PETA Encourages Production of In Vitro Meat

PETA is funding a $1M prize for the “first person to come up with a method to produce commercially viable quantities of in vitro meat at competitive prices by 2012.” I don’t know much about in vitro meat, but I…

Coyote Ridge and Wildflowers

I think of Santa Clara County as mostly urban/suburban. After all, it’s home to one of the 10 largest cities in the country (San Jose) and one of the world’s largest and most vibrant economies (the Silicon Valley). However, it’s…

Slinky Birthday Cake

I’m celebrating a big birthday this year. For the kids’ birthdays, Lisa has been making neat cakes from the Coolest Birthday Cakes website such as a schoolbus cake, a Curious George cake and a Very Hungry Caterpillar cake. (See my…

Lawyer Named One of 25 Most Fascinating Vegetarians

I’m backlogged as usual, but reading through the August 2007 issue of VegNews, I saw that Christine Garcia of the Animal Law Office was named one of the 25 most fascinating vegetarians by VegNews. I’m a little unclear on the…

Blogging Kills

Oh come on, not again. The NYT once again is trying to suggest that blogging kills bloggers. See the last time this topic came up. Hey NYT, I venture to say that working for the NY Times is, per capita,…

Bloggers’ April Fools Jokes

Maybe I’m just a killjoy, but I don’t think that bloggers’ April Fools jokes are funny. I feel like we as bloggers have to work really hard to develop credibility, and the whole point of an April Fools joke is…

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