August 28, 2008 10:00 AM -
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The Omnivore's Hundred: How many have you tried? —
Filed under: On the Blogs, Lists, EuropeAndrew, an English food writer who co-authors a blog called Very Good Taste, creates a little list. The list is, in his words, things "every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life." He calls it the Omnivore's Hundred and suggests readers cut and paste it to their own blogs. Two weeks later the list has exploded into a major internet meme. Andrew has more than 500 comments on the post and the Omnivore's Hundred has 170,000 Google results to its name. Something about the idea of being able to quantify...
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After NYC Triathlon competitors complained of jellyfish in the Hudson Rivers, attention is now on why the marine animals have appeared about a month early. The NY Times says one theory is "recent winds from the south that blew away the sea’s warmer surface water, allowing an upwelling of cold water," creating a perfect environment for the lion's mane breed of jellyfish. And marine biologist tells the Sun the Sea Nettle breed's stings can "really hurt." But the sting aren't considered dangerous, unless someone has an allergy....
