While we make it a point to only purchase products that were not tested on animals (cruelty free products), I don't think I have ever heard the underlying concepts verbalized quite as effectively as this:

"...using an endangered species to help an overpopulated species become more overpopulated doesn't make rational sense." - Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/faq.html

If you are interested in high quality, well-packaged, cruelty-free cleaning products, consider Method (http://www.methodhome.com/). We have had a lot of success with them.

I don't know about anyone else, but I think you need to be older in order to truly appreciate classic literature. One of the things I have made it a habit of doing is to go back and re-read all of the books we were forced to read in high school and college, only this time it is for fun and not for some course. For the most part, my experience has been tremendously rewarding.

With one problem.

Adam Smith.

Adam Smith is just tedious and boring. Yes, I know it is supposed to be the foundation of modern economic theory (although some say he was more of a copy-cat than an innovator), which is why I insisted on the unabridged version. Perhaps that was a mistake.

Or is it that economics is boring, and that Adam Smith is no worse than the rest? Nah. I think it's him.

I came across this blog randomly, although it has been /.'ed and publicized in many other places I am sure. However, the quality of the humor (particularly many of the comments) is exquisite. I highly recommend this diversion to any who are interested in the Star Wars universe.

http://darthside.blogspot.com/