10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In retrospect, it kind of makes me wonder what image the organizers who booked the hotel for me had of German academic visitors … So much for my quasi-madeleine moment, though of course less emotionally attractive than the one described by Mr. Proust. Back to birds.

Birds 218

Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 218

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2016

Go to political rallies to get your emotions manipulated by potent, practiced con-artists? As for myself, I won’t be doing a full on Big Day because I already tried one a few weeks ago and need to recharge the Big Day batteries for a lot longer than a month before attempting (going through) that again.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica 2016 2001 Battery 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2011

Piety is the remedy for religious guilt, and to this emotion we are all witting or unwitting heirs. All animals would be kept in battery conditions and the righteous vegetarians would exert no economic pressure on farmers to change their ways. To such a question it is always possible to respond with a shrug of the shoulders.

Meat 40

Meat Vegetarian Battery Fast Food 40