Soap commercial by Ingmar Bergman (RIP)
Topple
Polyp removal. (Thanks to Steve Brodner.)
The new excluivity.
“ Rupert has confirmed to me that we will have Page 3 girls. But in a concession, they will be dot drawings,” like The Journal’s traditional hand-drawn portraits.
“ That’s almost a Nietzschean notion, isn’t it.
C.S. Ledbetter III
Britain may recommend reducing meat consumption to fight global warming. Rationale: “Cattle and sheep release millions of metric tons of methane gas a year into the environment through flatulence. In New Zealand … farm animals produce some 90 percent of the country’s methane emissions.” A British official says the government “is working on a set of key environmental behavior changes to mitigate climate change. Consumption of animal protein has been highlighted within that work.” Officials’ caveat: We won’t “enforce a dietary or lifestyle change.” Carnivores’ reaction: Sure, we’ll let you stop us from eating meat … right after you stop animals from farting. (For Human Nature’s take on the morality of meat-eating, click here.)
[for the rest of this week’s human nature column in Slate, click here]
John Edwards Feeling Pretty (via RogerRmjet)
“ Cubicle-dwellers, raise your pints!
Wine vs. beer. - By Field Maloney - Slate Magazine
