided that I need and that I … Continue reading →

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Beer for Breakfast

Posted on 26/03/2010 by fishinthewater

I have been missing Germany like crazy. For those of you who don’t know, I usually go once a year to visit my good friends and my sister at heart, the delightful click clack gorilla, with whom I am blessed … Continue reading →

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Will Consumers Swallow What Science Serves Up Next?

Posted on 25/03/2010 by fishinthewater

AOL News: Regulated or Not Nano Foods Coming to a Store Near You As if we needed more reason not to eat food from the grocery store. Seriously. WHY WOULD YOU EAT FOOD WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE IT CAME FROM???? It … Continue reading →

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Breast Cheese!

Posted on 24/03/2010 by fishinthewater

Mental Floss: Breast Milk Cheese, Anyone? Um. I am only posting this because I want to point out the reference to non-pasteurized milk. Have you ever thought about that? All those people out there rambling on about how pasteurization is … Continue reading →

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When I Grow Up

Posted on 23/03/2010 by fishinthewater

I will be a farmer! Sigh. One day. In the meantime, today I got to go to a real live orchard and prune peach trees. All day! Some of you might think this is sarcasm, but I truly, honestly, was … Continue reading →

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OMG I MET JOEL SALATIN!

Posted on 22/03/2010 by fishinthewater

I kind of wish I had gotten my picture taken with him. Damn. I also forgot to ask him about Lierre Keith… Oh well. He signed my copy of You Can Farm with “Yes you can!” I spent the entire … Continue reading →

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Rezepts

Posted on 21/03/2010 by fishinthewater

IE Recipes. I was thinking yesterday, after I posted all that about making up this amazing pasta salad, that I don’t use recipes, or post recipes, even though I am tagging things with sentences like “add milk to pesto and … Continue reading →

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