“A man with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point.” – Leon Festinger, psychologist I’ve always been fascinated by the brain and how it works, both physically (neurons …
Jul
27
Dec
22
Christmas Confusion
Nearly half of the Christmas cards I received this year included pets in the family photo or had pets’ names listed alongside family members’ names. Statistics show that half of the dogs in America will receive Christmas presents. Yet how many people will pause to consider the life of the pig that becomes their Christmas …
Dec
06
Confessions
Apologies for not having a Meatless Monday recipe up today. We had internet issues last night so I wasn’t able to get one posted, but I should be able to get it up later this week. With regards to posting in general, I feel the need to confess that I’ve been feeling very uninspired lately. …
Nov
18
Honoring Intentions
President George Washington declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1789 with these words: “Thanksgiving is a time to rediscover the spiritual being within and draw strength from our founders and political zealots whose prolific faith has created a nation that we as well as our progeny will be proud of.” Let’s reflect Washington’s intentions for this …
Nov
16
The Absurdity Of The Presidential Turkey Pardon
Every Thanksgiving the President ceremoniously pardons one turkey. Then he joins the rest of America in devouring 46 million of them. (That’s just on Thanksgiving Day. Annually, 247 million turkeys are slaughtered.) What exactly is this ridiculous ritual supposed to symbolize? Does sparing one single turkey help us feel better about the millions we are …
Oct
28
It’s Not About Perfection
This image was circulated and posted throughout the vegan blog circles like crazy this week. At first, I wasn’t sure what the intention of the drawing was, or how to react. Then I read this article (bolding is mine): As we (and others) have defined and discussed in the past, veganism is not about perfection. …
Oct
26
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Thank you so much to everyone who filled out the survey! I really appreciate all of your great feedback and the many kind words. (I’ll leave the survey open a little bit longer if there are still others who’d like to give their opinion. I really hope you will!) There was one thing in the …
Sep
10
Why I Am Vegan: Walter Bond’s Story
I found this story via Once Upon A Vegan. “Why I am vegan” By Walter Bond In the winter of 1995, when I was 19 years old, I got a job with a company by the name of Dakota Mechanical. We built slaughter-houses in the Midwest, mainly in Iowa. The state of Iowa is the …
Aug
19
The Power Of One
This post was inspired by a comment regarding someone who believes going vegan is useless because what difference can one person really make? A man walking on the beach after a storm comes upon a person picking up starfish on the sand and flinging them back into the ocean. The man looks around. Starfish litter the sand …
Jun
24
Reflections
I decided to go vegetarian over 2 years ago. After first making the switch, I felt AMAZING. (And I’ve never heard of anyone switching to vegetarianism who hasn’t said the exact same thing.) Besides the proven health benefits of a vegetarian diet (rigorously documented in this blog), I simply became more conscious of what I …
