Addie and I have been reading a chapter of Charlotte's Web every night. For those of you who haven't been in fourth grade for a while, that's the book about the little girl Fern who raises a baby pig, Wilbur. Wilbur ends up befriending a spider, Charlotte, who saves Wilbur from the slaughter by weaving descriptions of Wilbur into her web ("some pig"; "terrific"; and "humble"). It's a nice book. A book that's not too dark or scary but that deals with the fact of death. The whole circle of life thing. You know.
Anyway, a colleague at another university has been posting about the swine flu, and wondering about the impact of large-scale farming on the spread of animal-to-human diseases. He posted this video on his blog today:
I try not to be one of those bloggers, posting every YouTube thing out there. But this is pretty much horrible. Next time I feel like being a bad vegetarian and having just a little bite of bacon, I'll try to remember this. And think of Wilbur.
Anyway, a colleague at another university has been posting about the swine flu, and wondering about the impact of large-scale farming on the spread of animal-to-human diseases. He posted this video on his blog today:
I try not to be one of those bloggers, posting every YouTube thing out there. But this is pretty much horrible. Next time I feel like being a bad vegetarian and having just a little bite of bacon, I'll try to remember this. And think of Wilbur.
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