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Stuffed acorn squash (vegetarian).
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Recreating ancient beer.
Molecular archaeologist Pat McGovern is working with Dogfish Head Brewery to recreate an ancient beer recipe. They started by analyzing drinking vessels found in 2,800-year-old Etruscan tombs. Then they shopped for ingredients in Cairo's oldest market.
Smithsonian article.
Dogfish Head's news release.Very interesting. If this stuff ever makes it ( Read more... ) -
Elderly grandfather kicked out of B&N
What has this country come to? This guy was summarily ejected from Barnes and Noble for being in the kids' section unaccompanied by a kid. WTF?? Because someone was "uncomfortable"? I want to know this woman's name so she can be publicly shamed for being a nosy douche ( Read more... ) -
Junk in the Trunk?
Okay, I know there are a lot of women out there who want to have a little more booty to enhance their sex appeal. But how many do you think would go to these lengths to achieve the look?
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1060 E. Foster Ave, Chicago, IL 60640
Yeah, I know. Tell it to this guy:
A man apparently tried to drive his car into the lake on the North Side this afternoon but didn’t make it ( Read more... ) -
96 minutes of CPR, and success!
Making the rounds of news outlets this week: A Goodhue, MN man collapsed from a heart attack while out to get groceries. Witnesses called 911 and started CPR, then organized a line of 20 or more volunteers to cycle through giving CPR until paramedics could arrive at the scene by helicopter - 96 minutes later. (Goodhue is barely a bump in the road ( Read more... ) -
Indiana Democrats now following WI playbook.
At issue in Indiana is a bill that proposes to bar unions and companies from negotiating a contract that requires NON-union members to kick in fees for representation. Today, 38 of 40 Indiana House Democrats have fled their state to avoid voting on this bill. Theory at this point is that many of them are in Illinois, though some may have gone to ( Read more... ) -
Sen. Coggs, D-Milwaukee, Asshole.
You may have heard that 14 Wisconsin Democrats have fled their state to avoid having to vote on a budget plan put forward by that state's Republicans. One of the Democrats, Senator Spencer Coggs of Milwaukee explained to the Chicago Tribune that "each day brings its own challenges" and that he has had to buy underwear and socks. According to Coggs ( Read more... )
