Happy New Year, Consider the Lobster

1)  Baby New Year

Happy New Year!  Look at this disgusting looking man-baby.

If you live in Baltimore go see him (Baby New Year) tonight in Hampden on 34th street (the block that is completely covered in Christmas lights).  I hear rumours that there’s also a wife-baby.  Be there at 11:59 pm to watch the ball drop.

2)  Consider the Lobster

Hmm… Here’s an article that turned out completely different than I was expecting it to.

“I began subscribing to Gourmet in 1973, but I have to admit that over the years, I haven’t been able to read each issue from cover to cover. I’m just now getting around to reading August 2004′s issue. “Consider the Lobster,” by David Foster Wallace, was a delight — it went well beyond informative and entertaining; it was challenging and thought-provoking. I vividly remember the spate of letters that followed its publication. In fact, I was so impressed with his article that I recently decided to write to say thank you both to the author and to you. What a shock it was to find out that he had tragically passed away. Thank you, Gourmet, for being so willing to change and grow over the years, and for challenging all of us faitful readers to do the same.”  via kottke.org

It’s a good read if you’re interested in the moral conundrum of eating other creatures.  I’m not opposed to eating meat but this article made me take a few steps back and reevaluate (or at least begin to evaluate) my own stance on the subject.

ps.  The good stuff starts around the middle of the article…

HERE.