This, That, And The Other Thing

I don’t know if you’ve caught wind of it, but there’s a vast recall of processed food products underway due to the discovery of salmonella in a very common flavoring ingredient called Hydrolized Vegetable Protein (HVP). It’s in just about anything that uses those powdered flavoring packets like soup mixes and rice dishes, as well as salad dressings, luncheon meats, and practically any other processed food product you care to mention. This webpage at a food website called Friends Eat.com has the complete list of products presently under recall, but one of the challenges with this particular recall is that no one is sure exactly how many different products are involved. Probably the most widely-known product on the list is Pringles Potato Crisps, but I’ll bet you’ll find something you use on this list.

One of the nicknames for the state of Michigan is “The Wolverine State”, and the mascot of the University of Michigan is the wolverine, so this is pretty embarassing for them: the last known wolverine in Michigan has been found dead in the woods. So I guess now it’s just “The State”. Maybe the football team can change its name to “The Fighting Schembechlers”, after their legendary coach. Or maybe they could name themselves after filmmaker/firebrand and Michigander Michael Moore…he sort of looks like a wolverine, if you squint.

Here’s a story about a German history professor who has come up with the novel theory that the Dark Ages never happened. He claims that it’s a giant hoax engineered by the ancient Holy Roman Emperor Otto III, who somehow convinced the Pope to move the calendar up by 300 years so that he could say he was the king of the millennium, and then subsequently got everybody in Europe to go along with it and make up historical figures like Charlemagne. This guy HAS to be a Republican.

Proving that people will buy shit if it’s marketed cleverly enough, here is an $11,000 watch made out of fossilized dinosaur turds.

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