Ancient Grains Archive
This Week in Reading: Jeff Himmelman and Robert Sawyer
Ancient Grains, Books
Jul 22, 2013
Hey! I've probably mentioned this, but I'm in Canada for a lot of the summer, because my mother just had another knee replacement (moms, right?), so my reading habits are firmly in Rural Canadian mode. Which is to say: plenty of re-reading, and finding out how successful my familial book recommendations have
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On the Bike
Ancient Grains, Fitness
Jul 22, 2013
I’m working in my kit again. I thought I could escape, but then my phone started nagging. So I sat down to answer it and to reply to that other thing, and to edit that one thing and to make that other thing. Sitting still is hard. I just want to go
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Women of the Starship Enterprise
Ancient Grains, Artwork, Cartoons
Jul 22, 2013
During its legendary first five-year mission under Captain James T. Kirk, the USS Enterprise gave a start to some of the most well-known and well-decorated officers in all of Starfleet. Several of those now-famous officers were women: who doesn't know the names Nyota Uhura, Christine Chapel, Janice Rand? They stand as an
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A Day In The Life Of the Former Mrs. Louis C.K.
Ancient Grains, Writing
Jul 22, 2013
Previously: A Day in the Life of Dr. Oz
"We'll be there for forty-five minutes, tops," Derek had said. "I just promised Angela we would come by. I'm sorry. I really am. But I swear it won't be that bad."
Alix had rolled her eyes at him. "My one night out this whole
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Words of Summer: Popsicle
Ancient Grains, History
Jul 22, 2013
The iconic popsicle has one of those “accidental” creation stories that we love (not unlike the truffle.) As the apocryphal story has it, one day in 1905, a ten-year-old boy named Frank Epperson left a cup filled with powdered soda,
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Royal Baby Watch Level OT-VIII and Bonus Hidden News Item
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Jul 22, 2013
Breaking News: the changeling on CNN's copyediting desk has drawn the circle and begun the incantation.
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Cocktail Hour
Ancient Grains, Open Thread
Jul 19, 2013
Today's Cocktail Hour courtesy of reader Jenna, who referred us to the Toast Marketing Board.
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The World If Caber-Tossing Had Been the Scottish Sport That Made It Big
Ancient Grains, Humor
Jul 19, 2013
Business Jargon:
"He really came in at 12:00 on that pitch meeting."
"Craig, you let the bottom end fall towards you on this one."
"Oh, he'll toss it if someone else carries it."
"Jane has a 87% mindset and a 63% track record."
Country Club Culture:
Women, Jews, and people of color are permitted to play, but must
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