Never ceases to amaze me why vegetarians & vegans would want their meat substitutes to look like the 'real thing'. And seem to be prepared to pay at least twice the price of the real thing for the privilege.

I don't wish to belittle the subject or these well-meaning people. But they are about as much use for the environment as all those 'celebrities' who went off to the Google jolly in the Mediterranean in 140 private jets and dozens of mega yachts to talk climate change last month.   Or St. Greta of Thunberg with her publicity stunt trip across The Atlantic to do the same. Obviously she can’t use a plane, because she’ll be called a hypocrite.  And she’s done just that, by making the trip on a 60-foot racing yacht. Naturally, this has made all her disciples very happy, but what’s the message?  That the half a million people who fly every day from Europe to America should use a £15m yacht instead? And take four weeks to do it? It gets worse, because if you examine the yacht she’s using, it’s not as green as you might imagine.  First of all, it is equipped with a diesel engine.  And second, it’s made mostly from carbon fibre, which cannot be recycled effectively, and which uses 14 times more energy to produce than steel.  Which can be recycled very easily indeed. What St. G of T is doing, then, is precisely the opposite of what she is setting out to achieve.  And so, I fear are those who think emotional energy can power the world.

Why? Can he really be that sad and hate his stomach that much?

Leaving aside that it is one big advert for Amazon, any list that does not have Greg Bear's Eon way up in the rankings won't impress me.

If you really want to know how to do it properly, read Lynda La Plante.

For people with more money than sense, like Gwyne... Sigh! Never mind.

You can keep them. I've seen them being made!

Some other moron was videod gargling mouthwash before spitting it back into the bottle and returning it to the shelf. Of course it was Walmart. Easy to identify too.http://www.ladbible.com/news/weird-walmart-shopper-gargles-mouthwash-before-spitting-it-back-into-bottle-20190706

I've not laughed so much at a YouTube clip since The Gunfighter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXfltmzRG-g&t=71s

I thought this might be interesting so clicked the link which took me to Popular Science. It seems that I must consent - no other option is apparent - to "Allow all cookies", That means consenting to 14 allegedly necessary cookies and 85, yes 85, others. Being spied on is not one of my favourite things so fuck that and fuck Popular Science. There seems no easy or convenient way to register my disapproval of the policy direct with Popular Science either.

What some Americans will eat never ceases to disgust.

I have to ask the question. Why?

I envy those who enjoyed school and it must have been great to have such an inspiring teacher. I couldn't even tell you the name of my maths teacher, he was that uninspiring. In fact, I can only remember the names of three of my secondary school (England) teachers: one, because he instilled in me a lifelong love of geography and the other two because they were sarcastic sadists who got evident pleasure from beating boys with a cane. The rest just fade into a morass of mediocrity. Prefects were also allowed to beat the boys with a worn and flexible plimsoll (gym shoe) for minor infringements such as not wearing the school cap outside school. or eating outside mealtimes. This was a 'top school' and was always in the top five for university placements in the UK. Nobody cared about those who, like me, had no ambition to go to university. It has left me with an everlasting hatred of my schooldays. Such treatment would be against the law these days.

The utterly incomprehensible cookie policy, privacy policy and how to opt out from the myriad of "partners" harvesting everyone's data as set by the Vox.com website means that I will not be able to read anything from their site. Nice work fellas!

Just give the lenses a good polish with toothpaste on kitchen towel and save yourself 2½ minutes.