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Asteroid eaters

Asteroid eaters 05/19/2004 07:16 PM
USA Today May 19 2004 11:54PM GMT

Myanmar Peacock Eaters Get Prison Terms
(AP)

Myanmar Peacock Eaters Get Prison Terms
(AP) 08/04/2004 03:06 PM
AP - A fashionable repast for kings in medieval times, peacock is off the menu now as two poachers here learned when they were recently imprisoned for eating two of the showy fowl.

Asteroid Eaters: Robots to Hunt Space
Rocks, Protect Earth

Asteroid Eaters: Robots to Hunt Space
Rocks, Protect Earth 05/27/2004 06:11 PM
Space.com May 27 2004 9:21PM GMT

"Tired of Giving Directions - Pizza
Eaters Design GPS Delivery System"

"Tired of Giving Directions - Pizza
Eaters Design GPS Delivery System" 03/28/2005 03:55 AM
Pi Star Communications, is "Empowering Deliveries Everyday." Their product is a hardware and software package that electronically links a retail outlet or food-and-beverage supplier with its delivery fleet and its customers at the same time. [PRWEB Mar 28, 2005]

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.

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...

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?

Meat. Bread. Dog.

Meat. Bread. Dog. 10/29/2003 12:12 AM
There comes a point in every person's study of a particular language where you know just enough to be...

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?"

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."

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.

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.]

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.

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>

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.

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

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!

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.

"Meat-scented air fresheners"

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

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....

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 for your car

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

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.

Mystery meat haute cuisine

Mystery meat haute cuisine 04/23/2004 02:49 PM
Slate reviews The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating, a trendy new English cookbook devoted to the preparation of offcuts, snouts, rectii, marrow, and bladders of all description.

One reason seems to be the frisson of naughtiness associated with eating such things. Due to the crackdown on the consumption of various meat byproducts in a post-mad cow U.K., lambs' brains are still illegal in England. (But this hasn't stopped Henderson from jotting down a few recipes, "so that when lamb's brain is freed from its sentence we shall be ready to celebrate its liberty.") Wondering about the legality of lambs' brains—given that I'd eaten them, or at any rate trace quantities of them, at Babbo—I went to Ottomanelli's butcher shop in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Frank Ottomanelli told me that lambs' brains are legal in America. "What happens is you buy the whole head, and then I'll get the brains out for you, as a courtesy," he smiled. I ran through a list of other Henderson ingredients I was curious about: pig's head? pig's spleen? pig's feet? "The only thing on the pig that we don't have is the squeal," Frank said. So, tally your ingredients, intrepid chefs, and get thee to a butcher shop. And for those of adventurous tastes but milder temperament, just head to your local restaurant. I hear the Testa's good.

Link (via Megnut)

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.

Warehouser Admits Selling Rat-Tainted
Meat (AP)

Warehouser Admits Selling Rat-Tainted
Meat (AP) 06/21/2004 10:14 PM
AP - The owner of a now-closed food processing and distribution company pleaded guilty Monday to selling thousands of pounds of meat that had been contaminated by rodents.

Spam: The Tasteless Internet Meat of
Criminals

Spam: The Tasteless Internet Meat of
Criminals 09/10/2004 04:34 PM
WebDevInfo Sep 10 2004 7:28PM GMT

History of cartoon rabbit meat spokesman

History of cartoon rabbit meat spokesman 05/25/2004 01:19 PM
Gary sez: Thought you'd appreciate this: a Lileks-esque saga about Petey, Gerald McBoingboing-esque spokeskid for Pel-Freez Rabbit Meat. Truly. The saga goes on and on. Fans start drawing Petey, hare-larity ensues. Link

Dog(meat) Days... or Would You Prefer
Chicken? (Reuters)

Dog(meat) Days... or Would You Prefer
Chicken? (Reuters) 08/11/2004 11:38 AM
Reuters - In South Korea's capital, sweating through the highest temperatures of the year, the hottest topic is whether to eat dogmeat stew or ginseng chicken soup.

GOP Congress Scuttled Meat Protection
Measure 12/27

GOP Congress Scuttled Meat Protection
Measure 12/27 12/30/2003 05:05 AM
corporate protectionism .. meat .. *

commondreams.org/headlines03/1224-09.htm
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Kids dangle from meat hooks for fun
(Reuters)

Kids dangle from meat hooks for fun
(Reuters) 07/18/2004 01:58 PM
Reuters - Police in the Florida Keys are mystified by a bizarre new pastime -- young people dangling themselves from meat hooks on a popular sandbar.

Dumb-ass Recording-industry Meat-heads

Dumb-ass Recording-industry Meat-heads 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
While CD sales in the UK continue their upwa rd march (nearly 8% this year) and UK music retailers show healthy profits, the Record Companies are gearing up to sue< /a> their British customers (ala The RIAA). Not all record companies, however, are taking the big stick approach: - Warp Records - (home of Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada and Chris Morris) steps up to the plate with high-quality music downloads, unencumbered by DRM. Go figure.

Young in Florida dangle from meat hooks
-- for fun

Young in Florida dangle from meat hooks
-- for fun 07/19/2004 04:26 AM
CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY .. this a new hoax

news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&u=/nm/20040718/od_uk_nm/ oukoe_odd_hooks_2&printer=1
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Reluctant Vegetarianism And Meat-Eating,
Combined!

Reluctant Vegetarianism And Meat-Eating,
Combined! 11/05/2003 01:18 PM
Wannabe Vegetarians Or Hypocritical Carnivores? Do you enjoy eating meat but hate the way it reaches your table? (More inside.)

Fat Cat Hunger Strike After Meat-Feeding
Owner Goes (Reuters)

Fat Cat Hunger Strike After Meat-Feeding
Owner Goes (Reuters) 04/10/2004 06:19 AM
Reuters - An obese German cat six times the normal weight has gone on a hunger strike at a Berlin animal shelter after being taken from his owner who had fed him four lbs of mince daily, Bild newspaper reported on Saturday.

Low-carbers booted out of buffet for
meat-centric consumption

Low-carbers booted out of buffet for
meat-centric consumption 04/24/2004 06:43 PM
A couple who were on a low-carb diet were ejected from a Utah all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant for eating too much meat.

"We've never claimed to be an all-you-can-eat establishment," said Johanson. "Our understanding is a buffet is just a style of eating."

The general manager was carving the meat, and became concerned about having enough for other patrons, Johanson said. So when Amaama went up for his 12th slice, the manager asked Amaama to stop.

Link (Thanks, George!)

NZ scientists find link between meat
workers and cancer

NZ scientists find link between meat
workers and cancer 05/31/2004 03:24 PM
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