Spam Nuggets

There's an issue that I've been dealing with for some time. Until now I've held my tongue, but I can't keep silent any longer. These so-called "chicken nuggets" are a problem that has to be dealt with. If people think they can get away with giving away nugget-shaped spam and claiming it's chicken, they're wrong. If they think we don't know the difference, they need to get in touch with reality, because they're not fooling anyone. Throughout the years we've just accepted these nuggets that they claim are made of 100% real chicken, realizing, but never stating, the fact that all this time we've been given artificial meat product. It's time to take a stand against this meat madness! This tyranny has to end, and we have the power to stop it.

Here Follows Some Photos upon the Burning of Our House

Lately, it seems, I've been neglecting the visual elements of this blog in favor of the written word. What can compare with the simple joy of looking at a beautiful photograph? Here are a few I've taken for a photography class this semester. Enjoy.

Going Evergreen

Christmas time is upon us again. It's a time of tradition, and what greater tradition do we have than the picking out and decorating of a Christmas tree? It seems that this time of year one can't help seeing Christmas tree lots on nearly every corner filled with rows upon rows of freshly cut pines. One might see these soon-to-be Tannenbaums and wonder why "going green"--society's latest fad-- doesn't apply to these evergreens. But, of course, how can the fate of the planet compare with years of tradition? If thousands upon thousands of trees weren't cut down each year we wouldn't be able to have Christmas. It's easy to see how being eco-friendly pales in comparison. It's one thing to trade plastic shopping bags for reusable cloth versions of the same, or recycle paper goods but these supposed ideals are certainly not worth giving up something so precious as a Christmas tree. We all know that artificial trees can't compare; without the mess or hassle of taking care of a real tree Christmas just wouldn't seem right. Not to mention the fact that they wouldn't be thrown away after a week or two; the holidays wouldn't be the same without pine-scented trash cans. It's obvious why we have to cut down these trees, traditions can't be changed for something as petty as morals and it's certainly worth a little hypocrisy to have the perfect tree.