Saturday, September 11, 2010
Ummmmmmmm! Chocolate!
Armenia produces world's biggest chocolate bar - Boston.com: "Anyone looking for huge amounts of free chocolate should book a flight to Armenia's capital next month. That's when the world's largest chocolate bar will be up for grabs in Yerevan's main square. The Guinness Book of World Records certified the 9,702-pound (4,410-kilogram) chocolate bar at a ceremony Saturday."
Will the Persecution Never End?
Do Men Who Date Paris Hilton Seal Their Demise? | PopEater.com: "Dating Paris Hilton may be deadly, at least in the figurative sense. Her steady stream of BFs are usually reduced to rubble after the relationship ends, suffering everything from ruined reputations to lost jobs. The party princess is no King Midas. She's more like Medusa, because everything -- or rather, everyone -- Paris touches seems to turn to stone."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Everywhere. Repeat: Everywhere
Charles River yields lonely girl alligator - BostonHerald.com: "There are a lot of things you might expect to catch in the Charles River. A gator isn’t one of them.
A 4-foot-long American alligator was captured yesterday in three feet of water on the roadside bank of the Charles at Great Plain Avenue on the Needham-Dedham line, said Catherine Williams of the state environmental police."
A 4-foot-long American alligator was captured yesterday in three feet of water on the roadside bank of the Charles at Great Plain Avenue on the Needham-Dedham line, said Catherine Williams of the state environmental police."
Hat tip to Dave Zeltserman.
Dino Update
Dinosaur with a hump discovered - The Boston Globe: "The weird world of dinosaurs has just gotten a tad more bizarre. Scientists found a nearly complete fossil of a new dinosaur that sports a noticeable hump, maybe as possible advertising.
The hump on the dinosaur’s back, which was at least 16 inches tall, may have been used to help this meat-eating theropod communicate among its own species, scientists theorize. Discoverer Francisco Ortega of Spain named it Concavenator corcovatus, which means “the hunchback hunter from Cuenca.’’"
The hump on the dinosaur’s back, which was at least 16 inches tall, may have been used to help this meat-eating theropod communicate among its own species, scientists theorize. Discoverer Francisco Ortega of Spain named it Concavenator corcovatus, which means “the hunchback hunter from Cuenca.’’"
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
School Suspends Boy for Bloodshot Eyes: "TROPHY CLUB, Texas - Administrators at Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club suspended a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday because his eyes were bloodshot and they thought he might have been smoking marijuana.
The teen said he was not high. Instead his eyes were red because he had been grieving the loss of his murdered father.
Kyler Robertson’s father was stabbed to death on Sunday. His mother honored his wishes and let him go to school on Tuesday to be with his friends."
The teen said he was not high. Instead his eyes were red because he had been grieving the loss of his murdered father.
Kyler Robertson’s father was stabbed to death on Sunday. His mother honored his wishes and let him go to school on Tuesday to be with his friends."
So Will They Have to Change the Warning on Cigarette Packs?
Prescription for a Healthier Brain: Coffee and Cigarettes?: Scientific American: "When Leo Pallanck and his colleagues fed coffee and tobacco extracts to these flies, they found that the animals’ dopamine cells survived and their life span increased."
Walden Pond Update
Mystery blooms on Walden Pond - The Boston Globe: "But no one has reported them before in Walden Pond, and Acton, who lives nearby in Concord, has not seen them in the 15 years she has been swimming there. The Walden Woods Project, which curates the most extensive research collection by and about Henry David Thoreau, conducted a preliminary search of his work just in case he might have noticed them during his time at Walden, and found no mention."
No Comment Department
Man cleared of bomb charge | Concord Monitor: "Prosecutors this week dropped a reckless-conduct charge against a Salisbury man after what the police initially described as a powerful pipe bomb at his home turned out to be a 'tire thumper' used to check the pressure of truck tires, his lawyer said."
The Bears are Back
Texas conservationists preparing for bears' big comeback - KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville |: "A different kind of immigration is putting Texans on guard near the borders. In west Texas and parts of northeast Texas, hundreds of black bear sightings are being reported."
Friday, September 10, 2010
I'll Just Have a Burger, I Think
TV chef Martin Blunos creates a cheese sandwich that costs an incredible £110 | Mail Online: "A Michelin-starred chef has unveiled the world's most expensive cheese sandwich - which carries a whopping price tag of £110.
The delicacy was created by celebrity chef Martin Blunos, who hand-crafted the luxury snack using cheddar blended with expensive white truffles.
It is dressed with 100-year-old balsamic vinegar and the sourdough bread - which costs £5 alone - is sprinkled with powdered €175. That's gold dust to you and me."
The delicacy was created by celebrity chef Martin Blunos, who hand-crafted the luxury snack using cheddar blended with expensive white truffles.
It is dressed with 100-year-old balsamic vinegar and the sourdough bread - which costs £5 alone - is sprinkled with powdered €175. That's gold dust to you and me."
Hat tip to Art Scott.
Mystery Scene Update from Kate Stine
Fall Issue #116
Kathy Reichs, William Kent Krueger, Mystery Cookbooks, Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Sister
and much more!
Hi everyone,
We've got a terrific Fall Issue in the works. Kathy Reichs, whose forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan stars in both print and TV, has taken multi-tasking to unprecedented levels. She's a fascinating person and a great interview. We also talk to William Kent Krueger, long known as a "writer's writer," but now a general favorite. Sherlock Holmes gets his comeuppance from a source close to home in Nancy Springer's terrific Enola Holmes YA novels and we review hundreds of the season's best books.
When Brian and I took over Mystery Scene in Fall 2002, our first issue coincided with the one-year anniversary of the September 11th attacks. In remembrance, that first issue offered essays from several crime writers. SJ Rozan's contribution, "My New York," is one of the finest pieces to ever appear in Mystery Scene and one we're proud to offer now at the MS Website.
Look for more contests and giveaways in this newsletter, at our website and in the magazine!
Sincerely,
Kate Stine
Editor-in-Chief
Kathy Reichs, William Kent Krueger, Mystery Cookbooks, Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Sister
and much more!
 |
We've got a terrific Fall Issue in the works. Kathy Reichs, whose forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan stars in both print and TV, has taken multi-tasking to unprecedented levels. She's a fascinating person and a great interview. We also talk to William Kent Krueger, long known as a "writer's writer," but now a general favorite. Sherlock Holmes gets his comeuppance from a source close to home in Nancy Springer's terrific Enola Holmes YA novels and we review hundreds of the season's best books.
When Brian and I took over Mystery Scene in Fall 2002, our first issue coincided with the one-year anniversary of the September 11th attacks. In remembrance, that first issue offered essays from several crime writers. SJ Rozan's contribution, "My New York," is one of the finest pieces to ever appear in Mystery Scene and one we're proud to offer now at the MS Website.
Look for more contests and giveaways in this newsletter, at our website and in the magazine!
Sincerely,
Kate Stine
Editor-in-Chief
Roger Ebert Update
"Roger Ebert presents At the Movies" - Roger Ebert's Journal: "'Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies,' a weekly half-hour film review program, was announced today by its producers, Chaz and Roger Ebert. The program continues the 35-year-old run of a reviewing format first introduced by Gene Siskel and Ebert and later by Ebert and Richard Roeper.
It will return to its birthplace, launching nationally on public television with presenting station WTTW Chicago, where it began in 1975 as 'Opening Soon at a Theater Near You' and then in 1976 as 'Sneak Previews,' became the highest rated entertainment show in PBS history. The original format moved into syndication as 'At the Movies' in 1982 with Tribune Entertainment and a quarter-century with Buena Vista Television."
It will return to its birthplace, launching nationally on public television with presenting station WTTW Chicago, where it began in 1975 as 'Opening Soon at a Theater Near You' and then in 1976 as 'Sneak Previews,' became the highest rated entertainment show in PBS history. The original format moved into syndication as 'At the Movies' in 1982 with Tribune Entertainment and a quarter-century with Buena Vista Television."
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
Police: Texas mom pulls gun on 7th grade students: "A woman believed to be the mother of a Texas seventh-grade volleyball player pulled a gun on a rival team celebrating a lopsided win over her daughter's outmatched squad, officials said Friday."
Hat tip to Art Scott.
A Thriller a Day...
Here's a new blog of interest. I watched many of these episodes back in the Long Ago. I was nearly as tough a grader as these guys!
Update from Peter Enfantino: We welcome your comments and running commentary. In fact, we double dog dare you! John and I were hoping to get together reams of commentary on Thriller for the blog and some of our smarter readers are doing just that for us. Stay tuned to the blog for a Really Big Announcement sometime next week. I can't wait. In fact, I promised Scoleri I wouldn't get in the bath and open my veins (even after watching "Rose's Last Summer") until after the announcement!
Croc Lady
Great pics at the link!
It happens to 16-year-old Andrew Lowing quite often because his mother Vicki lets her three prized pets have the run of their house.
The only difference is that Johnie, Fovian and Jilfia are crocodiles."
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