I bet it will be a long long time before they allow dogs and cats in space - what with the difficulties involved in training pets to use the zero-g space toilets. Maybe they could develop space litter that would stay together in zero-g? Or maybe a miniature centrifugal artificial gravity room for the doggies and kitties to go to the bathroom in....

I thought a dog already went to space.

One couple learns why their water bill has been so high. (YouTube video link.)

Teppy, that's hilarious.

The sleeves on this are exactly the sort of femmey pretty I'm thinking of.

They invited us out for raw food, and it was miserable and frustrating and made me want to toast a cow in the outdoor heating thingies. Fucking cold food.

We have a raw food "cookbook." DH wanted to know how it was done. I don't recommend going raw.

I don't recommend going raw.

The food falls apart! I had a ranty and somewhat bitter LJ entry about it. Thing is, we like these people, so with them we go places they can eat. The vegan restaurant we tried...on hmm, Santa Monica and Bundy, maybe...was pretty good. Mostly I was just mad at them for calling things chicken that weren't chicken. You're still oppressed by the carnivorarchy that way. Free yourself, and your soy will follow.

The food falls apart! I had a ranty and somewhat bitter LJ entry about it.

It really is LAME. We tried a few recipes but it all just sucked. Why not just eat nice, whole, uncooked foods rather than deal with the work of raw "cooking?" I guess because people still like the illusion of bread or a bun or of cooked foods, probably.

Now, we have a vegan bakery here in town called Pattycakes that has carrot cake that I would kill for.

Yeah, there's been a dog in space, but not a pet in space....

I doubt prison food meets vegan requirements.

Well, then I guess we'll find out soon how much those ideals really meant to them.

I'm sorry. I get the maybe-they-were-so-into-veganism thing to a point. That point is way before their child drops to three and a half pounds and they - what, don't notice?

I have friends who are raw foodies and have a small child. I don't know what they fed her (besides breast milk) but it sure as hell wasn't just soy milk and apple juice. And there's no question in my mind how the child v. lifestyle-conviction cagematch would have ended if it came to her well being.

There was this thing called pizza at Juliano's raw. Let us speak no more of it.

When my sister was here she was on the following diet: pesco-vegetarian, gluten free, lactose intolerant, no soy, no chocolate.

I shake my head. I bought gluten free flour and xanthan gum and set her to making sour cream waffles (she's okay with dairy if it's been cooked into something like that). She was beside herself.

She has her fibroids taken out today, at which point gluten definitely comes back into play. She may even risk the lactose thing with some pizza.