tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post49911329625049806..comments2023-10-26T03:26:53.959-07:00Comments on Suebob's Red Stapler: What's For Lunch?SUEB0Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16301963922769609715noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-40289132985948487212008-08-28T06:22:00.000-07:002008-08-28T06:22:00.000-07:00I think that makes you the most awesome kind of ve...I think that makes you the most awesome kind of vegetarian there is. :)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653383372182667361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-48377439509510961502008-08-26T14:57:00.000-07:002008-08-26T14:57:00.000-07:00Awesome. Now if only other factions would take yo...Awesome. Now if only other factions would take your lead and ease up on those who have different beliefs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-26914528205701428882008-08-26T11:32:00.000-07:002008-08-26T11:32:00.000-07:00... who is challenging the notion that you aren't ...... who is challenging the notion that you aren't a real vegetarian? I keep reading posts like this (Assertagirl as well) and feeling like I'm missing something. Do you run into that criticism a lot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-68759256642666825342008-08-25T22:34:00.000-07:002008-08-25T22:34:00.000-07:00You're my kind of food eater.You're my kind of food eater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-29481230029510413402008-08-25T16:37:00.000-07:002008-08-25T16:37:00.000-07:00I've been veg since about 89/90. I used to be very...I've been veg since about 89/90. I used to be very strict, though not vegan. For the longest time I didn't eat eggs very regularly. "I wouldn't want anyone to eat MINE," was my line if questioned.<BR/><BR/>Now I have two kids and you know what? Smores and Rice Krispie treats are awesome. I still haven't managed to eat Jello, but I'm thinking it's not just because of the gelatin.<BR/><BR/>I think I'm there with Count Mockula. Still not eating bacon when it smells so dreamy at IHOP, but recognizing that being so inflexible is also not good for my health.<BR/><BR/>I read in one of the Dalai Lama's books that, yes he eats vegetarian when he is at his own home with his own chef, but he feels it is rude when he is traveling to insist that his hosts make special food for him. <BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about that one.Mrs. Swizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05671239724194377875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-307669351040769482008-08-24T21:55:00.000-07:002008-08-24T21:55:00.000-07:00This is why you and I get along so well. Live and...This is why you and I get along so well. Live and let live, and walk in the other person's shoes now and then. Or eat a strip of their bacon.Julie Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05386446012443269817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-80695678918242638482008-08-24T16:28:00.000-07:002008-08-24T16:28:00.000-07:00There are no people I adore more than those who th...There are no people I adore more than those who throw aside the idea that you must do X in order to call yourself Y. Many of my formerly favorite social movements have been upsetting me lately with their zealotry. Life is complicated.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279999850117456433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-83826929370246729332008-08-23T21:22:00.000-07:002008-08-23T21:22:00.000-07:00I like your attitude.A bunch of years ago, I was o...I like your attitude.<BR/><BR/>A bunch of years ago, I was on a trip in Eastern Europe that included some college-age kids in the throes of philosophical and pure raw food diets. They got very hungry.Lady Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13360693450146358247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-3362658817254434532008-08-23T08:15:00.000-07:002008-08-23T08:15:00.000-07:00That's how I was when I was vegan. Dammit, som...That's how I was when I was vegan. Dammit, sometimes I just wanted a milkshake or some damn mac & cheese! Then I stopped being vegan because it was too hard. Yes, what about the poor little animals? Well, my years of veganism didn't change anything.<BR/>And I don't eat meat simply because I don't like the taste. Maybe I will again someday, but for now I'm still pretty easy going about it. And nobody can say boo about it because I'm not trying to force anyone to my beliefs. <BR/><BR/>My sister is a "vegetarian" but she regularly eats chicken & fish. I tell her she's not veg, she just doesn't eat red meat. THAT is something different. (as chicken & fish are not veggies.) But the occasional meat product does not a veg unmake.<BR/><BR/>Ok, I'm off my high horse.super deshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04347176046518919059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-12000767062012680412008-08-23T06:28:00.000-07:002008-08-23T06:28:00.000-07:00You're a vegetarian to me. Kinda like when people...You're a vegetarian to me. Kinda like when people are Christian and sometimes they do unchristian things that doesn't make them not a Christian. I think. I don't really know much about Christians. I should stop talking now.Jenny, the Bloggesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718481135182612620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-6257052197667957292008-08-23T02:41:00.000-07:002008-08-23T02:41:00.000-07:00I was a vegetarian for years and started out the s...I was a vegetarian for years and started out the same way you did, deciding that it made me interesting. I then learned that it really wasn't, and began hiding it just so it didnt become a subject. (Ordering pepperoni pizza and picking off the meat when no one was looking) <BR/>Today it's "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants"Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307762555108511788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-15576871221263966392008-08-22T22:11:00.000-07:002008-08-22T22:11:00.000-07:00I recently found out I am allergic to dairy -- it ...I recently found out I am allergic to dairy -- it causes me to spill protein and trace levels of blood in my urine. So I am done with the dairy and it appears to be doing the trick but it has also been recommended that I eat a vegetarian diet to minimize any additional stress on my kidneys. So minus the eggs and fish on occasion I eat a pretty much vegan diet. I have been doing this for about 5 months now and to tell you the truth I feel great!! I appreciate the many benefits of an essentially vegan diet for myself and the planet but like you I very much downplay my dietary restrictions because of all the cultural baggage associated with veganism/vegetarianism. Ironically, however, I found out about my allergy shortly after accepting a job where I work closely with many of the dairy and cattle farming operations in the Pacific Northwest. As such, I definitely make a point of not discussing any dietary restrictions/preferences. I would be run out of town. But then again, from the looks of things and in defense of veganism, I am probably one of the few folks in this town who could actually run if I had to. -- katAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-21614558070700533872008-08-22T21:58:00.000-07:002008-08-22T21:58:00.000-07:00I can't say I'm a veg, but I eat meatless ...I can't say I'm a veg, but I eat meatless a lot. And when I do eat meat, I try to make sure I know its origins. <BR/><BR/>Bacon & steaks - in moderation, I just can't give those up!QThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544956727530046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-23925095124242660422008-08-22T18:57:00.000-07:002008-08-22T18:57:00.000-07:00Hmm, I don't ask about the beans anymore, and I ha...Hmm, I don't ask about the beans anymore, and I have been eating miso soup more often (not the bonito flakes!), but I still don't do the fish tacos/bacon trick. I do still ask about the soup base, but I will happily eat a Rice Krispie treat (mmm, marshmallows with delicious gelatin). <BR/><BR/>I guess I'm saying I've mellowed out, too.Count Mockulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912128943502704921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-59654489171526280412008-08-22T16:11:00.000-07:002008-08-22T16:11:00.000-07:00I think that IS real vegetarianism. I think the o...I think that IS real vegetarianism. I think the other kind of thing is real evangelism/fanaticism that just happens to be promoting vegetarianism.<BR/><BR/>Gist of this comment: I am having warm feelings toward you.Swistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126937282657655091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-54932125198477878652008-08-22T15:50:00.000-07:002008-08-22T15:50:00.000-07:00I just googled Impacted Fecal Colon Matter and now...I just googled Impacted Fecal Colon Matter and now I will never be the same.<BR/><BR/>I mean, I'm still eating meat, but a little part of me will be forever scarred.shoesonwronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13729858645238065762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-50604079375189906272008-08-22T15:45:00.000-07:002008-08-22T15:45:00.000-07:00when i turned 18 i went veg. in north dakota. in t...when i turned 18 i went veg. in north dakota. in the 90s. even though i wasn't preachy about it, no one cut me a break. two years later, i got really sick (inflammatory bowel disease-nothing to do with my diet) & couldn't keep anything down except for plain chicken.<BR/>i now try to eat locally raised meat (buy my chicken from a co-worker who raises them, etc.). i could do much better, but i'm trying.marhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974936666312566850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18820173.post-29066608551013173742008-08-22T15:17:00.000-07:002008-08-22T15:17:00.000-07:00Hey, close enough. I've never considered becoming ...Hey, close enough. <BR/><BR/>I've never considered becoming a vegetarian although I didn't eat meat until my teens because I didn't like the taste but after seeing a report the other night about bones found in ground beef at a school I have given serious thought to quitting meat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com