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Stale Wonder Bread?

Stale Wonder Bread? 08/30/2004 02:08 PM
Rancid revenues and restatements leave the bread and Twinkies maker on the verge of bankruptcy.

bread hours

bread hours 03/15/2003 05:14 PM
http://www.Breadhours.org A group of over 300 residents and merchants in California’s Bay Area has established a local currency called BREAD (a rough acronym for Bay Area Regional Exchange and Development), based on hours of work valued at $12 an hour. Through the BREAD network, which now has over $20,000 worth of currency in circulation, members can pay for dinner, carpentry, childcare, tutoring, clerical assistance or organic produce. Tired of traditional activism, founder Miyoko Sakashita wanted to create a positive local economy and “stop our resources from supporting global corporations that are not accountable to people and the environment.” Check it out at Breadhours.org

How to Make Bread

How to Make Bread 03/15/2003 05:16 PM
Bread may be the staff of life, but few spend time making it. This is a shame, as bread is not that hard to make, and a simple hand-made loaf can provide pleasures beyond those of machine-made or store-bought break. This article describes how to make bread using a recipe passed from father to son.

Wow! All the crusts of bread I can eat!

Wow! All the crusts of bread I can eat! 12/24/2004 12:21 PM
How much money do first-time novelists make? Author and upcoming first-time novelist Justine Larbalestier is constantly asked by aspiring writers what first-time novelists should expect in advance payment for their beloved texts. So she asked some of her author friends what they got for their first novels. The responses ranged in time from 1962 to 2004. What didn't change in all that time was the basic amount: Not much. Quoth Larbalestier: "The life of a novelist is, financially speaking, a mug's game. Enter at your own peril."

kuro5hin.org || How to Make Bread

kuro5hin.org || How to Make Bread 03/16/2003 08:32 AM
How to Make Bread

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RIP, Twinkies, Wonder Bread, Ho-Hos,
RingDings...

RIP, Twinkies, Wonder Bread, Ho-Hos,
RingDings... 09/23/2004 01:09 PM
Xeni Jardin: Interstate Bakeries files Chapter 11. And with it, an era of American pop gastronomy may meet its end. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the carb; For in that sleep of death what Twinkies may come, when we have shuffled off this mortal Ho-Ho, must give us pause; there's the respect that makes creme-filled treats of so long life.

Link to Business Week article. But Newsday wins the best hed award: Twinkies Maker Out of Dough. (Thanks, Jim OConnor)

Update: Reader Kate says, "I read your post on the bankruptcy of the Interstate Bakeries, alluding to the fact that Twinkies have now met their end. But Chapter 11 bankruptcy is not about ending a company or specific product lines, but rather re-organizing a companies debts (Link to explanation). Although its possible that twinkies, ho-ho's and hostess pies may be gone in the near future, it is just as likely that they will remain. So in short, reports of Twinkies death have been greatly exaggerated."

Staci Kramer agrees. "It's not RIP quite yet. The company is reorganizing -- not liquidating -- and, according to the same Business Week article mentioned in your post, 'Interstate spokeswoman Maya Pogoda says the outfit plans to continue operating the rest of its bakeries and distribution centers.' I just don't want to write off Twinkies and other delicacies like orange Hostess cup cakes and Devil Dogs too soon. It would tilt the time-space contiuum."

Martha's Bread And Chocolate

Martha's Bread And Chocolate 07/19/2004 03:18 PM

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“In opposing Martha Stewart’s bid for leniency, federal prosecutors scoffed at the multimillionaire’s claim that her record of community service and charity was so extraordinary that she deserved to be rewarded with less prison time. While Stewart’s own presentencing memo was submitted under seal, details from that document are contained in a memo filed by Manhattan federal prosecutors who—gleefully, it seems—pointed to some of the, um, charitable acts claimed by Stewart.”…

Dylan "like mouldy old bread"

Dylan "like mouldy old bread" 02/10/2004 02:55 AM
A few British schoolchildren were recently asked to share their thoughts on a few classic rock songs from Zepplin, Hendrix, Nirvana, et. al. with predictably amusing results: "I don't like it. It's worse than football. My dad watches football all the time and I have to leave the room. My dad went to watch football in Australia." (Cream, Sunshine Of Your Love) "This isn't singing, it's just screaming." (Led Zeppelin,...

Bread Sales Down, Pork Rinds Up 30%

Bread Sales Down, Pork Rinds Up 30% 12/17/2003 03:47 PM
Up to 35 million Americans are on a low-carb diet. Food manufacturers have responded with more than 600 new low-carb products this year. Restaurants are altering their menus. Online communities are springing up to share information about the low-carb lifestyle. With this big target market, how hard will corporations push to expand the low-carb movement? Do the health warnings about the diet foretell an increase in medical problems, or will we see a generation of healthy, slender, pork-rind chomping families?

Woman Gets Bread and Water for Neglect
(AP)

Woman Gets Bread and Water for Neglect
(AP) 06/08/2004 03:34 PM
AP - A woman convicted of starving her two horses was sentenced to 30 days in jail — the first three days on bread and water.

Google to publishers: Some butter for
your bread

Google to publishers: Some butter for
your bread 06/18/2004 03:59 PM
News.com - Indie Webmasters can now get a chunk of the change that's generated by ads related to Google search boxes on their sites....

Sliced Bread (AGSSH build)

Sliced Bread (AGSSH build) 01/12/2004 01:53 AM
Documentation is going up

Gates: Why SharePoint's the Best Thing
Since Sliced Bread

Gates: Why SharePoint's the Best Thing
Since Sliced Bread 02/05/2005 09:27 PM
During his keynote at this week's Office System Developer Conference, Gates had lots to say about SharePoint. Why does BillG consider SharePoint key to realizing Microsoft's holy grail of unified storage?

Thief Gets Bread Stick Instead of Dough
(Reuters)

Thief Gets Bread Stick Instead of Dough
(Reuters) 01/26/2004 10:19 AM
Reuters - A German baker thwarted an armed robber by bombarding him with bread rolls and cakes, a police spokesman near the small western town of Wetzlar said on Friday.

Italy police bust mafia bread racket
(Reuters)

Italy police bust mafia bread racket
(Reuters) 12/19/2004 03:22 PM
Reuters - Naples police say they have broken up a mob protection racket focused on local bakeries and flour makers.

Warm Bread - Bush's grim poll numbers.
By William Saletan

Warm Bread - Bush's grim poll numbers.
By William Saletan 08/04/2004 08:46 PM
Warm Bread - Bush's grim poll numbers. By William Saletan

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The Ekip, a pita-bread-shaped,
stubby-winged, wheel-less, unmanned ship

The Ekip, a pita-bread-shaped,
stubby-winged, wheel-less, unmanned ship 12/21/2003 06:15 AM
Flying Saucer May Yet Take Flight

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Meat

Meat 08/22/2004 01:38 PM
The Great Neurotic Art. A historian of science examines the cultural significance of Atkins and low-carb diets. But the tr ue cost of meat may be that corporate farming is killing the land, killing communities, and killing us. Take the red pill.

Of shoes and meat

Of shoes and meat 07/28/2004 06:17 AM

« Welcome to Missouri, land of meat and shoes! »

One of the most impressive things about Finns is their grasp of geography, well, at least all the ones I know seem to know far more detail about the planet we inhabit than any other people I've ever met, which is a dramatic contrast to Americans who seem to have some difficulty placing their own country on a political map of the world. If you read Finnish, you'll get a good chuckle out of Peter Elk's [Finnish expat living in NYC] look at an old geography book and it's descriptions of US states. If you don't read Finnish, well, the summary is that some of the state descriptions are pretty hilarious.

Missouri, for example, is the "Meat and Shoe State". I mean, Missouri, land of the Ozarks and home of the 'throwed[sic] roll', evokes the image of meat and shoes? Lambert's does have really great rolls if you remember to duck and their iced tea is served in giant mason jars with free refills, too. I kept trying to imagine of a reason why anyone on the planet would think of shoes and meat when describing Missouri. And then it dawned on me....Missouri! The Sho[e]-Me[at] State! Someone in Finland heard Shoe-Meat instead of Show-Me! Of course! :) The slogan has been in use for a long, long time and has a somewhat interesting origin.

The most widely known legend attributes the phrase to Missouri's U.S. Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver, who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1903. While a member of the U.S. House Committee on Naval Affairs, Vandiver attended an 1899 naval banquet in Philadelphia. In a speech there, he declared, "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show me." Regardless of whether Vandiver coined the phrase, it is certain that his speech helped to popularize the saying.

Other versions of the "Show-Me" legend place the slogan's origin in the mining town of Leadville, Colorado. There, the phrase was first employed as a term of ridicule and reproach. A miner's strike had been in progress for some time in the mid-1890s, and a number of miners from the lead districts of southwest Missouri had been imported to take the places of the strikers. The Joplin miners were unfamiliar with Colorado mining methods and required frequent instructions. Pit bosses began saying, "That man is from Missouri. You'll have to show him."

However the slogan originated, it has since passed into a different meaning entirely, and is now used to indicate the stalwart, conservative, noncredulous character of Missourians.

Well, in all honesty, Missouri did have the Brown Shoe Company in St. Louis and the enormous stockyards in Kansas City [in Missouri in spite of the name] back before it became better known for Budweiser Beer and John Ashcroft. I think the new state slogan should read, "Missouri! We're real sorry about Ashcroft!" Or, maybe, "Missouri! Getting dumb sports fans drunk since 1906!" Missouri does have a few redeeming qualities like Mark Twain, Chuck Berry and Vincent Price. It's home, but as Mark Twain so wisely quipped, "Familiarity breeds contempt..." I will henceforth refer to it as the "Shoe-Meat State". :)

Because it's July [read everything is closed for summer holiday and I'm bored] and I'm, of course, far more entertained by state slogans than anyone probably should be, I'll offer a more honest selection of state slogans for the easily amused. They're notoriously bad and ridiculed all over the US [65k pdf] for being the product of horrible PR wonks.

• Alabama: Wonder Full ∴ Wonderful? Alabama? "Yes, we have indoor plumbing."
• Alaska: Beyond Your Dreams, Within Your Reach ∴ "Screwing the environment for your SUV"
• Arizona: The Grand Canyon State ∴ "Land of Cheap Smokes and Indian Reservations" Monument Valley is really a lot more stunning than the Grand Canyon.
• Arkansas: The Natural State ∴ Natural? Natural what? "If you can read this, you don't live here."
• California: Find Yourself Here ∴ ...because everyone here is as lost as you are. "California, the fruit and nut state!" or "Our women have more plastic than your car!".
• Colorado: (none) ∴ Colorado, home of the Coalition for the American Family and anti-gay everything. "If you don't ski, don't bother."
• Connecticut: Full of Surprises ∴ Boy, howdy, who wrote that nonsense? "Connecticut, Stepford wives and suburban stupor!" or "Massachussets is thattaway!"
• Delaware: It's Good Being First ∴ The state best known for it's very 'generous' tax structure, S-Corporations and cheap booze/outlet malls that people from adjoining states flock to. I guess they couldn't just say, "Hey! We're small, cheap and available!".
• Florida: (none) ∴ "Ask us about our grandchildren!" or "Watch out for that sinkhole!"
• Georgia: Georgia on My Mind ∴ We banned rum and slaves but not lawyers!
• Hawaii: Aloha ∴ BORING. "Islands of flaming hot magma!"
• Idaho: Potatoes. Tasty Destinations. ∴ Why not just get sponsored by Ore-Ida Corp and go with "When it says Ore-Ida, it's alll-righta."? or, even better, "Land of Tater Tots!".
• Illinois: Right Here. Right Now. ∴ Yeah, it's there alright. What happened to "Land of Lincoln"? "Illinois! Please remember the S is silent!"
• Iowa: Come Be Our Guest ∴ "Iowa! Be our guest as you surely won't stay!"
• Indiana: Enjoy Indiana ∴ It used to be "Wander Indiana" which had TV spots with an empty car toodling around the state which gave you the [realistic] impression that the state put you to sleep. "Indiana! Enjoy our dullness!"
• Kansas: Simply Wonderful ∴ "Kansas! Drive faster, daddy! Faster!" The only thing more boring than driving across Kansas is driving across Wyoming.
• Kentucky: It's That Friendly ∴ "Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names"
• Louisiana: Come as You Are. Leave Different. ∴ "It's not new and it doesn't lean!"
• Maine: It Must Be Maine ∴ "Every visitor gets a free L.L. Bean Boat Tote!"
• Maryland: (none) ∴ "Crab cakes and crabs."
• Massachusetts: Make It Yours ∴ "Taxachusetts! Our Taxes Are Lower Than Finland's (For Most Tax Brackets)"
• Michigan: Great Lakes. Great Times. ∴ "First Line Of Defense From The Canadians" or "All your crap cars are belong to us!"
• Minnesota: Explore Minnesota ∴ "And don't forget the bug spray!" or "10,000 Lakes and 10,000,000,000,000 mosquitoes"
• Mississippi: Feels Like Coming Home ∴ "Come Visit And Feel Better About Where You Live"
• Missouri: Where the Rivers Run ∴ "Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work" or "We're sorry about Ashcroft!"
• Montana: Travel Montana ∴ "Home of the Unabomber and christian militias"
• Nebraska: Possibilities...Endless ∴ "Ask About Our State Motto Contest..."
• Nevada: Wide Open ∴ Gotta wonder what the guy who made that one up was looking at. "Home of the mushroom cloud!"
• New Hampshire: Make Up for Lost Time ∴ "Go Away"
• New Jersey: The Perfect Getaway ∴ What a perfect motto for a state filled with gangsters! "Hey, Guy! Whatchoolookinat?"
• New Mexico: Land of Enchantment ∴ "Atomic bombs and Aliens! Coincidence? We think not!"
• New York: I ♥ NY (I Love New York) ∴ "Give us your wallet!"
• North Carolina: A Better Place to Be ∴ "Come smokem peace pipe!"
• North Dakota: Legendary ∴ "We still have at least 50 residents!"
• Ohio: So Much to Discover ∴ "Ohio! The state next to Indiana!"
• Oklahoma: Native America ∴ "Just like the musical only without the singing!"
• Oregon: We Love Dreamers ∴ "We hate Californians!"
• Pennsylvania: The State of Independence ∴ "Cook With Coal!"
• Rhode Island: (various) ∴ "We aren't really an island!"
• South Carolina: Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places. ∴ "We didn't surrender to those Damn Yankees!"
• South Dakota: Great Faces. Great Places. ∴ "250 miles to the nearest rest stop!"
• Tennessee: (none) ∴ "The edumacation state!"
• Texas: It's Like a Whole Other Country ∴ It sure is y'all. We all wish it were another country, too. "Si! Hablo Ingles!"
• Utah: (none) ∴ "We're on a mission from god" or "Dry in every way imaginable"
• Vermont: (none) ∴ "Come peep and leave"
• Virginia: Virginia is for Lovers ∴ "We have ponies"
• Washington: (none) ∴ "Home of Apples and Microsoft"
• West Virginia: Wild and Wonderful ∴ "Kissin' Cousins!"
• Wisconsin: Stay Just a Little Bit Longer ∴ "Come cut some cheese!"
• Wyoming: (none) ∴ "Why are you here?"

Pets or Meat

Pets or Meat 04/12/2005 11:43 AM
The publisher of SaveToby.Com has raised $24,500 by threatening to kill and eat his beloved pet bunny. How much more could he have earned by promising to eat Karyn?

But I want double meat!

But I want double meat! 07/19/2004 08:07 PM
Ordering pizza in a surveillance society. [Flash, via Crooked Timber.]

As a cut of meat, you're inedible!

As a cut of meat, you're inedible! 09/08/2004 04:22 PM
Body Burden : The pollution in people "In a study led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York...researchers at two major laboratories found an average of 91 industrial compounds, pollutants, and other chemicals in the blood and urine of nine volunteers.... Scientists refer to this contamination as a person’s body burden. Of the 167 chemicals found, 76 cause cancer in humans or animals, 94 are toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 79 cause birth defects or abnormal development. The dangers of exposure to these chemicals in combination has never been studied."

Fresh Meat

Fresh Meat 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
Just back in from Paris, and deluged with email, so these might be old (which, in the blogging scheme of...

I like white meat, if you must know

I like white meat, if you must know 03/17/2005 03:22 AM

To those concerned, there are no plans to include sexual and racial designations of those whose work is included in this weblog. But for one day it seemed a worthwhile exercise or demonstration, and so it was.

As Tim Jarrett pointed out, there are so many other dimensions to a person, for example, I could tell his geographic story in a nutshell. Tim hails from the Boston area (Arlington I think) and therefore about now is fed up with cold and snow, and is ready for the trees to bloom and the first flowers of spring. You can expect some irrational exuberance sometime in the next few weeks at Chez Jarrett.

I might guess at his national heritage, but then in the US, that's fairly pointless. Some people with very anglo-sounding names had them changed at Ellis Island, or changed by a racially-conscious father or mother. His parental status might be interesting, whether he's married, divorced, widowed or single. How many siblings does he have, what genders, and was he first born, last, or somewhere inbetween? Does he like dark meat or white? If you tell him he has to ride a roller coaster will he make some kind of excuse, or rush to be in the first car, or something inbetween? What kind of car does he drive? Where did he go to school?

Every human being who's lived for any appreciable time has lots of stories. And if they have a good blog, the probability is (imho) that they also have a good heart, and are trying in some non-self-glorifying way to make the world a better place.

I was kidding when I said women should pull their weight, but I wasn't kidding when I asked them to stop complaining so much.

If you have something to say that's on-topic to Scripting News readers, and I know about it, I will include what you say, whether you're black or Latino, female, gay. I love the idea that technology can help bring us together by being a topic we discuss. But you have to help out by sending an email with a pointer to your piece, or get someone who I subscribe to to point to it. In other words, there's no magic to it, follow Ben Franklin's advice and write something worth remembering, and I will help the world beat a path to your home page. With pleasure.

I'd rather be strung up on meat hooks --
no, seriously.

I'd rather be strung up on meat hooks --
no, seriously. 04/05/2005 04:48 PM
Xeni Jardin: Reuters covers a gathering of folks who fancy flesh suspension. Do not deride us as dude-kebabs, practitioners say; this is a lifestyle that means something to us.

Tony Troiano grimaced as he was lifted off the floor by giant fishhooks pierced through the skin on his shoulders. Within minutes, he started to spin, swing his feet and declare the painful experience "the greatest thing" ever. "I was on Cloud Nine," the Wethersfield, Connecticut teenager said as he joined fellow body suspension practitioners at an annual convention over the weekend. "It was euphoric. It was spiritual. I'd do it again today if I wasn't so sore."

Link, contains graphic images. (Thanks, Jenni).

Update: Shannon Larratt says, "There are hundreds of photos of the event there for people who want more." Link. Thanks for hooking us up, Shannon!

Red meat risk for endometriosis

Red meat risk for endometriosis 07/15/2004 05:18 AM
Eating lots of red meat increases the risk of endometriosis, researchers have found.

Museum of Potted Meat

Museum of Potted Meat 01/03/2005 02:37 PM
Here's the link. Not much more to say....

"Meat-scented air fresheners"

"Meat-scented air fresheners" 12/26/2004 10:30 AM

Meat-scented air fresheners for your car

Meat-scented air fresheners for your car 12/24/2004 12:29 PM
Xeni Jardin: Link (Thanks, Jonno)

Gaming: the other white meat

Gaming: the other white meat 12/19/2004 03:46 PM

A new title has caught Carl's attention. Act of War: Direct Action has some interesting features that has Carl intrigued.

I am always looking for games with an original gameplay paradigm or concept, and this game has both. It's not so much as completely new genre (it's really an action/RTS title) but it implements some unique solutions to age-old practices.

There's also news on an expansion pack for The Sims 2, more on Morrowind: Oblivion, and other highlights from the week's gaming news.

Software Meat Eaters

Software Meat Eaters 07/07/2004 12:50 PM
It's war in the software business.

Bison: The Healthier Meat?

Bison: The Healthier Meat? 06/18/2004 09:29 AM
Bison is not buffal o according to restauranter Ted Turner. Recently devegetarianized and looking for ways to reintroduce meat it seems bison would be the logical choice as it appears to be the healthier alternative to all other meats including chicken and fish. Plus it's high in omega 3's and the notorious vegetarian and organic purist Dr. Andrew Weil gives it the thumbs up.

Supermodel meat sports

Supermodel meat sports 01/23/2004 02:20 PM
Kooky quicktime short. Atkins sex. If bikini-clad supermodels cavorting with lunchmeat is your idea of hot online action -- then consider this the jackpot, baby. The whole mad cow thing adds an extra-sexy whiff of danger. Carb-free and work-safe (unless you work in a vegan ashram). Link (via Fleshbot, which provides more background here)< /em>

Meat Stripper Gets Third Degree

Meat Stripper Gets Third Degree 01/19/2004 07:20 AM
A technology called advanced meat recovery strips meat from the bone and saves the beef industry millions of dollars a year, as well as a few fingers. But consumer groups say it might help spread mad cow. By Kristen Philipkoski.

Monday's Meat Wagon

Monday's Meat Wagon 12/29/2003 11:51 PM
Joy to the news, Saddam is captured. The US Bill of Rights was ratified on this day in 1791. Thomas Edison patented the phonograph in 1877. The controversy continues over SCO's claims of being clobbered by DDoS attacks last week....

Mad Cow Meat May Have Been Eaten,
Official Says

Mad Cow Meat May Have Been Eaten,
Official Says 12/24/2003 01:53 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 24 2003 0:42AM ET

Meat Master Trimmed on Hedges

Meat Master Trimmed on Hedges 08/30/2004 02:08 PM
Chicken hawker Tyson Foods drops guidance, but is the sky really falling?

Thieves Steal 1 1/2 Tons of Meat in Pa.
(AP)

Thieves Steal 1 1/2 Tons of Meat in Pa.
(AP) 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
AP - It would be one big barbecue. Thieves with an apparent hankering for hog and red meat stole as much as 1 1/2 tons from a packing plant over the weekend, according to state police.

Dangling from Meat Hooks, for Fun
(Reuters)

Dangling from Meat Hooks, for Fun
(Reuters) 07/19/2004 09:33 AM
Reuters - Law enforcement officials in the Florida Keys are mystified by a bizarre new pastime -- young people dangling themselves from meat hooks on a popular sandbar.
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