http://www.deitchley.com/blog Correlation is not causation Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:39:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An overwhelming number of animal hoarding, cruelty, neglect, and abandonment cases have come across my email in just the past week. I have actually been unable to follow all that is going on because there are so many. And I mostly hear about rabbit cases! Dogs and ... http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/27/868/ Wristies! I get quizzed a lot about these. I wear them ALL the time at work because my hands are always cold, especially the mousing hand. My mom then knitted a couple pair too! I also bought them for a coworker one year since she was always cold. And ... http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/26/853/ Another good one from Samsara! Except that link isn't including her meme for some reason. After I posted it and traced it back I discovered it was meant to be all-veg stuff, so I guess I'd eat haggis, etc, in that format, but should you really recreate stuffed ... http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/25/840/ I didn't lose the six pounds in six weeks, but I lost half of them and my body fat percentage went down a bit, so I choose to feel happy about the progress. I focused more on exercise, hooray. Nicole and Oz both made it! http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/21/838/ I just put together a self-inking stamp with tiny letters, allowing you to customize your message (I was making a boring protocol number for a document appendix). Shortly after, I examined all the black smudges on my fingers. One finger actually says O P P. hehehhe http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/19/837/ Got this from Samsara 1. My uncle once: had a new heart transplanted 2. Never in my life: have I been able to dive 3. When I was five: I liked to read and draw 4. High school was: full of really smart kids 5. I will never forget: getting fired 6. Once I met: my ... http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/19/836/ This week marked two years since I stopped eating meat. So, time for my annual tally! In 733.71 days, you have saved: 0.2760 cows 60.599 chickens 0.6733 pigs 2.0199 turkeys 0.1615 ducks 114.46 fish Total: 178.19 animals Thank you See what 178.19 animals looks like And then there was this cute popup! This comes from a veg*n calculator, and is discussed ... http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/15/832/ We've got finger-pointing, understaffing, underfunding (not even for food?), no accountability, bad public attitude, and where does it all lead? The animals suffer. Tonight's board meeting at Indianapolis Animal Care and Control ought to be interesting. The Indy Star describes a complaint lodged against the city pound ... http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/14/831/ More phone camera downloads. Last week I rode around town a bit after work, ending up at the new Keep Indianapolis Beautiful green building. The three wind turbines (as seen in the shadows) were spinning wildly, making for an odd park bench experience. A guy on a bike asked ... http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/13/826/ The house as purchased, with unruly yews and seafoam-green interior to the porch (it could not be removed from the inside brick and the whole thing had to get painted, sorry folks) The house yesterday, with primer (I kept calling it Powder) The house today, with two paint colors applied. Trim ... http://www.deitchley.com/blog/2008/08/10/823/