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For a while I was walking the fine line between reading FG and not reading FG because Say Her Name had been sitting in my bookcase for six months and I'd decided it was one of my phases and I probably wouldn't be interested in it anymore. And then I picked it up Sunday afternoon in the middle of a heat wave.
There for a while I didn't know if I could finish it. I was waist deep in this book, being tugged out to sea in what felt like a gargantuan undertow. The pull was incredible. I felt what I hadn't felt for so long—when a book scoops you up and carries you away and you don't so much read as surrender.
I didn't think I could bear it. What is it about loving someone that makes you so terrified of loss? All I could think was that one day this would be my beloved and me. After death, missing each other so terribly. I almost put it down. I didn't know if I could take another page. Another sentence even, sometimes.
It made me wonder why I put myself through books I really can't be bothered with. Life is too short. Why don't I do this more often? Search for that book that will tug me under?
Even if it leaves me weeping in its wake.
The reason for this is partly of the festive kind—Christmas hit, and so did not-getting-to-bed-before midnight and an unprecedented and crazy-itchy desire to go running. (Where did it come from? I am so confused.) I fell asleep with my mouth open on the way to Christmas lunch and got spectacularly grumpy. Also, I keep dashing off on mini-breaks. Damn.
I also bit off more than I could chew. Case in point: the books on my bedside table:
Buzz Aldrin, What Happened To You In All the Confusion? by Johan Harstad
Mudwoman by Joyce Carol Oates
His Illegal Self by Peter Carey
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Fated by SG Browne
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Lunar Park by BrettEaston Ellis
Beating Your Eating Disorder by six people with long and boring names
And Wicked. Again. Because it was supposed to be a Christmas present and then I bought it online because it was cheaper which meant it didn't arrive on time and now it is sitting in my bookcase staring at me and I am parched for just a taste of Maguire, just one sip. Parched, I tell you. We keep looking at each other.
But I'm still here. The Project sallies onwards. It just might take a while for me to a.) wake up, b.) finish something and c.) post a witty review that makes me proud—have I mentioned I'm a perfectionist?
Stay tuned! Stay tuned. Stay tune—zzzz.
We stopped through on our way from the Great Alpine Road to the Great Ocean Road and we lined up with the kiddies to goggle at the Myer Christmas windows, wrote postcards by the Yarra, fossicked in stinky second-hand bookshops, bought Christmas-themed frappuccinos and held hands from start to finish. (Who says the honeymoon's over after six months? Boo to that. Eleven-month butterflies anyone?) And of course there were donuts. There are always donuts in Melbourne.
Anyway, the whole point of this is to tell you that we also stopped past Typo (one of the shops with which we are both exuberantly in love) and saw that someone very arty (and with way too much time on their hands) had decorated one wall with the yellowed pages of second-hand books. I've never seen anything so beautiful.
All of which has been an unnecessarily long segue into what I'm really wanting to write about today, which is about the only room in my house that will ever matter … the library. Der.
So. Dot points!
A feature wall papered with yellow pages. Shakespeare, Plath, Neruda, Rilke, Brooke, Owen, Hughes, Browning, Atwood, Woolf—the mind boggles.
A brown suede recliner with a rainbow rug.
A bar heater.
Books all the way to the ceiling with a little ladder on wheels. Books stacked sideways and right-ways. Books in surprising corners. Books crammed into shelves and piled three deep on the windowsill. Books in boxes; books under the coffee table and on the highest rung of the ladder. A deep, still pool of paper-scented happiness.
Candles that smell like cake.
An enormous oil painting of nothing-much-at-all that means nothing-much-at-all to everyone else but me.
Lush leafy trees all the way to the window.
So. What's your fantasy?
I'm currently ploughing through Joyce Carol Oates' Mudwoman and I don't yet know whether I hate it or I love it. Who knows what will happen on Friday? Who can tell which way the wind will blow? The Project is exciting like that!
However, the fact of my love or my hate is irrelevant right now anyway because today is Metaphor Monday and incidentally Oates writes a mean metaphor. So! Enjoy these golden blooms before I wither them with my disdain or conjure them into blossom with my adoration and forever ruin Mudwoman for the rest of you. (See what I did there?)
And what relief, to have left her laptop behind on the hotel bed! She was attached to the thing like a colostomy bag. Her senses reacted in panic if it appeared to be malfunctioning for just a few minutes. A flurry of e-mails buzzing in her wake like angry bees.
Farther to the west, at Carthage, in layers of crusted shale there were fossils M.R. had searched for, as a girl. Ancient crustaceans, long-extinct fish. Her biology teacher had sent her out: he'd identified the fossils for her. M.R. had drawn them in her notebook, with particular care. A string of A-pluses attached to Meredith Neukirchen like a comet's long tail.
Lush: Or dense, fresh, beautiful and happy-making. Reading McCarthy is like wading through a rainforest. So much word art! So much happiness!
Scary: There are just way too many men with chains and knives for my liking. There are also crazy, twitchy people and corpses-around-corners and cavalcades of baddies. No thankyou.
Sad: And I don't mean the ending, although it is sad (but also surprisingly hopeful! Just so you know). I mean the bass notes, if this book was old wine, that is. The aftertaste. All blue and bruised and wistful.
Unsettling: What if this really happened? It doesn't really bear thinking about. My chances of survival don't really bear thinking about either. My fitness, for example, or my type 1 diabetes or my hankering for wheatbags or the soft spot in my heart for books and beautiful things. Here's hoping the apocalypse holds off till I'm past caring.
Moreish: I almost forked out twelve dollars (TWELVE DOLLARS, PEOPLE!) for a second-hand McCarthy that was far too big and unwieldy and second-hand. This is how good he is.
Know a book that just won't let itself be loved, however much you're aching to do it? Look no further! Follow these seven steps of seduction and the driest doorstopper will be putty in your hands.
Select the edition with the best cover. The one with the prettiest picture or the creamiest pages or the nicest scent. Chemistry is everything.
Vintage is important. You don't want a book so new it stinks of paint and glue or one that smells like mould and dark corners. You want one with a biddable spine, a subtle scent and just the right amount of wear.
Bookmarks are no place to cut corners. Folded pages or post-it notes are one of the biggest romance killers. Take time to find the perfect marker.
Think about the time of day. Too early and you'll start associating reading with eye gunk and weariness; too late and it will become a chore. Read when you are most awake; read when you are happiest.
Location, location, location. Quietness is always in style. So is sunshine. Leather chairs. Dappled lawns with just the right amount of regrowth. New rugs. Old blankets. Riverbanks. A cheap romance might enjoy open skies and sunlight while a long-winded hardcover might appreciate a wood fire and candlelight.
Choose the right beverage. Some books respond well to wine and cheese platters while others are more easily seduced with hot chocolate. Follow your instincts; pick the choice that sings to you, just make sure the beverage adds to the romance, not distracts from it.
Be kind to yourself. Be gentle. Take as long as you need. Turn pages slowly. Close the book often. Repeat sentences aloud. Circle favourite moments and metaphors. Pencil poems in the margins. Think. Stretch. Yawn. Luxuriate. Every love story takes time.
And when it is yours? Don't forget it. Put it in your bookcase. Touch it now and again. Remember the romance.
I don't know. Something to do with wanting to prove to myself that I really am the classy little scholar I say I am in my head.
In Tolstoy's defense however, there were some gems. (And here I draw your attention to the following: He had attained to such strength that … he was as fresh as a big, green, waxy Dutch cucumber. Also: His quiet words and smiles worked softeningly and soothingly, like almond butter. Who knows? Maybe I'll take a turn towards culture next Monday. Maybe I really am that clever. Maybe I just like living life on the edge like this.)
But then.
I kicked off on a Nick Hornby bender which I have so far been powerless in stopping. I'm currently sloshing drunkenly through the dregs of High Fidelity (read it read it READ IT) and the metaphors in this amazing book practically leap off the page and slap you in the face.
Happy Metaphor Monday!
I tried not to run Phil down too much - I felt bad enough as it was, what with screwing his girlfriend and all. But it became unavoidable, because when Jackie expressed doubts about him, I had to nurture those doubts as if they were tiny sickly kittens, until eventually they became sturdy, healthy grievances, with their own cat-flaps which allowed them to wander in and out of our conversation at will.
He's got long blond hair, and cheekbones, and he's well over nine feet tall, but he's got muscles too … and a voice that makes that man who does the Guinness adverts sound sloppy, a voice so deep that it seems to land with a thud on the stage and roll towards us like a cannonball.
And something from Julie Powell's Cleaving for good measure:
He kisses me once more as the cabbie waits, which makes my heart blossom and die.
Anna Karenina is officially over.
I have spent the last twenty-four hours in a fog of feverish page-turning (not the good kind) and as of 12.05pm today, I officially laid the novel to rest. I have to add that I turned so desperately to the next Julie Powell instalment that the bookmark was still warm and I have been curled up in a big leather armchair ever since like an assault victim, giddy with the concept of warmth and safety.
Yes, I tamed the beast and lived to tell about it.
This says many things about the state of my mind these days. I am skittish and fidgety, always trying to get comfortable, never quite settling in. I am fussy about lighting, and the amount of warmth coming through big windows, and about the texture and size of the blankets I use. In other words, I'm sadly lacking when it comes to Those Kinds of Books. (And by that, obviously, I mean the good ones.)
Would I read it again? No.
Am I glad I read it? Yes.
Why? Because I couldn't live with myself if I died without reading Tolstoy.
Am I proud of myself? No. Unlike my 12-year-old self, I couldn't make it through 800 pages without whining, which means I am fast declining. Hello, dementia. (Joking. I hope. Either way, it is not reassuring.)
Best part? When Anna commits suicide. And no, it's not because it was indicative of the book's long-awaited end but because it was poetic and happened at just the right moment, scoring Sarah's Tick of Approval, however much I hated everything else.
Worst part? When Levin decides to take up scything. Because that is never a good time.
Accompanying beverage? Something so rich and fatty that you'd read something far worse to experience it. (Personally, I'd go for a cookies and cream thickshake—yep, I'd even sacrifice veganism at the altar of Getting By Without Screaming.)
The Evil Seed by Joanne Harris. I lost my vampire virginity at the hands of this book and as such I'm not likely to think any other vampire novel comes close. Not only because The Evil Seed was my first (*blush*) but also because Joanne Harris is always going to be the Best Writer in the World and is clever enough to weave gothic horror into anything.
Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett. Obviously if you're after serious scariness, go away. Probably don't even look at the cover. Mr Pratchett is merciless. He is also funny. Read this if you want to be the cool cat in the back of your fantasy lit class laughing at the nerds in the front row with their Lord of the Rings carry bags.
Dracula by Bram Stoker. I reviewed this classic a few weeks ago, but there's no way I couldn't add it to the list. This book is the original. The black widow. The mumma bear. So it goes without saying that Dracula is so fresh it's practically the rebirth of vampires, cellophane-wrapped, air-sealed and still in the original packaging.
The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice. I'll be reviewing Anne Rice a bit further down the track (and if you're harbouring even the slightest dregs of respect and/or love for this author and her work, I wouldn't advise reading said review—I already know her books ain't high art), but I have to mention The Tale of the Body Thief, because while Ms Rice is kinda responsible for making vampires so popular (What did she unleash?) she is also responsible for one of the best trashy books I've read in a very long time. I'm sorry.


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Time certainly does fly. I have been writing the On Your Side column in the Saturday edition of The National newspaper for five years. That's 262 columns to date and something like 800 questions answered and problems solved.
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Aug 01, 2011
Hug your inner monkey!
To simplify a complex process, your brain evolved in three stages:
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- Mammal – Limbic system, focused on approaching rewards
- Primate – Cortex, focused on attaching to "us"
This post is about weaving the sense of being included and loved into the primate cerebral cortex.
In ancient times, membership in a band was critical to survival: exile was a death sentence in the Serengeti. Today, feeling understood, valued, and cherished – whether as a child or an adult, and with regard to another person or to a group – may not be a life and death matter (though studies do show that survival rates for cancer …
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Jul 23, 2011
The art of self-forgiveness
Everyone messes up. Me, you, the neighbors, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, King David, the Buddha, everybody.
It's important to acknowledge mistakes, feel appropriate remorse, and learn from them so they don't happen again. But most people keep beating themselves up way past the point of usefulness: they're unfairly self-critical.
Inside the mind are many sub-personalities. For example, one part of me might set the alarm clock for 6 am to get up and exercise . . . and then when it goes off, another part of me could grumble: "Who set the darn clock?" More broadly, there is a kind of inner critic and inner protector inside each …
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How to de-stress from work worries
The Vancouver Sun has a nice, although brief, article on reducing stress.
1. Exercise. It helps to release stress, as it improves overall physical and mental health, and improves sleep. This could include any type of activity or meditation, including yoga, tai chi or even a brisk walk to the store.
I don't know if meditation strictly counts as exercise, but certainly both physical exercise and meditation are very valuable in reducing stress.
2. Focus on building a strong support network. Relationships are vital to coping with stress throughout the year.
Buddhist teachings place a lot of stress on building a sense of community, with an emphasis on spiritual friendship, lovingkindness, and sangha …
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The 'Eat, Pray, Love' phenomenon
When the film Four Weddings and a Funeral came out in 1994, I was irritated by the film's 'token' inclusion of a deaf character and two gay men. A lesbian friend was less judgemental. She was just thrilled that a mainstream film featured a gay relationship.
Reading Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert's best-seller, and seeing the film adaptation starring Julia Roberts, I think I know how my friend felt. The ideas are flawed, but to see Buddhism portrayed positively in popular culture is a delight.
The story – if you don't know it – is of a thirty-something woman, unsatisfied with her affluent New York life, who goes …
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Jul 17, 2010
Seeking love in the wrong place
What do you do when your heart says "yes" to someone who's determined to break it? Auntie Suvanna's wisdom and compassion manifest in advising a woman who's looking for love in the wrong place.
Dear Auntie,
I have been practicing Buddhism for several years. However, I keep getting caught in the Shempa with this particular man. I am 60 years old and divorced for 8 years. I met this man 3 years ago when I started dancing. He was attentive and pursued me for a short time (I won't go into details) and then dumped me in pursuit of a 31 year old (30 years his junior) who had …
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Jun 15, 2010
Relationships: your emotional signature
How do we get unstuck from our emotional patterns so we can respond to our experiences spontaneously? Ponlop Rinpoche explains how awareness and acceptance can help us out of our emotional ruts.
You would certainly recognize your signature on a piece of paper, but do you know your own emotional signature? We all have one. It's our predictable way of reacting to situations. Your friends probably recognize your emotional signature better than you do. When you get into a fight with your partner, for example, they can predict just how it will go. They know if you're likely to slam a door, storm out of the house, or call your mother. They …
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Sep 17, 2009
"Sitting Practice," by Caroline Adderson
A Canadian author's sophomore novel deals with the serious subjects of disability and unrequited incestuous love, but brims over with life and laughter as it provokes the reader to reflect.
This is Caroline Adderson's second novel — and one filled with humor, likable characters and great writing that make for an easy weekend read.
Ross and Iliana are three weeks into their marriage when a car accident and a moving tennis ball change the dynamics of their lives and lead them both into a journey of self-reflection, new territories, and faith.
Ross Alexander is a funny, charismatic and passionate chef whom runs his own business, Reel Food, catering to the film industry. He meets Iliana, …
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Aug 24, 2009
Auntie Suvanna: When love hurts
A young man in a troubled relationship seeks advice for Wildmind's resident advice columnist, Auntie Suvanna. What's the best path when you're hooked up to someone who sees you as being the source of all her problems?
Dear Auntie,
I stumbled upon you while searching for Buddhist relationship advice, and I hope you can help me. It is a rather long story, but you did say in the post I read that you need details so here goes…
First, I have not been studying Buddhism for very long now, only a few months, and not very consistently at that. But a lot of it matches my own feelings already.
I have been …
Apr 30, 2009
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Just to help you keep track of what's hot on Wildmind at the moment, we've put together this list of the ten blog posts that have received the most visitors this year. Enjoy!
10. Naming negative emotions makes them weaker Wired Magazine reports on research that's of relevance to meditators — especially those that use the vipassana technique of "noting," where we name the most prominent aspect of our experience, saying inwardly, for example, "anger, anger" when we recognize that that emotion is present.
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Mar 27, 2009
Auntie Suvanna: Breaking up — the Buddhist way
Dear Auntie,
I only recently decided to become a Buddhist, so I'm still trying to work out how best to apply it to some situations in my life. I was especially wondering if there is a good way to break up with someone in a Buddhist manner. I am currently in a relationship that just isn't working out, but I can't think of what to say to end it without causing a negative situation. I really don't want the person to be hurt, or for there to be bad feelings between us. Break ups most often do seem to end that way, but I was hoping that by taking a new approach this time, …


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The Theme – Time for a Change?
Guest contributor Brayde Wikaira ponders if it's time for something new.
I want to make this clear: I love the Doctor Who theme. Heck, I think it's the best television theme tune in the world! From the scary mysterious echoes of 1963, to the bright colourful disco setting of 1983. Murray Gold resurrected the theme with the powerful bass of 2005, and the stormy effects of 2010. However, after 50 years of the same sheet music, I think I can live with a new theme tune.
The question we all ask ourselves when we see a change of direction is "but why?" And rightfully so. We can't change a certain aspect of it without even having a reasonable purpose. As much as I love the classic "ooooohhhheeewoooooo" 50 years later, its getting a little bit old. Even after the 2008 revision of the theme, I did begin to think to myself, we need a whole new spice. Because the soufflé isn't the soufflé, the soufflé is the recipe. I think the recipe needs to change. The reason why? Because the theme tune needs to reignite the fire, and start a new trend. 1963 will always be my favorite version, and listening to a remixed tune feels like listening to echoes.
Another question we ask is "how?" How will this new theme tune be as good as the original? Well, first, it would have to be a clean slate. No more copying from the sheet of 1963, but to find something more intoxicating. And no, I don't mean alcoholic mental music. I mean, something that makes 2014 stand out, something more modern. Though, I'm not much a fan of modern music, okay, maybe I am, but I'd also like to see it go from modern to futuristic. Have a theme tune that inspires the show's change. Something to propel it into the right direction – that's what Ron Grainer did. Even though, strictly speaking, he was amazed at his creation when he heard the product. Something for another 50 years.
Well isn't that the question of the day (reference from a certain webslinger.) I do admit, Murray Gold is a spectacular musician. His works are somewhat dazzling. From Rose's Theme and Doomsday, to Doctor Forever and This is Gallifrey, from A Dazzling Theme and Vale Decem, to I Am The Doctor to the beautiful Clara theme. His work is ecstatic. Much fans do tend to rub on him about his title songs, but I recall that he always had trouble with the theme song; as it wasn't his creation. So seeing a new theme song from him might turn out to be a brilliant idea. However, for something as big as this, I'd love to see a huge musician collaboration. Picture Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Thomas Newman, Howard Shore and Murray Gold working together to make one epic Doctor Who theme song – though such a thing is merely a dream. Who ever it is to take on the role, it would have to be well thought out and planned.
So here we are, and one question is this: Does the Doctor Who theme song need changing? I'm guessing most people will say 'no' with a small amount saying 'yes'. Whatever the case, the Doctor Who theme song is still the world's best theme tune and has been adored by fans all over the world. But times change, and so must we… eventually.
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Just use Orbital's version of it! :P
I don't think I've seen a single account of a 'Yea' vote here. It's a decisive 'Nay', and i concur. Changing something this recognised, and iconic, is foolhardy at best. There are many ways to ut a frsh face on it: Compare the theme over the fifty years, plus Big Finish variations.
Even the Delaware version of the theme, has its merits, but despite being based on the original arrangement, it was met with extreme distaste, and changed before one story aired using it.
Changing this, is akin to trying to compare Stargate Universe, with any other Stargate franchise. Science-fiction.comedy/action, versus drama & middle-school behaviour with traces of science fiction elements, that are so muted, that if you replaced the Stargate with any other MacGuffin, you wouldn't notice a difference.
You don't remove something that works;l and that the viewers enjoy, unless you want to commit broadcast suicide.
You can't change the theme. Hell, Pink Floyd even played it in the song "One of these Days". If Beethoven's Fifth can be around for hundreds of years why can't the Doctor Who theme?
The theme is iconic. Maybe have the Tardis just appear and not materialise and put the sound of a popping toaster over it or have it materialise to the noise of a microwave oven and have it ping when it's materialised.
A "re imagining" of the theme tune is good changing it altogether is bad. The Doctor who theme tune played on a guitar with drums would be good especially if the doctor is now fiercer and darker.
Think of the simpsons TV show. They changed parts of the opening sequence but kept the chalkboard bit and Maggie going through the till etc
To change such an iconic theme tune would be just wrong.
Well that's opinion anyway
The only change that should be made to the theme tune is in the by line - it should state by Rob Grainer and Delia Derbyshire. From the Wikipedia page about the theme tune: Grainer was amazed at the resulting piece of music and when he heard it, famously asked, "Did I write that?". Derbyshire modestly replied "Most of it". However the BBC, who wanted to keep members of the Workshop anonymous, prevented Grainer from getting Derbyshire a co-composer credit and a share of the royalties.
Certainly an interesting thought, but one I strongly refute. To me [as to many], changing the show's theme in such a fundamental way is akin to revolutionising the way the TARDIS dematerialises. Time for a change - yes, of course [perpetually the case with Who], but in a more casual sense. Some things are far too sacred to simply replace.
Although there are some good points int the article I would have to disagree. Doctor Who is a show about change but some things have to remain constant one of them is the theme. But I think that the current rendition of the theme is the worst one yet and I think that a new rendition of the theme would be appropriate for a new doctor
OK - Just to mix things up a little, If the EU, CIA, UN, KGB etc etc... passed a legally binding punishable by death law that made it illegal for any TV Show to have the same theme tune for more than 50 years. What would you choose to replace an irreplaceable theme tune?. Murray Golds " I am the Doctor"?, "Doctorin the Tardis", if not an existing song who would you want to write the new theme and how would it sound???.
You have got to be joking. The uproar would be such that it was immediately changed back.
Simply suggesting is is hericy
I would never change the theme. I would like to see a more drastic revamping of it than we've had in a while. There are subtle differences, but it's been essentially the same since 2005. As great as Murray Gold has been, I'd actually like to see someone new take over all the music at this point.
Yeah next you will be saying get ridd of the POLICE box and make it a British payphone booth
No, that would be like changing the theme from Fresh Prince of Bel Air to the theme from Brady Bunch.
No. You simply cannot change something as iconic as that. It's a really important part of the show and to change it would leave a huge impact on Doctor Who. It simply needs to be there.
Though, it would be pretty awesome to have each of those composers mentioned make their own "take" on the same tune, as a different one each episode of a series. That's one thing I think all of TV fails with- is making the opening titles feel new and exciting each time they're played...
What we really need is a new opening titles. The VFX artists seem to have forgotten there were more opening title types than just the TARDIS flying through a wormhole. There have been ones with patterns and things and I was hoping to see a new version of something like that in the 50th.
Murray Gold brings something new into the theme everytime he varies it (although I wish he'd bring back the middle eight more often). And that in itself is enough. There is a mix on youtube - http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1AnTi1X2QM - of all the themes back to back and I listen to it over and over again. The first, actually quite forboding, themes, to my favourites from the eighties and nineties (my era), to the modern orchestral versions; I just don't think you can beat it.
I have forever viewed the theme tune, no matter what incarnation of it as basically the bells of tea-time Saturday telly. To change it would be confusing and pointless. I see where you're coming from but you don't see any other show changing their theme beyond possibly rescoring it or rearranging it slightly and the reason why is as time goes by you are able to recognize a show by its tune. To change it when it is so iconic and so loved by many fans when there isn't much wrong with it even after 50 years would be pointless and cause outrage.
No. Next question.
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Absolutely NO to this idea !!!! the theme whatever the rendition gets the back of my neck tingling every time ! and i did love the version that brought Matt to us THE best of all.
Cannot believe this could be a serious article
the theme should VARY, but to change it, would be changing the show it would no longer be Doctor Who, its like changing the simpsons theme its a ludicrous thought. The theme acts as a landmark people hear it in all its different variations and instantly recognise its Doctor Who its would be considered in my opinion heracy to change the Who tune
Lol, that's the best laugh I've had all day.
While I would defend your right to state your view, I would also like to use my right to tell you how ridiculous I think it is.
Along with the police box and the Daleks, the theme music is one of Doctor Who's most recognisable and enduring icons. To suggest changing it implies a lack of awareness of it's importance.
This article = Epic fail.
Sorry ...
I would like to know what Peters theme will be like
I don't think they should change it
Great idea!!!
I'm not a great fan of the intro to the theme tune that we've had since 2010. It's a little too melodramatic for me although it is good to adapt the original version so that it doesn't get old.
Sorry mate, I have to agree with pretty much everyone else. It's a 'no' from me.
While we're at, since it's 'time for a change', why not do away with the police box too? :P
Congratulations on perhaps the most unpopular opinion ever! ;)
I love this theme, and my absolute favourite piece of work.
It is the most complicated music track I have ever heard, and that just adds to the appeal.
To replace it, it would have to be as good as, if not leave it alone until one does come along.
Guys this is kinda great....don't we all feel unified now XD who cares about Moffat vs RTD or classic versus modern, when Doctor Who is threatened we all band together and defend our show. Forever Ooooooweeeeeeoooooooo!
Dalek voice: DO NOT BLASPHEME. DO NOT BLASPHEME.
The problem with this argument that I see is that it could be identically applied to the TARDIS's police box exterior, or the preservation of the Doctor's very character - either would constitute "changing the recipe" and a "clean slate" to "reignite the fire." I just can't imagine the result going over terribly well in any of these cases.
The notion of enlisting multiple artists also seems rather silly; composing is largely a means of personal expression and inspiration, and I can't envision simply enlisting any established composer for the task of writing a new Doctor Who theme.
Is it even possible to recapture that spark from 1963, I wonder? I have a feeling Grainer's original theme, and Derbyshire's groundbreaking arrangement thereof, was truly a case of catching lightning in a bottle, like any great piece of art - and like the show, itself. And I'm pretty sure that no matter what form a hypothetical new theme could take, it would be greeted with scant approval and thus demand the swift reinstatement of the legendary original - truly, one of the pillars of Doctor Who as a whole.
I hope you won't be discouraged from sharing your viewpoints by the huge backlash against this idea - but in this case, perhaps it is *you* who should change your tune. ;) ZIIIIIING!
No, no no!!!!
its like painting the tardis pink!
terrible, terrible idea...they changed enough of the series with Matt Smith's episodes as the doctor as it is.
My comment
If it ain't broke don't fix it
Totally changing the theme would be the Whovian equivalent of blasphamey
I like the theme, and I like the current variation of it. I don't want it to change.
@mahoothomas We don't even have those any more, I don't think.
@Tomb of the Cyberbob Err - I don't really think it's a great idea, by the way. Just felt someone should show some support for the author!!!! It is certainly an INTERESTING idea, and bravo to the author for having the courage to put it out.... but no, I don't think the theme should change :0)
I really must apologize, I couldn't resist...:D
@tillythedwfanIn the Blake Edwards comedy "Operation Petticoat", set in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2, Cary Grant and Tony Curtis paint their submarine in pink (I guess it was a precursor of the Pink Panther, which also had one of the best theme tunes ever. It's all connected!).
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Want to go to Planned Parenthood in D.C.? You'll have to run the anti-choice gauntlet first.
This is what it looks like when clinics don't have buffer zones.They're sidewalk harassers, sidewalk bullies, whatever else, but they are no where near counsellors. Counsellors are non-judgmental, non-biased, empathetic listeners, that is NOT what those people are. - Paige
If the clinic employees begin exercising their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms and carried AR-15's or AK-47's along with them, on public streets, that would present an interesting conundrum to the gun loving right wing, would it not? I bet it would stop all the harassment cold too.
There are some abortion providers that do carry guns at all times, wear bulletproof vests to work, hire bodyguards, wear masks into the clinic so protestors can't identify them, go in the back door, change up their driving routes every day, check under their cars daily for bombs, etc. That's how serious this is, and that's why it's dangerous to take the protestors at face value, even if they seem peaceful. You don't know who they're hiding in the crowd.
And doctors who work at abortion clinics have been murdered by pro-life activists, in what has to be one of the biggest ironies in existence. Clinics have also been bombed.
Ive done clinic escorts before, while we shouldn't even still be talking about this in 2014…
If you take a friend to a hostile clinic and are their escort you are their therepy animal so to speak. So imagine they are blind and deaf and prepare them to be.
First a large wrap around pair of shades… Install on friends face.
Next ipod/walkman whatever, packed with whatever will distract or drown out or comfort your friend. Put that on the ear bit.
Decide which side your friend wishes to be comforted on, thats your side. The side they dont feel so vunerable on? That's easy, you pass that friend an umbrella, rain or shine, they hold that shit in the crook of their arm open, boom half a force field.
You are the second half. You hold that friends arm as loose or tight as they want. You are the human part.
You look straight ahead, you keep your head up and you do not look ashamed, angry or proud. You just are. You are your friends eyes. Sure you probably want to rip this fuck over here apart but that proves nothing. Your sole purpose is to get your friend inside that building with limited trauma.
Repeat as needed on way out when she is gonna need you more and then drive that woman to whatever food she asks for.
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This is Michael Dunn, presumably confused as to how he just got away with murder.
Dunn, who repeatedly fired his gun at a vehicle in which 17-year-old Jordan Davis was killed, claimed to have been threatened with a shotgun. Police never found a shotgun; no witnesses reported seeing one. Though one thing is clear: Dunn told the kids to stop playing their "thug music" loudly, and later decided the best way to end the resulting dispute was by firing a gun at Davis's car ten times — even as it pulled away.
Dunn invoked Florida's well-used-by-threatened-people-who-aren't-black "Stand Your Ground" defense. While the jury was deadlocked on the murder charge — for Davis's killing — they found him guilty in the attempted murder of the three other teens in the car and he now faces up to 60 years in prison.
But still, bottom line is a white man got away with killing a black teen in Florida. And shit isn't ever going to change in the Sunshine State.
(Pool photo: Bob Mack via the New York Times)
stop using the words "white privilege" when talking about this case THIS SHIT IS WHITE SUPREMACY. PLAIN AND FUCKING SIMPLE.
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"Nobody has the right to turn out and tell me that I can't wear a certain outfit, that I can't go out to a certain place because I would be safer, or because a man looks at me…"
I love Priyanka Chopra.
Always relevant.
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Asked about the racy content of the video, Thicke responded: "We tried to do everything that was taboo. Bestiality, drug injections, and everything that is completely derogatory towards women. Because all three of us are happily married with children, we were like, 'We're the perfect guys to make fun of this.' People say, 'Hey, do you think this is degrading to women?' I'm like, 'Of course it is. What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman. I've never gotten to do that before. I've always respected women.'
Robin Thicke, on "Blurred Lines". Because remember, if you're married with children you can't objectify women, influence how other men view women or have ever objectified or disrespected women at any previous point in your life.
Robin Thicke is a tool. http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/05/robin-thicke-interview-blurred-lines-music-video-collaborating-with-2-chainz-and-kendrick-lamar-mercy.html
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The thing I find most disturbing about this very, very disturbing quote is how predictable it is. It's like Thicke played misogyny bingo, first from the perspective of an artist
He was being edgy!
He was being ironic! Your disgust is the point! Good job!
He's a good guy in real life who was making a statement in his art!
before delving into being an actual scary person:
Yes, of course he knows he's degrading women! He designed the video to portray "everything that is completely derogatory towards women"!
Also, degrading women is "taboo." It's a question of social mores, not human rights.
In fact, degrading women (if done properly?) is pleasurable! It's delicious, forbidden fruit!
He's never "gotten" to do that before! How liberating this is for him!
In sum: men sometimes stumble upon opportunities to degrade women and though there are the ones who do it all the time, the good men who "always" respect women deserve to try it out just once (or twice or three times or) just to see what it's like. But you can trust them because they're "happily married with children" and those relationships and social markers mean they're innately good — means that, on some level, goodness is itself innate (to them specifically) — and they will always revert back to that goodness after a bad boy binge of degrading their fellow human beings. Nothing to fear here, ladies & lady-sympathizers.
(via writtenbyapillarofsalt)
'What a pleasure it is to degrade a woman!' Go fuck your fucking self you utter shit.
(via generalprocrastination)
"I've behaved myself and lived up to your ridiculous standards for SO LONG, the least you can do is let me degrade some women as a reward."
(via lunarynth)
TO WHOEVER HAD THE AUDACITY TO ASK ME WHY I DO NOT LIKE ROBIN THICKE. this is only ONE of the very problematic things he has said/done in the public eye. besides the fact that i'm super bitter about black women collectively UPLIFTING him as a WHITE MALE he has done a bunch of shit to bury a deep hole for himself.
(via sadboysonly)
All this commentary is A+
I love how he made this sorta sexist song, and then to accompany it, he produced a WAY more sexist video, and in response to the backlash, made some EVER MORE SEXIST STATEMENTS. Like, hey dipshit, stop while you're behind.
(via misandry-mermaid)
We were broke college students (she was graduating in a couple months and I was in graduate school). We didn't think we'd be able to afford a baby and didn't feel ready. We went back the next day, together. She took another pregnancy test and it came back positive again. We asked for pamphlets so we could think about our options. The nurse got the pamphlets, sat down next to us, held our hands and looked right into our eyes: "You're going to have this baby and be great parents." It wasn't said to pressure us or with a tone of judgment. It was said with love and compassion. She knew we were just scared. "No one ever feels ready," she told us. The nurse explained that she's been doing her job for 25 years and has helped many patients make the difficult choice to have an abortion. She told us that the simple fact that pregnancy wasn't planned shouldn't mean that we immediately resort to abortion.
Some of you may say she should have just minded her own business. That it was our decision an ours alone. But we didn't need a cold ultimatum. We needed a loving, considerate, and thoughtful motherly figure to let us know that we'd be OK. She'd been doing abortion counseling for long enough to recognize that we would be thrilled once we got past the initial fright. We began crying with an elation I can't begin to describe.
Liam turned 7 months today. We're stressed at times, sure, but oh so happy. Thank you Planned Parenthood.
Yet another side of the issue, from Reddit, here.
[Added by moderator: And this is the point, right? That Planned Parenthood is a family planning clinic, not just abortion doctors. They don't force people to abort babies. They are trying to help people figure out their lives.]
(via keepyourboehneroutofmyuterus)
WHAT? You mean Planned Parenthood isn't a corporate abortion overlord that coerces women into having abortions so that they can keep their "well over 90%" abortion rate up?!
I can't believe Abby Johnson and Jon Kyl lied to me. What is the world coming to?
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Sometimes at the grocery store there is a pile of tickets (not jackpot tickets) that havent had the game scratched off of them. The only thing scratched is the bottom code that says something like, F23-409340534 Can you tell if youve won by just looking at this code? These tickets are lying around frequently, and Im guessing the person knows what theyre doing, but I just wanted to make sure
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if you could hack into the lottery servers, then yes you could....but its also slightly illegal
i've notified the secret service of your IP address and comments
in the box where you scratch off, there are 3 letters that are code for how much you won or if you didn't win
For example... O-N-E or T-W-O.
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lol uh_oh, I'm not trying to hack, I want to know if this person is leaving around unused lottery tickets
and what are the three letters?
I think in my state they can see how much was won just by scanning the bar code on the back without scratching off anything. I am skeptical that store workers scan them and take all of the winners.
buy all the cheap ones, since you have a better chance of winning on them, and you'll feel special if you win jk
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but can ppl see by just scratching off the ID code thing?
not just that one long number code, but there are 3 letters down in that area too, such as O N E, you won one dollar, T W O you win two dollars, H U N you win 100. I think if you get a K and two other random letters it's 25 dollars. If you get an X or letters that don't make any sense you usually lost, unless it's a pretty large amount that you won, then the letters won't make any sense as well. Things like that.
The more expensive ones give you a better chance of winning, which is why they cost more (and they have larger purses). You can go to your state lottery website and they'll have all of the probabilities for each scratch off listed for you.
The way it's done here: you bring in a ticket, which the cashier doesn't even read, they scratch off a row of arbitrary numbers at the bottom, type it into their computer, it tells the winning amount and prints off a receipt for said amount. I've bought a ticket before with a $5 win. When I cashed it in, the cashier told me he looked it up when I bought it and saw that I was going to win. I don't know how he would have been able to do that without scratching anything, so he might've been feeding me some BS.
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we shouldn't buy lottery tickets, donate your money to charity or tithe
It's been years, but when I used to work at an Acme (in PA) the winning amount was in parentheses down in that long string of numbers.
I can answer your question I work at a seven eleven. the people never know if they have won or not when they scan JUST the bar code. They are simply to lazy to scratch the whole ticket. They just want to see if they got money. So they buy one at the counter, scratch the bar code, hand it to the cashier. The cashier feeds it through the lottery machine, types in the three digit number in the box, and the lottery machine either says congrats your a winner or says nothing. If they win they get there money. If not sometimes they ask for the scratch ticket back to enter it into the second chance drawing at (whateverstateyoulivein)lottery.com
|central governor
Yes. Wired (?) had a story within the last year about a guy who figured out how to do just this. IIRC he was a professor in Canada, of Indian origin.
Of course, it depends on the specific lottery. He cracked his local lottery, whatever it was.
Oh fine, I looked it up for you:


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What caused the ship to sink?Updated: 2014-04-21 22:07:54 KST
Around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 16th, the Sewol-ho ferry passed through treacherous waters, which are notorious here in Korea for their strong currents.
Eighteen minutes later, the ferry veers suddenly, which has been pointed to as the first factor in the sinking.
"What it means by the vessel supposedly making a P-turn is that the helm was turned to the right, then back again, but the boat didn't come back to its original position. Operations momentarily froze, which results in the ferry making a complete turn."
Due to centrifugal force, the vessel tilts to the left.
Now this is when the second factor may have come in.
Grips holding down the ferry's freight may have come loose, causing containers and vehicles in the cargo compartment to list sharply to one side.
The weight concentrated on just one side of the ferry, causes it to tilt even further.
If the vessel had enough dynamic stability, the vessel could have bounced back to the other side and maintained balance.
However, due to renovations to increase the vessel's capacity, the center of gravity on the ship had been raised from its original design.
"Due to the expansion of the ship, the upper structure has been changed, making the center of gravity much higher. If the center of gravity and buoyancy are far apart, the dynamic stability decreases."
Experts say the reduced dynamic stability caused the vessel to completely submerge, because it wasn't able to recover from the initial tilt.
They add that the Sewol-ho ferry may not have had enough ballast water, which maintains the balance of the vessel, in order to carry more cargo.
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Bee Free Honee introduces FOUR new flavors! Vegan honey options abound! »
Before we get started here, I just want to say that Bee Free Honee has seriously blown my mind. When I first read about it, I was like, "It's made with apples and lemon, so it's probably like a fruity, sugar syrup. That's cool. At least no bees were harmed." And yes, Bee Free Honee is made out of apples and lemon, but it is also so legit, it can't quit. It tastes exactly how I remember honey tasting! The consistency is there too! But you already knew that, because we've talked about it here before.
I was never the biggest fan of honey, but I've had a special place in my heart for it because my grandpa would eat it with his oatmeal and I just thought he was the coolest! He also ate his shredded wheat with apple juice instead of milk, which was something I just couldn't get into. Believe me I tried, once, with cornflakes. I like to think he would dig Bee Free Honee, and you know why? BECAUSE IT TASTES JUST LIKE HONEY! No joke!
Katie Sanchez, the innovator behind Bee Free Honee, sent me not only her Original Honee, but all of the new ones as well: Chocolate, Mint, Slippery Elm and Ancho chile! They are all so good. The flavors are really subtle and herbal. I wish I enjoyed drinking tea more, because any of these would be so great in a hot afternoon beverage! OR A HOT TODDY? I don't know, I don't like whiskey either [Ed. note: SQUARE!]. I used the chocolate and mint Honees to make brownies! While you can definitely use these cup for cup in place of sugar when baking, the brownies were a little too floral and herbal for me. I should have consulted the recipe page before proceeding! Oh well, we learn from our mistakes [Not me! -Megan Rascal].
My two favorites were the Original and the Slippery Elm, because they had the most classic tastes. It's not because I'm boring, it's because my favorite thing to make with honey used to be baklava! And by make, I mean what my mom would make and I would eat. I knew when these Honees were on their way that baklava was going down. My mom and I made a batch, and it was WONDERFUL! So, thank you Bee Free Honee, because being able to eat my mom's baklava again was a fantastic experience! I didn't think it was going to be a possibility to enjoy it again, so I am beyond stoked.
Recipe coming soon! Maybe, someday.
You find where to purchase Bee Free Honee here! I've seen it at Sprouts and Viva La Vegan in southern California. You can also follow Bee Free Honee on Facebook and Twitter!
Full Disclosure: Bee Free Honee sent me their product free of charge to review; all of the opinions stated above are my own.
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A lot of vegans are like, "what's the big deal about honey?" I'll tell you: IT'S SO GODDAMN GOOD. I love that stuff! Like, so much. And I don't like agave at all, so I just gave up on the things I like to eat with honey.
Then I saw this Bee Free Honee! How excited was I?! So very excited. I got a free bottle to try and now I will tell you all about it.
I was skeptical but then when I opened the bottle, I was like, holy cannoli! It smells like honey! Plus, it looks like honey! I tried a little just on my finger and… it tastes like honey!
It doesn't taste exactly like honey; It has a tartness that most honey doesn't really have. But if you are a honey expert like me, you know that there are many different honeys that vary in taste depending on the flower source. This kind of tastes like one of the more exotic honey flavors.
As I said, when I tried it straight, it tasted a lot like honey. Then I tried it on Shredded Wheat with warm coconut milk; it melted pretty quickly and the tartness came out more; I didn't love it. Then I tried it on graham crackers with peanut butter, and it was great!
There are many other great things about Bee Free Honee. It's made entirely of apples, beet sugar, and lemon juice. It's safe for babies and people with honey allergies. Katie Sanchez, the creator of Bee Free Honee, also takes great pains to make her carbon footprint as small as possible: She sources local apples, and one day hopes to have production facilities powered by wind and solar energy. Plus, I've heard some weird stuff about agave, so Bee Free Honee would be a great alternative. You know what? This would be perfect in your Charoset at Passover!
Bee Free Honee is available throughout Minnesota, and you can buy it online at the Pangea Vegan Store!
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It's that time again: I've accumulated enough questions/found enough time in my busy schedule of unemployment (now accepting paying-job leads!) to write another round of Ask a Vegansaur! This one only consists of two questions because they are long. Deal with it.
Tim asks: We know that the traditional vegan rejects honey as part of the general "exploitation and abuse of living creatures" principle. But what about the use of bees as pollinators? Bee colonies are used in large numbers for commercial agriculture. Should "real vegans" mostly reject strawberries, blueberries, almonds, and other "confined bee" pollination-required forms of vegetable matter?
Dang, Tim, you smart! Before I answer the question, I'd like everyone to know that when you eat figs, you might be eating wasps: Wasps can get trapped inside a fig while pollinating its flower and subsequently DIE. That's nasty, but I digress.
In truth, I have not thought about this much before, but I'm going to try to answer this question reasonably and intelligently. Although bees can't give consent, I would say that it's difficult to "force" bees or other insects to do your bidding because they are relatively small and hard to trap. Bees can and will leave the hive for any reason their bee brains deem fit. You can smack a bee or squash it, but it's risky to humans. Plus it's hard for the layperson to gauge a bee's emotions, so you won't see a bee squealing in fear like a pig about to be slaughtered.
I feel beekeeping is on a different level than factory farming. All we ask the bees to do is pollinate (the byproduct of honey is another topic), which they'd do anyway, and then we harvest the plants. So while almonds, berries, and the like might not be vegan in the sense that they're technically the result of animal byproducts, I don't think it's necessary for vegans of any stripe to avoid them. Am I in the wrong? What do you readers think?
Ellen asks: I work at a grocery store where they put labels on the products for specific nutritional info. Now, I was looking at some of the info on some products that weren't labeled vegan, and they did not contain any animal ingredients, but there is a statement saying that they may have come in contact with milk/eggs or that the product is processed in a facility [with] non-vegan products. Would you still consider these foods vegan? Or are they considered non-vegan because of the chance that they came in contact with something like that?
One of the unfortunate facets of veganism is that we have to place a lot of trust in the products we choose to consume. Readers might recall the Emes Kosher-Jel scandal of 2005 or so, in which a product most vegans considered "safe" was shown to contain gelatin. While that was unfortunate, I don't think that made anyone who had consumed it no longer vegan.
Because food manufacturers are being held increasingly responsible for food allergen content, good hygiene practices for workers and machines are becoming more popular. We should try to do the best we can with what we have. The point is that we're thinking about it. The more we support vegan products, even though they might share facilities with non-vegan ones, the more likely the companies might be able to afford their own facilities one day.
To answer your question succinctly (tl;dr): Yes, I still consider these products vegan, especially because the likelihood that they came into contact with trace animal products is minimal.
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Ecorazzi had a post today where they quoted yours truly! In Martha Stewart, Honey and the Great Vegan Debate, they discuss the state of honey in the vegan community. Is honey vegan? Do bees count? Go comment and weigh in!
From City's Best, "10 Meatless Musts in San Francisco." Vegansaurus is about to drop a similar list so be on the lookout. Ours will of course be not only informative but also the funniest ever.
Recently, Huffpo did a piece about the best sandwiches in the U.S. and none were vegan. Now they're all vegan! Huzzah! A bunch of vegan bloggers—like, everyone besides us—created vegan versions of each sandwich. Maybe next time we'll be included, eh? Just kidding! Cooking is for the womenfolk.
Our Hen House (who I hear was at the Martha Stewart episode with me but I didn't meet them!) has started a cool endeavor, The Gay Animal Series, about the relationship between gay rights and animal rights. Check it out! You will feel so cultured and smart, you can skip the next This America Life! Which works out great for me because when you rehash the episode to me in detail, that's not actually a conversation.
The Village Voice has an NYC guide to tofu—imagine that! I love me some tofu so I'm all over this one. It's all the best tofu from various restaurants throughout the city. I haven't been to any of them. How come you never take me out anymore!
Head over to A Soy Bean for a recap of the NYC Vegetarian Food Fest last weekend. Treehugger has a review too but no pictures! There's a few videos, but no pictures? We love the pictures! Abby Bean has a ton of pictures. Pictures.
Cheeky Chicago has a nice post on how to make a variety of vegan cheese-substitutes. Walnut Parmesan Sprinkles? YES DEFINITELY GIVE IT HERE.
For a little homespun fun, check out Laura's The Week in Vegan at SF Weekly. Leave a comment, let her know you care! And let SF Weekly know we vegans are plentiful and emotive.
Babe in Soyland has a great post about veganism and the idea that it means AUTOMATIC weight-loss. Here's a taste: "People need to know that vegans come in ALL shapes and sizes and that fat vegans (the ones I've met are proud to be both fat and vegan) aren't doing something "wrong" in their vegan diets. There is no "stereotypical vegan"—unless the stereotype is having awesomely low cholesterol." Read it and tell me what you think.
Finally, from Lovely Bike, a list of vegan bike saddles! That means bike seats. I'm partial to this first one they've picked out, it's the hotness:
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Lax food safety standards make veganism a safer choice »
"Food safety" is totally conceptual, right? Like "equal rights for all humans," everyone's all for it in theory, but in practice it just…isn't.
The forced labor camps in Iowa where all the Salmonella-eggs came from had "pits beneath laying houses where chicken manure was piled four to eight feet high" and "hens that had escaped from laying cages [were] tracking through the manure." Not to mention the "meat and bone meal" chicken feed tested positive for Salmonella AND was kept in bins full of holes! Want to feel worse? Read all the stories on Chow's list of the terrible history of the DeCoster farms.
Or, OK, leave off the half-million recalled eggs; maybe they were some kind of huge outlier. An FDA inspector hadn't seen the inside of one of those chicken-prisons in at least six years, anyway. How's the meat industry doing? Very poorly, is the answer! They've fought every change to every regulation, claiming that they follow all the rules and new ones are unnecessary. Now a super-rare strain of E. coli has appeared in ground beef from Cargill, but the American Meat Institute says that they're so busy working on preventative measures, which would be blown all to pieces if the Dept. of Agriculture dared to list this new scary E. coli as an illegal substance in ground beef. Even though it has already make people sick, and forced a recall of 8,500 pounds of Cargill ground beef—no no, it's not THAT bad! Shut up and listen to the nice executives, FDA.
And if you don't eat meat: how about some honey from China? It's full of delicious antibiotics! Not that China has time to worry about one company's scam; it discovered that 402 tons of imported dairy products—99.8 percent of total dairy imports!—were full of Enterobacter sakazakii, plus "excessive amount of nitrites, zinc and total bacterial count." Wait, E. sakazakii has "historically high case fatality in infants," up to 80 percent, and the aforementioned "dairy products" were POWDERED MILK FORMULA? That people FEED THEIR INFANTS? Way to go, every country involved in this disgusting scandal, which include Australia, France, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, the U.S., and of course China: you are all reprehensible. [news links via Tom Scocca]
Of course it's safer—and more humane, but duh—not to eat animal products, but for how much longer? If we don't change our methods of food production, the world is fucked. The animal-borne bacteria will get into our produce because giant farms aren't careful with their runoff, and we'll all perish of some kind of horrible E. coli/Salmonella hybrid. Good luck out there, everyone.
∞ posted at 10:53 by time-for-naps