Do You Care
"Care Bears always care for drinkin and cuttin loose"
With this morsel I reference a personal favorite from the beloved, outdated, and perhaps partially forgotten Bloom County strip. For the novice, the orange text indicates a link to another web page, in this case, a web page that contains the strip from where I pulled that little quote.
News-
RODENTS ARE TASTY - I went to the North Carolina State Fair several years ago. Whereas some folks like the rides, or some folks like the food, some folks go hog wild and do everything, I like the attractions. Like Dirt Bike Racing or the Pig Race or the Freaks. The creature with a woman's head and snake's body was a little disappointing - BUT NOT THE GIANT RAT. The giant rat was not actually a giant rat but a capybara - purported to be the world's largest rodent. In a storyline from the comik The Tick (cartoon version from TV), Tick is hurled through the air in a South American jungle and crashes into a giant log. In a state of delirium, he happens upon a capybara, which speaks to him, leading him to believe the animal is actually a talking dog. This was my first entry into the wondrous world of the world's largest rodent.
Well, apparently, and I had no idea, in rural Venezuela people eat capybaras with more zest than they eat beef. They roam the countryside in search of the mammal, which looks a little like a cross between a beaver, a groundhog, and a labrador. Upon spotting they BAM whack it over the head with a club-like spear. Fascinating.
Well, the giant rat at the state fair was doing surprisingly well for itself. It had plenty of hay, a warm light to keep it comfy on that chilly evening, appeared to be healthy and well fed. Not so for the woman who let us in to see the giant rat. She was missing quite a few teeth and had not been well groomed in a long time. However, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the giant rat. The giant alligator sucked, btw. Big ole thing trapped in a tiny pool with barely room to move. Sigh. The fried pickles were not very good either - they used little circular pickle slices rather than whole dill pickles, which I am more used to eating. Too greasy for my taste. I recommend the ham biscuits from the United Methodist Church in Cary, although the wait in line to get one is interminable.
OTHER NEWS>
CHIQUITA EMPLOYS TERRORISTS TO PROTECT BANANAS - you may need a username/password for this one - Try the link E. DeM. provided surreptitiously.
WAL-MART GREENWASHES ITSELF - despite the fact that Wal-Mart's business model and basic message of "tons of cheap goods from China" is contrary to the idea of sustainable local economies, they are doing their best to become "sustainable" - in this case pledging to convert their big-rig fleet to hybrids by 2009. Wins the blablabla award of the week.
STAMP PRICES TO BE RAISED - good news is the new "forever" stamp - buy one thousand now and save two cents, four cents, more cents as they raise the price for the rest of your life, unless they actually lower the price of first class mail, which would be curious to say the least.
That is all for now.
With this morsel I reference a personal favorite from the beloved, outdated, and perhaps partially forgotten Bloom County strip. For the novice, the orange text indicates a link to another web page, in this case, a web page that contains the strip from where I pulled that little quote.
News-
RODENTS ARE TASTY - I went to the North Carolina State Fair several years ago. Whereas some folks like the rides, or some folks like the food, some folks go hog wild and do everything, I like the attractions. Like Dirt Bike Racing or the Pig Race or the Freaks. The creature with a woman's head and snake's body was a little disappointing - BUT NOT THE GIANT RAT. The giant rat was not actually a giant rat but a capybara - purported to be the world's largest rodent. In a storyline from the comik The Tick (cartoon version from TV), Tick is hurled through the air in a South American jungle and crashes into a giant log. In a state of delirium, he happens upon a capybara, which speaks to him, leading him to believe the animal is actually a talking dog. This was my first entry into the wondrous world of the world's largest rodent.
Well, apparently, and I had no idea, in rural Venezuela people eat capybaras with more zest than they eat beef. They roam the countryside in search of the mammal, which looks a little like a cross between a beaver, a groundhog, and a labrador. Upon spotting they BAM whack it over the head with a club-like spear. Fascinating.
Well, the giant rat at the state fair was doing surprisingly well for itself. It had plenty of hay, a warm light to keep it comfy on that chilly evening, appeared to be healthy and well fed. Not so for the woman who let us in to see the giant rat. She was missing quite a few teeth and had not been well groomed in a long time. However, I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the giant rat. The giant alligator sucked, btw. Big ole thing trapped in a tiny pool with barely room to move. Sigh. The fried pickles were not very good either - they used little circular pickle slices rather than whole dill pickles, which I am more used to eating. Too greasy for my taste. I recommend the ham biscuits from the United Methodist Church in Cary, although the wait in line to get one is interminable.
OTHER NEWS>
CHIQUITA EMPLOYS TERRORISTS TO PROTECT BANANAS - you may need a username/password for this one - Try the link E. DeM. provided surreptitiously.
WAL-MART GREENWASHES ITSELF - despite the fact that Wal-Mart's business model and basic message of "tons of cheap goods from China" is contrary to the idea of sustainable local economies, they are doing their best to become "sustainable" - in this case pledging to convert their big-rig fleet to hybrids by 2009. Wins the blablabla award of the week.
STAMP PRICES TO BE RAISED - good news is the new "forever" stamp - buy one thousand now and save two cents, four cents, more cents as they raise the price for the rest of your life, unless they actually lower the price of first class mail, which would be curious to say the least.
That is all for now.
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Why do I care?
Because I read Banana Wars and I believe that eating bananas, one of the most popular fruits in America, is on the whole a bad political decision. If you're going to eat them - eat fair trade organic bananas!!
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