The thing is, even the radical groups have their place. They make the moderates look reasonable and it does allow them to get issues raised and injustices fixed.

Still, wish they could back off with the batshit crazy sometimes.

Yeah, but PETA is so in your face that it often drowns out the moderates and it's easy to be tarred with the same brush of craxy such that even basic dialog doesn't happen. I'm speaking from the perspective of my hippy-dippy campus back when. Annoyed the fuck out of me.

Right after I graduated, I really, really, really wanted to return to an alumni event wearing a sexy black suit and pointy heels, wearing leather and gnawing on a bloody rare steak. Wearing a gun. And driving a hummer. Except for the last two, I've done them all, just not returned to an alumni event doing so. Oh, and preferably working for a "death" industry. Not doing that per se, either. But man, as much as I liked my college, did fire up the reactionary tendencies in this liberal.

Oh and lots of makeup and coiffed hair. Check on that too.

I was flipping through VegNews at the bookstore (it's a vegan based magazine) and there was an advice ad where a college student didn't want to strip down and be part of I'd rather go naked than wear fur protest that her best friend wanted to do. She wanted to know she over reacted.

And of course the advice giver defended those actions.

I don't like PeTA they are just so, I can't think of one single naked man for any of their ads at all.

It drives me nuts that PeTA uses exploitative images of women to fight exploitation of women. I'm sure thy think it's clever but it's not and it's demeaning. Why can't they find another non demeaning way to protest!!!

And plus most people think PeTA is nuts so if I say I'm a vegetarian then PETA gets mentioned in a negative way because of their "protests" and I end up explaining that, no, I 'm not a vegan and even if I was I wouldn't support PeTA.

Sorty to rant.

I'm really surprised Clay Akin came out. I really thought he'd still be playing coy with questions for a few more years.

I adore the mad scientist on Fringe. "We can test this." "How?" "Do I need to leave him alive?" "That would be a good thing."

He's so refreshingly practical and mad.

Loki is trying hard to open the clear plastic index card box that holds the fake mice he goes insano-growly-feral over. Since he doesn't have thumbs, ain't working. But really funny!

I got some feedback on Sam from a friend who is vegan, and the sort of vegan with two grills so she can entertain meat-eating friends and family at barbecues.

She really saw a pro-animal stance in the story. I hadn't thought about it. I mean, it's a story about an animal, and animals that eat animals. Maybe it's the anthropomorphication?

Something about the fact the animals have families, and love their families, I think, struck her.

Loki is trying hard to open the clear plastic index card box that holds the fake mice he goes insano-growly-feral over.

Yep. You found the right name. Sorry about that.

Exactly. I didn't expect him to live up to Trickster so much as curious-into-trouble-getting and coyote colors, but...yep.

eta: when I pry a fake mouse from his growling jaws and put it away, if I make a fist, he valiantly tries to pry it open and is convinced it must still be on my person.

Aww, at last I know where my precious Lucy*-cat was reincarnated.

* after Charlie Brown's Lucy. To stick with the OMG what was I thinking with that name theme.