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About Me: Hello, my name is Lysle Shaw-McMinn. I am in my early 20's (as of 2009) and an undergraduate student at the University of California, Riverside studying Biochemistry and Philosophy- In the future I will be continuing into a career in Optometry. As most visitors to this page come from one of my websites, you probably already know that I am an amateur programmer, and spend most of my computer time on my coding projects, which you can read about here. I also identify myself by my career choice and my passion for animal rights- I am vegan and an animal advocate/activist, and you can read why below in the 'Veggie Facts' section of this page. I enjoy playing the guitar, drawing, playing video games, cooking and snowboarding. And that pretty much sums me up.

Contact Information: Lysle Shaw-McMinn, aka 'Wormy' 16327 Sally ln Riverside, California 92504 United States Email: Send me an E-mail Facebook: WormyWyrm AOL: WormyWyrm Yahoo: WormyWyrm MSN: WormyWyrm@hotmail.com ICQ: 499933757 Skype: WormyWyrm

Veggie Facts Raising cattle in the US for food produces more greenhouse gases than all automobiles in the world combined, making it a huge player in the destruction of our environment. One-third of all fossil fuels used in the U.S. are used to raise animals for food. Eating a vegan diet is the best and easiest way to lead a healthy, natural life and lower risks of disease. Studies show that vegetarian diet helps fight heart diease and cancer, the primary killers in the US. On average, vegetarians live several years longer. You inflict cruel treatment when you purchase or otherwise support chicken, cow, pig, fish, or other products; probably beyond what you may currently imagine, even if you buy free-ranged products. Heavy use of drugs and chemicals in factory farms is a catalyst for bacteria evolution against anti-biotics, hurting modern medicine. This is a very serious problem that has been discussed in many of my biochemistry classes; I was even assigned to write a paper about MRSA, a dangerous infection that you probably have heard of which originated in over-crowded pig farms. A moral system that allows for supporting the mistreatment of animals is self-contradictory, regardless of if you base those morals on religion or philosophical logic. Please, if you diagree, spend twenty minutes reading 'All Animals Are Equal', an essay by philosopher Peter Singer. Reading this essay (and Singer's other works) has improved my life and helped me prevent the torture of thousands of animals.

Recently Played Music: Most Recently Played Songs: This Weeks Most Played Artists: Chat Snipplets Just for fun, take a look at a collection of chat snipplets I have collected with my online friends by clicking here. Growing up I spent a lot of time just chatting, and I have met some good people who I will never forget. =) Here is a random sample from my favorite chat Snipplets: Mustang - AIM - October 22, 2005 Mustang: whos dogs? Wormy: i dunno whos they are Wormy: but they poop a lot and im supposed to be mowing the lawn Wormy: :-p Mustang: :-p Wormy: have youve ever mowed poop before?! Mustang: yes Mustang: dude Mustang: all the time Mustang: at my dads house Mustang: i would mow it Mustang: step in it Mustang: eat it Wormy: eat it? Mustang: yes Mustang: i got hungry Wormy: what? Wormy: dude Wormy: i think you need to sleep Wormy: you feeling okay? Mustang: i dont need sleep Mustang: i never sleep Mustang: i go 24/6 Wormy: what about the other two days? Mustang: i dont know Read them All Other Fun or Interesting sites: http://www.biteycastle.com/ http://www.peta.org/swf/abc_8_reasons.swf http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771977 http://www.princeton.edu/~psinger/ http://answering-islam.com/slaves.htm http://www.raphkoster.com/ http://www.tvtorrents.com http://www.iptorrents.com/ http://www.explosm.net/comics/ http://www.php.net/ http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ http://www.nataliedee.com/index.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Copy_That_Floppy http://www.newgrounds.com/ http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/90046 http://www.millionsofgames.com/ http://www.elderscrolls.com/home/home.php http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/.../nina-planck http://tastebetter.com/ http://www.pcrm.org/magazine/gm07autumn/health_pork.html http://iteslj.org/questions/ http://kimberlychapman.com/ http://www.nonoba.com/ http://www.care2.com/causes/.../yes-they-do-shoot-horses/ http://www.half-life2.com/ http://www.cs.umd.edu/WINRG.html http://www.gotrillian.com http://www.legendaryfrog.com/ http://www.youtube.com/pyrats+animation http://www.futureme.org/ http://www.ari-online.org/ http://www.cafepress.com/ultrageek/1218691 http://www.thinkgeek.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5KKcBQen-Y http://www.hipiers.com http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/arts/24crea.html https://www.meebo.com/ http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=planetside http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/L-thinkingchristians.htm http://www.tenthdimension.com/medialinks.php http://www.newstarget.com/phototour_mystery_meat_1.html http://www.freerice.com/ http://www.geocities.com/daveclarkecb/RealUSA.html http://geocities.com/pixelfiction/ http://armorgames.com/play/553/the-fancy-pants-adventure-world-2 http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/ http://www.ponged.com/ http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/User:Wormy Daily Favourite Comic: (past daily comics) Thats all! Thank you for visiting my personal page! If you would like to see my very first home page that I made when I was only 9 years old, you can click here. Also, here are the the sites which I made when I was 15 years old, here. The latter is a geocities page, so was deleted in 2009 when Yahoo cancelled their geocities service. The link goes to an incomplete web archive of the site. These old sites are a little embarassing but I am also very proud of them!! Sweet dreams! my personal page lysle.net