merchimerch | a few linkies

Boy am I glad that I don't eat much meat these days, and tend to be picky about where it comes from when I do:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/business/13meat.html?_r=2&ref=us%3E&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Also, the end of Home on the Strange is adorable:
http://www.homeonthestrange.com/view.php?ID=296

And to hell with tiny pants! I can't believe I hadn't read this before this morning:
http://kateharding.net/2007/11/16/to-hell-with-tiny-pants/

Oh and I must live in an ivory tower hippy paradise, since I was completely unaware that it was girl scout cookie season. I remember vaguely having a couple cookies last year from

serestriel and his roommates, but this year I have yet to see the cookie toting girls show up anywhere that I frequent. This rant however, by The Rotund is great:
http://www.therotund.com/?p=352