Along the lines of a couple of books by Michael Pollan (In Defense of Food & The Omnivore’s Dilemma) that I’ve been reading lately, here is a opinion article from the Strib that caught my eye.
The myth of cheap food.
As I was checking something out on Wikipedia today I had a random thought about the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Could I get to Kevin Bacon on Wikipedia from the page I was currently on? Let’s find out.
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WARNING: Spoilers ahead. Turn back if you do not want to know plotlines (or holes in plotlines) from Terminator Salvation. You have been warned.
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So I was reading an article in the Strib today about a murder in Minneapolis’ north side. Generally reading about a murder doesn’t signify good times, except when I caught that it was the city’s 5th homicide of the year. Only the 5th? This time last year? Sixteen. Crime tends to trend with bad times… and we all know last year was a rough year. Maybe this is another sign of better times on the way?
