It Pays to Be a Vegetarian.

Some times it pays to be a vegetarian.

Maybe, especially in a global pandemic. Are they really going to force workers to work in meat-packing plants in the middle of a pandemic? Without a vaccine for the virus?

Seems punitive and risky.

Is eating meat an essential thing? Nope. You can get protein from other sources. And what about contaminated meat? The mind reels.

Remember: the meat industry is one of the major culprits in deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions.

Our meat-eating habits are killing us, and helping destroy our habitable environment. Don't forget lots of animals are shot up with antibiotics to make them bloated & fat. The animals that are slaughtered are sick, fat and treated abominably.

So, yes. Lots of reasons to give up eating meat. Some times it pays to be a vegetarian.

The a.m. soundtrack - Roxy Music's 2nd album, "For Your Pleasure." (1973). A knockout. The first track is "Do the Strand." It did not become a new dance sensation. But it probably should have. A fabulous band. Bryan Ferry, an uncommon crooner with a trill in his voice. Hair slicked-back, kitted out in tuxedos. The rest of Roxy looked like glam aliens. This is the last record also featuring the mad-genius Brian Eno. The band just wasn't big enough to contain two geniuses. Luckily we have the first two Roxy albums. A truly great and original band: sax, guitar, drums, Eno on various keyboards, Ferry and Mackay on various instruments too. The record stands up this morning. So fucking good. It features the greatest love song ever written about/and to an inflatable doll. "Your skin is vinyl.." Love.