Ancient Grains Archive
On Hating Ma
Ancient Grains, Books
Sep 09, 2013
At least once or twice a year I re-read the entire Little House on the Prairie series, along with all of the Betsy-Tacy books, Lucy Maud Montgomery’s entire oeuvre, and all the Noel Streatfeild books I can get my hands on. Some of these books have aged well, and get even better
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Year’s Most Delightful, Ridiculous Science Experiment Features Toast
Ancient Grains, science
Sep 09, 2013
Turning their attention for the moment from bewildering mice, scientists in Manchester have begun applying their rigorous methods to flinging bread on the floor, in an attempt to determine why toast behaves the way it does.
Food science specialist Professor Chris Smith and his team developed ...Read More
Jaya Catches Up: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and To Kill A Mockingbird
Ancient Grains, Books
Sep 09, 2013
I never realized that a book could have a counterpart written by somebody else until I read Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and realized it stands as a perfect response to To Kill A Mockingbird. Both are written by women, are narrated by young girls with tempers and moody older brothers. Both
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Bible Stories, Continued
Ancient Grains, Books, Religion
Sep 09, 2013
Judges 4:4-21.
And the Lord threw Sisera and all his chariots and all his army into a panic before Barak; Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot, while Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Harosheth-ha-goiim. All the army of Sisera fell by the sword; no one was left.
At that time Deborah,
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Supplements Advertised in the Aug. 2008 Issue of Life Extension Magazine
Ancient Grains, Health
Sep 09, 2013
...which I found in my building's laundry room next to a pair of red high-heeled shoes.
1. (Super) Zeaxanthin w/ Lutein & Meso-Zeaxanthin Plus Astaxanthin
2. Endothelial Defense w/ Glisodin® and CocoaGold
3. Sodzyme®; w/ Glisodin® and Wolfberry
4. (Mega) Silymarin with Isosilybin B
5. SlimSignals w/ Irvingia & Fucoxanthin
6. Cognitex w/ Pregnenolone & Neuroprotection Complex
7. Velvet
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It Is I, The Part of Your Brain That Wants to Speak With an English Accent
Ancient Grains, Humor
Sep 09, 2013
Hullo, old thing! Been a frightfully long time. Don't suppose I've seen you since that school play in sixth grade. Sixth form, rather. Well done, by the by, simply a smashing performance. I truly believed that we were Sherlock Holmes, standing in front of that classroom, our pipe full of bubbles, just like in
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A Call to the Nations of the Commonwealth
Ancient Grains, Meta
Sep 06, 2013
Hello, you various old things. Are you currently reading this Internationally? Are you within reaching distance of a bag, not a carton, of milk? Have you strong opinions about your country of origin's relationship to Elizabeth II? Fantastic. We are holding, just for you, you special darlings, a Commonwealth Nations Day in
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Toast Posts of Note: The Week of September 6th, 2013
Ancient Grains, History
Sep 06, 2013
The only thing that mattered on Monday was Benedict Cumberbatch.
Tuesday, the ghosts of brunching present arrived to chill us to our marrow, and one brave celebrity dared to ask "what is Africa?"
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