Food Revolution NYC!

I certainly hope these recommendations initiated by City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn for revitalizing New York City's food production, processing, distribution, consumption, and post-consumption get passed through our city and state legislature. You can read a nice summary of them at Serious Eats.

I find the initiative on city-wide composting particularly interesting.

Nate's Cartoons is Back!

In case you all had been missing Nate's Cartoons desperately, you can read two cartoons a week over at Smosh and one cartoon a week at Nate's Cartoons.

Today's is particularly amazing. Enjoy!

The Voice in the Vent: In His Own Little Corner

I woke up the other morning to a lovely rendition of, "In My Own Little Corner," sung by our very own Voice in the Vent. I thought it was particularly amusing for two reasons:

1) His own little corner was clearly not as much his own as he believed it to be, as I was sharing part of it, at least aurally. Also, another male voice interrupted him halfway through, so I was left to finish the song on my own, hoping that the vent would work as a two-way system. I don't believe it is, but mainly because whenever I say, "Bless you!" when I hear a sneeze, I have not yet gotten a "Thank you!" in return, and I prefer not to think that they're just rude.

2) I was in a severely abridged musical version of "Cinderella" when I was in 5th grade. I was the youngest in my acting class, which meant, for some reason, I had to play the old king. I still don't understand why I was cast as this part, but maybe it was because the king was supposed to be goofy, short, and clumsy, and I definitely embody those three traits. I really was annoyed that I wasn't Cinderella, though, because "In My Own Little Corner" is a lovely song and I really wanted a solo. I also wanted to kiss a prince on stage! Thinking back, though, I don't remember our prince to be all that handsome.

Thanks for the good memories, VITV! I can't wait to hear your version of, "The Lobster Quadrille" from the musical version of "Alice in Wonderland." In that one, I played the griffin - a way cooler part, indeed.

Simon's Cat: Santa Claws

Simon's got another adorable cat cartoon out! I've got it on good account that kitties actually do this - which may be why it's been so hard for my BF to convince me to agree to the possibility of ever getting a kitty (then again, the possibility of me actually ever getting a Christmas tree of my own is very small, too, considering that it seems like a mess to maintain even for the few weeks before Christmas - and then all the spiny needles fall off when you try to take it out and it's just a mess!).



Anywho, apparently the bf's kitties used to climb up in their trees and knock them over all the time. I can't really blame them, though. It looks like a ton of fun. What about you guys? Did your kitties or other animals ever attack your holiday/indoor tree/treelike object, Christmas variety or otherwise?

Cat Diaries

Here's a cute little video made by Friskies all shot from the viewpoint of several kitties.



It definitely makes the lives of kitties more interesting, but possibly because they left out the 14 hours wherein the cat is either sleeping or licking its butt.

Big Cat Christmas!

Christmas came early to the Big Cat Rescue in Florida. You may remember these kitties eating pumpkins back in Halloween. Well now they're here to bring you some holiday cheer!

Watch the kitties rub stuff, gnaw stuff, and play with stuff! They're having a great time, and so will you this holiday season! But only if you watch this adorable video (seriously, it's one of the rules this year. I have no idea why. Take it up with the cats).



PS. I think they doused everything in catnip. Don't you? Why else would they be rubbing themselves all over everything?

300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds

Here's a great summary of our past and future issues with fossil fuels from the Post Carbon Institute. Check it out and follow the links to learn more!

Reminds me a lot of The Story of Stuff and The Story of Bottled Water. Check those out, too!