I found this at the obscure store and thought it was good enough for fukn.us.. Fri, Oct 14, 2005 Elderly driver smashes into downtown Burger King Wausau Daily Herald An elderly man crashed his car into the Burger King in downtown Wausau on Friday morning. The man smashed his car into the main entrance at…
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Reuters AlertNet – U.S. rejects Katrina meals, offers them to others
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday offered needy countries more than 330,000 packaged meals donated by Britain to feed Hurricane Katrina victims but rejected due to a U.S. ban on British beef. State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said the “Meals Ready to Eat,” or MREs, had been held in a warehouse…
ma'ona: The 2005 `Ilima Awards, if it were up to me
(Every year in Hawaii the Honolulu Advertiser has the reader voted Ilima awards…as we looked at the winners the other day there were plenty of “oh my gods’ at what the masses choose…best coffee bar…Starbucks!…(no offense to the barrista friends there but c’mon…Coffee Talk is way better…) with that in mind here are the alternate…
Mooncake Mailing Rules
(Almost time for mooncakes again. I was accustomed to getting yummy mooncakes in Seattle. Am pretty sure I will be able to find them in Hawaii. But if you are lucky enough to have someone in China who can send them to you, here are the Byzantine rules covering mooncake mailing. Register with the FDA????…
On the Streets of Bangkok, Two Guys Keep It Real – New York Times
(More food porn – yum. -kg) THE guidebooks touted Bed Supperclub, where the hip and beautiful recline while they eat, and the airline magazine featured the Australian Amanda Gale, who has set the town on its ear with her fusion food at Cy’an. But I was looking for something more traditional, so as soon as…
China wins noodle battle – Neolithic noodles unearthed
The remains of the world’s oldest noodles have been unearthed in China. The 50cm-long, yellow strands were found in a pot that had probably been buried during a catastrophic flood. Radiocarbon dating of the material taken from the Lajia archaeological site on the Yellow River indicates the food was about 4,000 years old. Scientists tell…
Art exhibit a rough roe to hoe… – Yahoo! News
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A top Moscow gallery bowed to religious sensibilities and pulled an exhibit that combined two potent symbols of Russia — a gold icon and black caviar — local media reported Thursday. Churchgoers had appealed to the state Tretyakov gallery, objecting to “Icon-Caviar,” which depicts hundreds of tiny fish eggs where the face…
Stinking Bishop lives in fear of the Wallace & Gromit effect
I am a big fan of Wallace and Gromit….this story is almost too surreal to believe, but it is true. I am trying to find some Stinking Bishop for a certain cheese lover I know…it seems almost impossible to find…cd Guardian Unlimited Film | News | Stinking Bishop lives in fear of the Wallace &…
German brews world's strongest beer
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world’s strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass. “Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic. It tastes like a quirky mixture of beer and sherry,” said Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider….
A revolution of the Soul…The Beats
(Thanks Shaun…I dig this..cd) âThe Beats were not programmatically political, but were utopian in their belief that artists â citizens would be the leaders of a new society.â? The “Beat Movement” has become an important period in the history of literature and society in America. Incorporating influences such as jazz, art, literature, philosophy and religion,…