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more about #fish Her Grace: SNOWED IN: I'm a super-picky quasi-vegetarian. I eat veggies because they cost less and are easier for me to prepare, but I don't turn away all meat if someone ... more » sakura_latte: I guess this post helped me to understand why some vegetarians find it difficult not to eat meat and stay vegetarian. I never really understood it bef... more » cirocco: One of my former places of employ kept a saltwater tank with several cleaner shrimp. I always enjoyed putting my hands in the water and letting them ... more » buymecandy: I was a pescatarian for probably 10 years and I recently expanded my food choices for a variety of reasons. It was never a major thing for me because ... more » KimberleeJean: I once experienced something similar, only with a goat and my hair. more » sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell: My boyfriend and I are vegetarians. At home, it's not too hard, because we have food available. But when we go out to dinner, it can be really temptin... more » CherriSpryte: I'm really suprised so many of these comments are so negative - I really want to get a fish pedicure .... if I had a spare $50 and the means to get ou... more » UrbanAchiever: Finally, *fin* to the finny goings on at fishy foot salons. more » applejuice: I don't need no fish, I got myself a nice little cheese grater, uh - I mean "ped-egg", that grosses everybody out just fine thanks. more » LazyHippo: I don't know, if it's good enough for hippos . . . more » morninggloria: This was a piece of cautionary legislature put in place to prevent the inevitable future rise in popularity of the barracuda bris. more » Devonna: Why pay for it? Just go to a freshwater lake with sunfish and those babies will munch away for free. I never called it a pedicure, I called it "summ... more » rixatrix: When are women going to learn to stop using parasites for beauty rituals? Leeches, tapeworms, fish pedicures - seriously, when does gross trump pretty? more » LaFemme: I was raised vegetarian for awhile and both my parents were veg 25 years plus... I am now an omnivore, and my challenges with vegetarianism at this po... more » HarpMadness: Can't we just use that razor-blade egg thing? more » whynotshesaid: Has anyone had this done? I am so intrigued by it, in a perverse way. more » lilbobbytables: See, I don't want to encourage our fishy friends to develop a taste for man. I read Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, I know what will happen ne... more » Carlos the Dwarf: I'm not a vegetarian but have vegetarian/vegan friends, for whom I have a ton of respect. I often think about decreasing my meat intake but... I just ... more » SaturdaysChild: This is about my worst nightmare EVER. Seriously, thinking about fish nibbling on my feet makes me want to vomit. more » Mayonegg: ah yes, something that was discovered in order to eat burn patients delicate dead tissue, and appropriated by expensive salons is of course unsanitary... more » -
#somethingfishy
Feet First
Secretary of State Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez has announced plans to ban fish pedicures in New York. She calls the practice - in which carp feed on the dead skin of customers' feet - unsanitary. We call it gross and unnecessary. [NYPost] -
#meatymusings
On Meat And Memory: What Vegetarians Give Up
Jonathan Safran Foer's Times Magazine essay on vegetarianism brings up an interesting point: for many people, becoming vegetarian means breaking with a lot of the cherished food memories that have made us who we are. More » -
#predatorprey
Aquarium 1, Cat 0
The mighty housecat, her body like a coiled spring, prepares for her next kill. She crouches, she springs, she... well, just watch. [BuzzFeed] -
#throwdown
Top Chef
François Vatel, "the first celebrity chef," set the bar high. Preparing a dinner for Louis XIV, "he was informed that the fish for the meal would not arrive on time, so he committed suicide." [TheSmartSet] -
#spamalot
Green Eggs & Ham: What Meat Is Best For The Environment?
It's obvious every time we write a post on vegetarianism: lots of people love meat. But are some meats better for the planet than others? And what about the half-vegetarian's flesh of choice, fish? More » -
#leftovers
Activists Crushed In Cube For Women's Rights • Mothers Arrested For Trying To Birth Baby Hitlers
• Last Sunday an art installation featuring 20 female performers inside a Plexiglas cube was set up outside St. Mark's Church. The piece is designed to raise awareness about women's issues in North Korea. • More » -
#clips
Jeremy Piven's Illness: That's Why They Call It "Acting"
Today on Good Morning America, Jeremy Piven earnestly explained why he was too ill to stay with his Broadway show, but Diane Sawyer had a medical fact to contradict almost everything he said. More » -



