By virtue of being both from Detroit and being named after my favorite animal, the Detroit Tigers are worthy of any hero-ship you can dream of. But a story published by The Detroit News has given the best baseball team in the world another reason to be heroes. Continue Reading»
‘texas de brazil’
Free Meat Alert: Texas de Brazil
June 8th, 2009 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble RedditFor one day of the year, unvegans all around will be wishing they were fathers. And if they are fathers, Father’s Day this year can be truly memorable. Texas de Brazil, the Brazilian steak house chain is offering a free dinner for fathers on Father’s Day. Of course some restrictions apply, but this is still a great offer for some delicious Brazilian steak.
Rants and Raves
Vegetarians Have Small Brains
February 25th, 2010And in unrelated news: water is wet, winter is cold and the sky is blue. Of course vegetarians have smaller brains, how else to explain their insane diet? According to an article on Signs of the Times, written by Unvegan Hero Barry Groves, so much of brain size is determined by fat intake. As he says, “About half our brain and nervous system is composed of complicated, long-chain, fatty acids.” Plants don’t have these fatty acids and our bodies aren’t exactly capable of making them ourselves. But you know what are capable of producing these fatty acids? Dumb herbivores.
Continue Reading»
Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat
Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State. No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries. While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery. The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.
Continue Reading»



