How I cooked before I had kids

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Urban homesteading

Who would have thought a family of four in Pasadena could live on $30,000 a year? Maybe this urban homesteading thing will catch on.



Check out their web site here.

Happy Valentine's Day: World's chocolate supply may run out by 2014

The Daily Mail reports that there may be a severe chocolate drought within the next few years. The reason is that political unrest in the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) has become so bad that cocoa farmers are fleeing the area. 80% of the world's cocoa comes from West Africa, and at least half of that from the Ivory Coast region.

According to Angus Kennedy, a leading British chocolatier, "Supplies of sustainable cocoa are set to run out, it's that simple. The Ivory Coast is a complete no-go area for cocoa traders as it's too dangerous, so training new farmers and trying to cut problems in the region is now mostly impossible."

A quick note to you guys: Stock up now, especially since Valentine's Day is just around the corner. If you think the protests and riots in Egypt are bad...

Cremated remains rescued from burning funeral home

From the Associated Press:

Residents and firefighters have removed caskets, a body and cremated remains from a burning funeral home in mid-Michigan's Shiawassee County.

Whew! That was close.

What comes after the "happily ever after"...

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An undeniable truth (1/27/11)

When we start passing laws in an effort to "protect the children," it isn't long before we're all treated as children.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the early 1900s

Part of a panoramic shot of Minneapolis in 1905. (link)

Here's the rest. (link)

Courthouse and City Hall, circa 1905. (link)

Downtown, 1908, where City Center is currently located. (link)

This is your last warning...really

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Etiquette tip for the president

If you're the one enforcing the sexual molestation going on at our nation's airports, you don't get to joke about it.

"I made you a mix CD because I love you!"