To Eat or Not to Eat...is that a question?

I recently had a talk with a friend regarding plans to do dinner. Now I 'claim' to not be a picky person, but after looking at what I WON'T eat...I think I have to rethink that.

It all started when I adopted Odie, I couldn't look at a piece of meat the same way again, (considering my dad kept joking that the people he used to live with wanted to eat him).

Then I saw 'Super Size Me'. Great movie, but I do NOT eat McDonalds, Burger King, or anything else remotely related to them. Then my husband thought that "Fast Food Nation" was a comedy...uh no. It completely turned me off of all mammal related foods.

Then I did some PETA research...BIGGER MISTAKE! Now I only want to buy, kosher or from the Humane Farming Association...more expensive but morally I can't argue with it.

So long story short, I don't eat any mammal that could remotely be related to my dog...
I don't eat anything like lobster or crab that has to be "prepared" prior to being put on the table. And I buy cage free, cruelty free eggs.

I walk into a grocery store and I get sad at the amounts of meat. Odie gets vegan pig ears to snack on...
I mean, most of us have pets, and we love them and their personalities.

What makes a cow, pig, lamb or any other animal different? Why are they mass producing these animals? To make money.

If you are an animal lover, think about your pet the next time you sit down to a hamburger, or a porkchop.

And then have sympanthy for me, because I really really miss the taste of a good steak...stupid conscience.

Small Talk

Today was one of THOSE days.

So I didn't get to take lunch today. I ate at my desk. And then I made this. Heh, what else am I going to do right?

So I'm working my bird exhibit, and the Polar Bears over there are having a show. Not near their exhibit, right next to mine! So all the guests come to use our bathroom.

At one point there are 2 guests in there and a 3rd comes in and starts pounding on the bathroom door.

I stuck my head out and said, 'there are 2 people in there and only 2 stalls so you are going to have to be patient"

snotty kid. I felt like screaming: "SOME PEOPLE ARE WORKING!"

I'm just having a lousy day.