Never, ever thought I'd be tempted to contribute to PETA. But this is such a darn good cause:
PETA, ever inventive in finding new ways to be outrageous, has hit upon an idea of making Mars a meat-free planet. Toward that end, it has sent a plea to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to make sure this happens, reports Mogulite. How Musk would have that power is an open question.
A South Bend Tribune writer, in describing a new play, unintentionally revealing the decline of civilization:
SOUTH BEND -- The ex-patriot bar owner. The falsely accused innocent man on the run.
The down-and-out broad.
Tiny Roselawn, Ind., makes someone's list of the "10 kinkiest cities in America":
Yeah, well, they've been lamenting "the death of rural America" for 50 years:
Rural America now accounts for just 16 percent of the nation's population, the lowest ever.
Well, I've been hooked both on both cigarettes and the Internet, and this sounds like total and absolute crap to me:
The majority of people feel upset and lonely when they are deprived of access to the internet, according to consumer research.
A new study has revealed that 53 per cent feel upset when denied access and 40 per cent feel lonely if they are unable to go online.
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Perhaps ny quest for the perfect coney dog will lead me to the conclusion that I have to make my own sauce. Here's a recipe from John Whiten of southern Indiana which is claimed to be "the ultimate coney sauce."
John Wilhelm's Coney Island Sauce
3 pounds ground beef
2 19-ounce cans tomato puree
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon mustard
Let's put Michele Bachmann's politics aside for a moment and argue about that another day. The big story in the last few days has been how debilitating her migraine headaches might be:
One former top Bachmann staffer, who denied being a source of the Daily Caller report, told POLITICO the congresswoman's migraines were so prevalent that the entire office and campaign staff — even interns — knew about the problem.
RIP, Borders. From a letter by the company president to employees:
The truth is that Borders has been facing headwinds for quite some time, including a rapidly changing book industry, eReader revolution, and turbulent economy. We put in a valiant fight, but regrettably in the end we weren't able to overcome these external forces.
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