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Sneak Peak

2008-06-03T19:19:11Z

Don't get too excited, this has nothing to do with Twilight (sorry). After days of grueling image manipulation, I have finally completed a banner for the home page of my new site! (Which is "scheduled" for release at the end of the summer. ...

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In Case You Were Wondering: It's Impossible

2008-05-25T19:40:18Z

We all catch ourselves buying into so called "beauty standards" from time to time. Here's a video of how those unrealistic expectations we're comparing ourselves to are actually manufactured (I know it's pretty long, but stick around for the "...

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Heaven on a Graham Cracker Crust

2008-05-12T00:22:49Z

Never made vegan cheesecake before (could never find Tofutti Cream Cheese anywhere, until recently), so we decided to go big this time. In honor of mother's day, for a mother who has been relatively deprived of cheesecake since the dawn of her...

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Another Young Casualty of Urban Sprawl

2008-05-04T18:17:19Z

We found this baby yesterday in a parking garage, under the rear wheel of a parked car. Normally, the rule is: never, ever, ever, take a wild animal out of its natural habitat. But a garage hardly qualifies as nature, does it? Anyway, we took...

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Divine Verdict - Fresh off the Belief-O-Matic

2008-05-02T14:25:08Z

Wow, that was a pretty thought-provoking quiz. Here's my results, no huge surprises really: 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (98%) 3. Liberal Quakers (87%) 4. Neo-Pagan (81%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (81%) 6. Mainline t...

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Preaching to the Converted

2008-04-23T21:27:14Z

May be all I'm doing. I certainly hope some of my semi-political (no, actually, they are entirely political) rantings have made an impact on the apathetic masses, but when it comes down to it, I am fully aware that most people refuse to believ...

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Yay, Earth Day!

2008-04-19T22:29:10Z

Founded by some senator named Gaylor Nelson in 1970 - a year of Vietnam protests, Apollo 13, the Beatles' last album, and the death of Jimi Hendrix - this day of environmental observance has been growing steadily ever since. According to Wiki...

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Divine Secrets of a Book Adict

2008-04-09T18:49:37Z

Have you heard of PaperBackSwap.com? It is an online club devoted to the ancient practice of book exchange, for the anti-consumerism people. It is also yet another practical way to exercise the 3 R's, for the earth-friendly people. Reduce: Sa...

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Did I Mention How Much I Hate Standardized Tests?

2008-03-01T19:22:26Z

Important service announcement: In case anyone's wondering, I survived the SAT. Barely.

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Cramping My Cyber - Style...

2008-02-24T03:37:43Z

This is so frustrating. For some unexplained reason, my Darling Dell won't allow me to access my usual site-building tools on Yahoo! Geocities. So in case anybody's wondering about the stagnant state of veganteen.net, I will be updating it as ...

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