hot tranny mess

This morning, on my way to work, I was behind a transvestite ( or transsexual, I never know the correct usage) But anyway she was dressed just like those women from the polygamist cult in Texas. No joke. Baby blue dress with tight bodice, puffy sleeves and a full skirt. Weird. Had to share. Polygamist fashion, a new trend, who knew?

obama likes arugula...so what?

I'm listening to this incredibly inane argument on CNN right now about why some people don't want to vote for Obama. "He's lofty, he likes arugula" Oh, so people don't know what arugula is therefore they don't understand where Obama is coming from. Does this not validate all that he was saying about Western PA and its' hardnose bible thumping gun toting citizens? "Well he eats this stuff called arugula, what the hell is that? I don't like him (grunt)" Is that how we make decisions anymore? Well maybe I'm lofty too, because arugula is one of the most delicious, spiciest salad greens out there.

another nod to vegansim

I'm telling you, word is getting out. People are becoming conscious and it's not going away any time soon. Do I think people will still be eating meat in 100 years? While I'd like to think not, the opposite is more likely true.
Discovery News put out article saying that if people want to be green they should cut out beef and dairy. http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/04/18/green-planet-diet.html Yay! another step forward. I've been tracking announcements in the media like this for a while and it's refreshing and wonderful to see major news venues recognizing the effects of animal consumption.

It is easy being green after all.

emissions, meat consumption and Americans

Finally people in the (somewhat) mainstream media are no longer afraid to go against Big Beef. Yesterday on NPR, a program aired addressing how meat consumption and carbon emissions are directly linked. Listen here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89676010 Most informed vegans are well aware of this fact, but the average American lives in utter denial.

An interesting factoid for you: Americans consume 40-50% more meat than the average German! Germans are notorious for meat-eating, yet Berlin has a high concentration of vegan restaurants. Americans, who were once on the cutting edge of all things savvy, is falling very far behind. Americans are not accountable for what they put in their bodies, preferring a plastic wrapped pink sirloin from the refrigerator in the grocery store in favor of buying local, supporting farmers and therefore increasing our burden on the environment.
Finally someone besides the lowly vegan speaks and is heard!

a few things about Hilary or why I'm voting for Obama

A few weeks ago, I angrily mused about MSNBC's David Shuster's suspension and the Clinton campaign. To refresh your memory go to:(http://musingsofamaniacalgenius.blogspot.com/2008/02/censorship-and-media.html)

Last week, Air America fired Randi Rhodes for saying that "Hilary Clinton was a whore." The day after she uttered those very words, she was axed. Mind you, Randi wasn't on the radio at the time. She was doing a stand-up routine for an affiliate in San Fransisco. Randi Rhodes practically founded Air America, a liberal talk radio network. Your friends cannot help you when it comes to government censorship. No one likes to be name-called, especially being called a whore, but if you value your first amendment rights like I do, maybe you'll reconsider pulling that lever for Clinton at the Pennsylvania Primary on Tuesday. She's already censoring our free speech and further jeopardizing our rights to a fair, unbiased media. What else will she take away?

Yogurt, enzymes and BIG COW!

Have you noticed lately, how yogurt is being marketed to young women to aid digestion? Yogurt provides live enzymes that help to digest food and provide healthy flora in your digestive tract. Even Silk Yogurt, a vegan brand, has jumped on the bandwagon, touting live cultures to aid digestion.
You know what else has live enzymes? Nearly every raw food and vegetable. Sprouts, nuts and raw fruit and vegetables can provide that same ease to your digestion that over-processed dairy and soy-based foods can. Squeezing lemon in your water every morning or putting a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar in water, with a little agave syrup can perform the same function. Eating chewable papaya enzynme tablets is a yummy, (note the word usage) cheap way to add enzymes to your diet.

This over-saturation of the dairy section in your grocery store, with brands like Activa and Nutriva, whatever, are merely ploys to get people to eat MORE dairy. Wake up people! Instead of having a salad with fresh veggies, indulge in an over-processed, sugary snack that will help you to digest even more dairy. Go figure. Are people too lazy to eat fresh foods, opting for conveneince? Well, in America yes. If it's on TV it must be good for you.

word usage

I can't stand it when "yummy" is used to describe anything other than food.
As in, "...featuring Spring's yummiest shoes." Or, "Doesn't she just look delicious?"
I, for one, do not find most peoples' leather shoes, grubbby sneakers, or any other shoe, to be "yummy." Is it just me?

Another over-used word or phrase I hear far too often recently: Preggers. "She's preggers you know.."
I solemnly swear I'll never use that term unless I'm joking or making fun of it.