Question of the Day: 5

Is it more likely that kids in the future will be vegetarians because so many of their movies and TV shows featured helpful, friendly, or talking animals?

When I was a kid, about the only animals that we ever heard from were Bugs Bunny or Tony The Tiger. And Ranger Rick... that lying little raccoon. He's one of the reasons I do eat meat.

But now, Mr F and Mr Bunches have "Kung Fu Panda" with all its animals, and "The Lion King" and the Little Einsteins are always going on adventures where they meet an Ivory Billed Woodpecker who, with the help of Rocket and some rattlesnakes and alligators, [SPOILER ALERT! DON'T READ IF YOU ARE A 5-YEAR-OLD OR YOUNGER!] finds a friend.

So if they view animals as friendly things that help other friendly things find a friend, won't they be more reluctant to eat meat when they grow up? I know we don't make panda steaks, but the viewpoint stands.

Question of the Day: 4 here. (And note that a lot of my thoughts these days involve Little Einsteins. Hmm.)

In every cloud, there's some lemonade. Wait, is that right? I'm a little tired today.

As I got up this morning, CNN was doing a story on how the auto failure may cause Soap Operas trouble -- proving again that pretty much every business could be adversely affected by what's going on in the financial markets, and proving, too, that it's more necessary than ever to find new sources of funding and revenue in these times for your business.

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Very Casual Friday: 62 down, 9,289 to go.

There is a lot to be said for being an adult and having freedom and money and an intellectual appreciation of the finer things in life...

... the finer things being "Battlestar Galactica" and those "chocolate oranges" they sell this time of year...

but there is then a little part of me, as an adult, that regrets that I cannot dress like this on Fridays:

Song 62: "Afternoons & Coffee Spoons," by Crash Test Dummies. Listen and guess why...


"Down... to Go" is all the songs I've got, and all the things I've done. Song 61 here.

Got more time? Read the newest long post, "The Cat's In The Cradle With the Scary Face-Sucking Alien" here.