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Robin Williams on ‘Law & Order’: Locavore
In Videos: Robin Williams’ Deranged Character on ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Is Locavore | Serious Eats : Required Eating
From the Serious Eats blog.
I have to admit that around the time we were moving and just after, when stress was high and time was scarce, I let my husband and [...]

New battle cry of U.S. consumers: ‘Get the cheap stuff!’ – International Herald Tribune
Or people could, cut back on meat & buy raw veggies & grains & cook from scratch. & hey, maybe even start gardens.
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By Joseph Romm
Bush had a press conference yesterday morning to blame Congress for soaring energy and food prices: “Unfortunately, on many of these issues, all [Americans] are getting is delay.”
What does non-delayer Bush propose? Well, of course, new technology — what else is new old? Heck, he even said the long-term answer [...]

Albert Hoffman, who first synthesized Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), has passed away. He was 102 years-old.
“I believe that if people would learn to use LSD’s vision-inducing capability more wisely, under suitable conditions, in medical practice and in conjunction with meditation, then in the future this problem child could become a wonderchild.” — Albert Hoffman (1906-2008)
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Empty Houses, Buffalo, New York TimesThat is what the census says. Andrew Leonard in Salon notes that it is a bit misleading, that “4.7 million are for “seasonal use” only, the Census tells us — unoccupied vacation homes, in other words. 4.1 million are for rent, 2.3 million are for sale, and the remaining 7.5 [...]

Federal Reserve Meets; Interest Rate Cut Expected : NPR
Ya, cos inflation isn’t quite catastrophic yet. This’ll take 6 months or a year to show its true effect & it won’t be pretty. Shrubya is tap dancing for the media right now & telling us how Congress is blocking all his brilliant ideas for saving [...]

Viz Pictures Adds Live-Action Honey & Clover, Love*Com, Nana (Updated) – Anime News Network
We’re watching the live action *Honey & Clover* J Drama now– wheee! Good stuffs ^-^
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this will not show up in the public feed for this site & will not alert people not in my f-list that I’ve posted.
It took me many of my few remaining braincells to hack this right & finally it got down to a most primitive inelegant method.
So it better work.
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To combat the skyrocketing price of flour, several Massachusetts bakeries have taken on a project that’s part Little Red Hen, part World War II Victory Garden. The bakeries are recruiting their customers to till up their lawns and gardens and plant wheat.
Bakeries Urge Customers to Plant Wheat : NPR
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