The Raven BannerDave Haxton's WeblogMoved- December 30, 2003 Well, this may be my last post to this URL - I've managed to successfully move my site to my homepage, using Blosxom. The name has changed, too. MacRaven I've grown to love my Macs, and, well, ravens are just so appropiate. Now I've got to get on AmphetaDesk and get that working so I can post from it. This is gonna be an interesting bit of hacking - especially for an old C coder like me jumping headfirst into Perl. I've been seeing dollar signs and underscores in my sleep lately!...http://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/29.html#a784 Blood is Milk, Deer aren't Ruminants- December 28, 2003 This article goes into some depth as to how BSE has entered the food supply - and it's a tale of simple, raw greed, and an utter disregard for enything except selling every bit of every cow, despite warnings and signs that this would lead to disaster. Here's a quote from the piece: But critics say the regulation leaves glaring loopholes. Rendered cattle can be fed to pigs and chickens, which can then be fed back to cows. Cow blood, which cannot be guaranteed free of disease, is widely fed..http://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/28.html#a783 PETA Goes Over the Top (again)- December 28, 2003 I heard about this in several places the other day, but was unable to find a link to the actual offensive material. Well, thanks to Gut Rumbles I can now exhibit the latest insanity from the PETA people: Your Mommy Kills Animalshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/27.html#a782 Moving Day Gets Closer- December 28, 2003 Should be moving the blog in a day or so - I've made it back to March in the archives, cleaning stuff up. Watch this space for details...http://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/27.html#a781 Boxing Day- December 26, 2003 I think Secular Blasphemy is right on the origins of this holiday, despite what Snopes has to say.http://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/26.html#a780 Denis, Easter, and Christmas- December 26, 2003 I'd heard this tale of the years (related here via rogue classicism) before, but not in so much detail. Fascinating read...http://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/25.html#a779 Christmas, 2003- December 26, 2003 What a busy Christmas Day! As usual, dinner next door with the in-laws, and the usual euchre until late. I'm beat... One thing I did notice, however. Due to our financial situation (or rather, lack thereof) we had no shopping to do for this holiday. Rather, we made candies and other craft type products and gave them as gifts. It was not only seemingly better received, but it was a lot less stress on us as well. Some meat went to my mom (fresh bratwurst), some pickled peppers (jalapenos and.http://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/25.html#a778 Madness- December 25, 2003 The amount of sheer ignorance expressed by consumers (and by the reporters themselves) in this brewing brouhaha is nothing short of incredible. For example, it is true that the USDA banned the use of downer cattle carcasses in feed to prevent mad cow outbreaks. Neither article and none of the experts quoted in them even raises the obvious question: why are we feeding cattle meat and byproducts in the first place They're herbivores, after all, not prone in the natural state to browsing about..http://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/24.html#a777 Public Potties- December 24, 2003 The Green Man has a funny little bit on Toilet Pseudo-exhibitionism. I remember seeing a bit on TV about an establishment (an ice cream parlour, if I recall correctly) that had a similar installation with one way mirrors... pretty weird. Don't think I could do it.http://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/24.html#a776 More Wally World Madness- December 24, 2003 To quote Walt Kelly's Pogo - "We have met the enemy and they is us!" How many folks are aware that Wal-Mart Corp. alone is responsible for nearly 10% of the US trade deficit Wal-Mart rollout - or rollback. The Inglewood community is resisting the retail giant's expansion in California. Christian Science Monitor Top Storieshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0119034/2003/12/24.html#a775 |