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phew! glad of that us perverse types gotta stick together

Kale is a very healthy vegetable. I kept seeing it in Woolworths but never thought much of it. Now I need to try it.

sciatica is somewhat a stubborn thing.

Wisconsin used to have a cheese law long ago. From June 1935 until March 1937, restaurants were legally required to serve small amounts of cheese and butter with every meal.

In a pinch, monterey jack can make a kinda-ok substitute for mozzarella.

wax-cased round shape is functional, to ease the back burden of cheesemakers when moving their cheese, by rolling instead of hefting the heavy cheese wheels. presumably, this would make it easier for somebody else to move their cheese, as well. [there is a joke hidden in there somewhere ]

"Who Moved My Cheese" is a highly regarded self-improvement book.

in Bjurholm, Sweden, there is an exclusive cheese made from moose milk. moose milk is the most expensive in the world, at $500 a pound.

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An "author", and I use that term loosely, actually tried to pass off a book titled Hamster Huey And the Gooey Kablooey as an original story when she really ripped off the title and idea from Calvin and Hobbes. Bill Watterson never really told what Calvin's favorite bedtime story is all about, he left that to the reader's imagination, much like the "noodle incident". The author's "book" is more like a pamphlet because it's only 8 pages long, the story is boring and the illustrations are lame. Worst of all, all the positive reviews for the book were written by people who live near the publisher.

So, even if you're a big fan of Calvin and Hobbes (and who isn't?), do not buy this story. It's a rip-off.

New York restaurant owner and chef Daniel Angerer crafted a cheese made from his nursing wife's breast milk. He received a lot of criticism for his novel invention.

I learned that "corn hole" is a bean bag game. At work, I make overhead announcements. We have a safe, fenced-in area called "the secure area". Staff asked me to announce "corn hole in the secure area". I asked a nurse and she said it was a bean bag game. I told her I thought staff was playing a practical joke and I was glad she cleared that up for me.