There was a Jewish sustainable food conference about a year ago where one of the speakers asked "How many of you are vegetarian, but would eat meat if you had personally killed the animal?" and "How many of you eat meat, but wouldn't if you had to see the animal die?" and got a pretty decent number of hands raised for both. This was all a lead-in to the announcement that, at the next conference, they would schecht (ritually slaughter) a goat, which led to controversy in the Jewish/progressive/environmental blogsphere for MONTHS.

And he'll eat any meat that he's killed or had a hand in killing (venison, etc., from hunting -- he just objects to factory farms).

Teppy, that's really the key for me, too. My ONLY guiding principle for myself when it comes to my food is: I eat what I'd be willing to kill with my own hands. If I can't stomach that, then I really shouldn't be...um...stomaching that. :P

I am still perplexed as to why he thought it a celebratory and rare occasion to come across another person who liked the Beatles. I mean, it's not like they're some obscure Hungarian folk foursome.

Yeah. If you DIDN'T like the Beatles and found some fellow freak that didn't like the Beatles that might be something.

Aren't all Doritos vegan? I mean, I know a lot are cheese-flavored, but I never dreamed actual cheese was used in their manufacture.

Yep. Doritos and Cheez-Its and most other cheese-flavored snack things do use actual cheese. Well, cheese powder, kind of like the packet in Kraft mac and cheese.

Yeah. If you DIDN'T like the Beatles and found some fellow freak that didn't like the Beatles that might be something.

Eggsactly.

Yay! I just called the movers and got on the schedule.

Check.

I got to meet my future meal of chicken once. I decided to patronize my local fresh chicken store. (I was wrong in my assumption that fresh meat would be tastier. It was really stringy.) I didn't know the shop keeper was going to go in the back, get a live chicken, and hold it up to me to make sure it was acceptable. It wasn't too disturbing except they plucked it, chopped it up and put it in a bag for me and I didn't find out until I got home and was preparing for dinner that they had included the head.

So I'm looking at the refrigerator I want to buy, and I see the following product review:

Kenmore Fridge 18.2, May 18, 2007 By VickyH from Terre Haute, IN

"We needed a second refridgerator just to hold liquids (soda, water, milk, etc.) and this fit perfectly in our basement. What I liked about Sears and this product is that you can choose what side you want the door on. I never knew you had an option. The delivery people were soooo nice and they were very quick in setting it up. They even took the old one away. I didn't have to lift a finger. I like that. The product works great and is really quite large. The freezer is big too. We liked it so much we bought one for my brother-in-law (he's a bum and has no money). And he reallly likes it. I think all he keeps in it is beer, but that's ok, it works, he likes it and he's stopped coming over here. I highly recommend this product. Thanks."

Seriously?????

I think VickyH may have been holding some liquids when she wrote that review.

I think VickyH may have been holding some meth when she wrote that review.