The other day I made my first post ever to Slashdot.org aka "News for nerds, stuff that matters". Most of the stuff is far too techy for me, but there are often items that interest me. There was an article/discussion about some freaky science nut claiming to be working on an anti-gravity device. This particular guy had been specifically mentioned in a good book I'd just read called Voodoo Science, so i contributed that. Yep, so now I'm officially a nerd, however low ranking I am. As if that were ever in doubt, I suppose.

First in a continuing series? Perhaps. Anyway, here's a Dave recommends: Skinny Cow lowfat ice cream. Yeah, it's good stuff. Expensive, though! The vanilla ice cream sandwiches are most outstanding, though I'm not crazy about the chocolate ones for some reason. Also, the fudge bars are excellent - very cocoa-y!

Here's a rather interesting article from the NY Times magazine about the beef industry. There was a lot of information that I had heard before, but after reading it again in this form, I may actually retain it. Yeah, yeah, it makes you not want to eat beef, sort of, at least for a while. But it also makes me want to support more natural forms of beef production, where the steer are actually fed grain instead of corn, and not pumped full of steriods and antibiotics. Is there such a thing as organic beef? Time to check out the ole bread & circus, methinks. It's worth paying more for old fashion, healthy meat.

Ticketmaster is an evil institution. This isn't news to anyone, I'm sure. Their monopolistic practices and exorbitant fees are legendary. But perhaps even worse is the fact that they aren't even competent at what they do. I'm annoyed since I purchased White Stripes tickets weeks ago over the web, and apparently they lost my order. Customer service was a nightmare itself, it took a tremendous effort just to talk to someone who couldn't help me. Several times I was transferred from voice mail hell into a non-existent phone system and disconnected. What fun!!