The Vegan Examiner of New Orleans!
I have been here in New Orleans just over three weeks and have landed my first job, as the New Orleans Vegan Examiner! The Examiner is an online news and blogging site that deems itself “the insider source for everything local“. They have hubs in most of the major US cities and recruit people like me [...]
The Newest and Oldest Pedal Person
Back in 2002 my good friends Alex Jarrett and Ruthy Woodring had a crazy idea to start a business that uses bicycles with trailers to haul things around Northampton, Massachusetts. They are both very dedicated to a car-free lifestyle and bicycle activism, among other things. One of the other things that interested the young entrepreneurs [...]
Vegans in Zombieland
I went to see the new movie Zombieland Monday night. All I can say is that it was freakin’ great, two rotting thumbs up! With all of the lame vampire movies like Twilight coming out lately it is comforting that zombie films keep getting better and better. The zombies are getting faster too, running after [...]
My 15 Minutes of Fame in Northampton
Today I am featured in the Hampshire Gazette’s Hampshire Life I.D. Column. Somebody referred me to them as a good candidate, and I suppose my life is rather interesting. The only mis-quote is about me photographing farm animals for VegNews. I am actually the “Digital Photography Advisor” for that magazine, which hasn’t really gotten many [...]
A Prelude to Swine Flu
this poem is my gift to you
in this prelude to the new swine flu
we all feared, but who really knew?
who knew these sweet and noble beings?
live confined in their own shit and vomit
on concrete beds beneath artificial light?
thank god they can not think and feel
like we do.
well who really knew?
it did not say so on [...]