Vegetarian Star

Biz Stone and his business partner and co-founder of Twitter, Evan Williams, are celebrating five years of saying it in 140 characters.

Stone was recently a guest on Conan O’Brien‘s show when the subject of some of Stone’s past Tweets came up. One of those Tweets was about Stone discovering Amtrak  offered a vegan burger. Stone Tweeted,”Wow, Amtrak serves a vegan burger! Nice.”

“I would not have that burger,” Conan said while laughing.

Well, that’s surely his choice, but we think Conan will miss out on some serious foodie fun!

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“Cute animals are treated better than uglier ones. What gives? It’s not like we’re sleeping with them. Most of us, anyway.”

—Graham Hill, founder of green site Treehugger.com and Weekday Vegetarianism, a flexitarian eating plan that only allows meat on the weekends.

Besides being “saved” in terms of adoptability at shelters and not ending up on the dinner plate, depending on the country’s culture, cute animals may also be hogging all the conservation dollars meant to save all threatened species. In the past, the cuter ones have received protection from more non-government organizations and more funds from the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Slate discusses a paper in Human Biology by David Stokes that examined the cute traits of penguins and found small differences like a shading around the eyes determined what animal walked the cute and ugly line. Stokes suggested that conservationists take the “ugly” animals and focus on their cuter parts to draw attention to them and hopefullly, generate efforts and funds to protect the species.

Sounds like a good, simple idea. Let’s start practicing with one of the uglies. How many cute features can you find in the adorable Aye-Aye below?

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One of Charlie Sheen‘s “goddesses,” also known as his two girlfriends who reside in his home, is a proud vegan.

Which tickles us pink, knowing that Fort Wayne, Indiana native Rachel, known by her, cough,cough “adult” star name as Bree Olson, is probably feeding little Charlie and her co-girlfriend Nat, well.

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Bethenny Frankel is making her way across the country for her Skinny Girl Night Out tour, nights filled with talk about food, diet, health and everything else from the Real Housewives of New York City star, cookbook author and chef.

Frankel has always advocated a heavily plant-based diet even though she’s not a vegetarian, and this weekend she stayed the course by sharing her experiences eating veggie burgers and falafel in Connecticut.

When asked she ended up at lunch in Hartford, Bethenny Tweeted, “Trumbull kitchen.great veggie burger.nice staff.”

After her show in Stamford, she treated herself to Layla’s Falafel.

And how can one eat like Bethenny when traveling through the Constitution State?

Here’s the hummus scoop:

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For some reason, Michael Vick has decided to cancel his appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

There are two different stories circulating about the reason Vick turned down O. One, is that he did so for “personal reasons” and another is that he cancelled because the Eagles told him to.

Then there’s the rumored reason Tweeted by Simone Reyes, star of the now completed Oxygen channel’s short series, “Running Russell Simmons.”

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With so many advancements in warm, winter-wear technology and good looking faux furs out there, why would a designer use the real thing?

It’s something that boggles the mind of vegetarian actress Alyssa Milano.

“I’m not sure I understand, how in this day & age, some designers still use real fur in their collections,” Milano wrote on her Twitter account. “I mean, really?”

As a fashion designer herself, Milano knows how to be both chic and cruel-free.

She has a line of women’s sportswear called Fandalia that features tops, hoodies, jackets and pants with logos and designs that show support for major NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and NCAA sports teams.

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Russell Simmons has released a book, Super Rich, an inspirational guide about finding wealth in both the spiritual and financial markets.

The vegan business mogul recently Tweeted to inspire his Twitter followers, asking them, “What would you do if you were Super Rich?”

One follower responded with, “I’m well on my way to being #superrich because I’m saving so many precious and innocent animals by not eating meat!!! :)”

The vegetarian financial plan not only saves animals, but also the environment. One study concluded that $20 million of the costs of fighting climate change could be saved in terms of reducing greenhouse gases and making use of land used for animal agriculture. It was estimated these changes would also lessen the need for energy saving technologies, such as clean coal.

And in terms of human health costs, the savings estimates are in the billions.

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Paris Hilton set an example for potential pet owners recently when she urged her Twitter followers to adopt their next four legged friend.

“This Christmas if you’re thinking of getting a dog or cat, get one at your local animal shelter. Save a Life. Don’t Shop, Adopt.”

Especially pleasing is Hilton’s choice of words–getting and not giving a pet as a Christmas present.  The only time an animal should ever be gotten as a present is if the pet owner is rewarding him or herself.

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