weeds and a farewell to meat

this entry actually has nothing at all to do with teaching...

have you ever had a bunch of weeds infest your lawn or garden? it completely defies the laws of living things. you can pull them and keep pulling them, but they'll always come back. this morning, i spent a good half hour pulling weeds out of the cracks of my brick patio. without their upper parts, they shouldn't be able to photosynthesize and thus, should die shortly thereafter. nope. they keep coming back.

speaking of things that keep coming back, i must take my hat off to george lucas and whoever is making the saw trilogy (oops, i meant... saw series). after reading the reviews for the new starwars clone wars animated movie, i wanted to become a movie critic. they use such colorfully negative words to describe things. alas, mr. lucas is still a money making genius though. the average person would have quit years ago. at least our movie appetites can be sated by the seemingly endless stream of saw movies. stay tuned for saw xii "getting cut up in space"

for all the ominvores out there, like myself, we are faced with a growing problem. since so much of our corn is going into making ethanol, cow feed is beginning to cost more and more. compounded by the growing cost of fuel, cattle farmers have had to sell off huge portions of their herds to offset the growing price. the problem manifests itself when there are no more cows to sell to offset the cost of keeping them. i hope they keep the double cheeseburger on the dollar menu still.