I just woke up to the sound of my sons singing this song to each other. They thought I was still asleep.

They don't do the deep bass "barbecue sauce" part, so I surprised them by singing it out at the appropriate part and gave them a good chuckle.

The data of the study came out of Germany, where the effects of a change in temperature are much more moderate than in many other areas. Basically, this decline is attributed mostly due to farming, the saturation of everything with pesticides, and, generally speaking, the destruction of the ecosphere. Even worse, this is in a country with comparably extensive regulation on all these matters, unlike, say, India.

As you say, this really is no bueno.

Driving past fields of rapeseed in the late '90s meant a windshield full of bugs. We used to head into the fields wearing yellow shirts just to see who can get the densest armor of bugs. Now, I can walk past the very same fields outside the town I grew up in with less than 5 bugs on a yellow shirt.

Or how about another anecdote: when I grew up, barbecue in my (grand-)parents yard meant paying attention to all the wasps, so that you don't swallow one by accident. I haven't seen a single one over several barbecues this year. Bees and bumblebees are still around, though less plentiful, but wasps are a complete no-show. Haven't seen a hornet in two years.

This scene is great, the only problem is it was followed by the most glorious barbecue captured in video EVAR!

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I know a guy who cuts brisket at a local barbecue place with a cleaver like that. He wears an actual chain-mail glove on his left hand.

I think I just found my wife her magic food.

You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. mushroom-kabobs, mushroom creole, mushroom gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple mushroom, lemon mushroom, coconut mushroom, pepper mushroom , mushroom soup, mushroom stew, mushroom salad, mushroom and potatoes, mushroom burger, mushroom sandwich. That- that's about it.

The simple point is that you are not superior. You have made a lifestyle choice because you wanted to. You have no solid scientific evidence that food animals are fully sentient. Both dogs and pigs routinely fail self-awareness tests, they may be intelligent and able to learn, but they ARE NOT PEOPLE. Vegans want us to believe that eating a pig is tantamount to eating a 3 year old baby, and simply isn't. You are certainly welcome to your opinion on the subject, but that is all.

Now to address your issue with how people treat vegans. I know that I have never went out of my way to lambaste a vegan for choosing to be vegan. I will, and have, severely castigate vegans who start telling me that they are superior to other people because they choose to not eat meat. How can you not see that having the attitude that you are better than someone else because of your choices is not the same manner of thinking that leads to church people condemning people for not following their ethos?

So, let me ask you, how many people have given you shit for being vegan out of the blue? For instance, you were minding your own business and eating a salad, then a person jumped in your face and said "How dare you eat that salad next to me?" I'm willing to bet you might have gotten some gentle ribbing if you went to a friend's barbecue and asked for a vegan option, but I doubt anyone got in your face about it. On the other hand, I have absolutely had more than one vegan get in my face and tell me that I am a murderer and a beast because I ate a hamburger at a desk across from them or sat down at a table with some brisket without making sure it wasn't a 'meat-free' zone.

The sheer chutzpah that most vegans have towards non-vegans is what makes them a target for ridicule. I get it, you think you are better than us, but we wouldn't care if you didn't feel the need to trot it out every five seconds.

"I thought somebody was barbecuing!" - Sweet Brown

There's a difference between amateurs and fools.

Most amateurs can at least barbecue reasonably safely.

It really, really does! Can't wait for barbecue season to test them out

@arekin @NinjaInHeat -

"Sushi is all about the fish." False. Sushi is as much about the rice as the fish. In fact, it literally means "vinegared rice." Certainly the fish is important, however my understanding is that much of the subtlety that distinguishes various chefs is their preparation of the rice, not the fish. This may be why it is more acceptable to apply wasabi and soy to sashimi rather than to nigiri or maki. So yea, it's like a hamburger on a really fancy bun. I still want my barbecue sauce.

These people know each other in a personal basis.
They work together, they go to the work christmas party together, they go to each other's barbecues, parties, etc. They have either sympathy for one another, or they know that they have to work amongst each other in the future.

When you come into a courthouse, you are a stranger. Your very existence is irrelevant to them. This is the first time they've ever seen you, and they will likely never see you again. What happens to you is no more important to them than what happens to a run over squirrel.

So when one end of an argument involves someone in law enforcement, and the other end is you... guess who is gonna be the loser?

And given the policy of judicial immunity, it's not like a judge can face any consequences for their abuses either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_immunity

-scheherazade

Hmm... should I mention how yummy barbecued stingray is? No? OK then...

woops QM you forgot to login to bobknight account. anyhoo,

wiki

Cartwright joined the Church of Scientology in the late 1980s. She has said that before becoming involved with the church she was depressed that she did not have a "committed relationship," and wanted to get married and have children. She "thought that maybe [she] could find a relationship by going to a church." Cartwright attended a barbecue at a friend's house and noticed that all of the attendees were Scientologists with "thriving careers." Cartwright was awarded Scientology's Patron Laureate Award after she donated $10 million, almost twice her annual salary, to the Church in 2007.




LOL they all had thriving careers because money is a prerequisite to this stupid shit... good analysis Cartwright

http://videosift.com/video/Inside-a-Scientology-Marriage

Reminds me of barbecues in Belgium. Actually, because of the rain we once moved the grill to a garage, which belonged to my friend, but for some reason is underneath his neighbor's house. Anyway, the neighbor came home and just saw some smoke coming out of the garage and assumed her house was on fire. Oops.