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Organic Bacon Treats

I have to be honest with you, readers. My roommate, Marianne, can be a little stingy with the treats. Sometimes I go to the office with her to help out, and for all my efforts I get, like, two treats…
Brutus
June 30, 2008
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Roger Bacon – c1214-1294

Considered by some to be the first scientist, Roger Bacon was a Franciscan friar and English philosopher known for his emphasis on empirical research and experimentation. Bacon studied at Oxford at the tender age of 13, and later became an…
Marianne
June 28, 2008
Bacon Recipes

Breakfast Cake

Wow. You have to go check out this amazing, step-by-step recipe/photo journal of a breakfast cake. At first sight, I wasn't overly excited, because it just looks like cake. But you have to read through the whole process. This thing…
Marianne
June 27, 2008
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Can you imagine a world with Toaster Bacon?

In 1962, Arnold Barach dared to dream of a bright future, a world filled with ultrasonic dishwashers, electronic teaching machines, and yes, toaster bacon. Of course! It's genius! Pre-cooked bacon sealed in aluminum pouches that can be easily re-heated by…
Marianne
June 26, 2008
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The Bacon Shop

Internet, I love you. You let people do and say whatever they want, and you don't judge them for it. If people want to shout their political views, you give them a soapbox to stand on. If they want to…
Marianne
June 25, 2008
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Why I’m Voting for Barack

I don't know if any of you watch The View, but Michelle Obama appeared with those crazy ladies last week. They did a piece on breakfast where a nutritionist informed us that it IS the most important meal of the…
Marianne
June 23, 2008
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Nathaniel Bacon

Nathaniel Bacon was a wealthy diplomat in the young colony of Virginia, best known for his instigation of the Virginia Rebellion, now called Bacon's Rebellion. Frustrated by high taxes, low tobacco prices and favoritism shown by Virginia's Governor William Berkeley,…
Marianne
June 21, 2008
Bacon Gifts

Bacon-Wrapped Dental Hygiene

Love to eat, but hate to floss? Me, too! I won't elaborate on my mental process, but the very thought of flossing kind of grosses me out. That's why the good folks at Archie McPhee have done it again. Bacon…
Marianne
June 20, 2008
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Bacon Hippos

In the tradition of seeing the Virgin Mary on your tortilla or the Shroud of Turin on your toast, this nice lady saw a vision of hippos in her rashers. And I think this may be a true miracle, because…
Marianne
June 19, 2008
Bacon Art

American (Bacon) Graffiti

How bored are kids today when they go out and deface a public phone? And what does it say about our society when they've ceased to use swear words or gang affiliations, and begun to idolize bacon? Is it a…
Marianne
June 18, 2008
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Birthday Bacon

As I mentioned yesterday, we had one heck of a party to celebrate our good friend Naseem last weekend. Wine tasting was followed by wine drinking, followed by many taxi-cabs and occasionally getting shushed by my husband for talking too…
Marianne
June 17, 2008
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Kevin Bacon: Side Note

My husband was so mad that I didn't include Tremors in Kevin Bacon's list of hits. I was all, "I think it can be lumped in with his late-eighties slump." And he's like, "Nuh-uh. Tremors was made in the nineties."…
Marianne
June 16, 2008
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Bacon Feather

Well it's Monday again, and once again I'm overwhelmed and under prepared. The good news is that we had an awesome weekend celebrating Naseem's birthday with much wine and bacon-wrapped filet. (Delicious steak photos to follow soon.) In the meantime,…
Marianne
June 16, 2008
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Kevin Bacon 1958 – Eternity

Born in Philadelphia, Kevin Bacon is the youngest of six children. His prolific film career began in 1982 with the critically acclaimed Diner. It was with 1984's Footloose, however, that Kevin became a Hollywood icon. Although he experienced an artistic…
Marianne
June 14, 2008
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It’s Time for Bacon!

See this crazy kid? See how he's dancing for the sheer love of bacon? That song he's jamming to is written by one of the Society's favorite rock stars and product reviewers, Parry Gripp. You may know Parry as a…
Marianne
June 13, 2008
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Wake & Bake Redefined

I used to have a roommate who religiously did the wake & bake, something I found pretty irritating most days, since he had to walk through my bedroom to get to the bathroom for his morning shower. (Worst house design…
Marianne
June 12, 2008
Bacon Gifts

The Eternal Struggle Rages On

It's a question as old as time: to meat, or not to meat. I know lots of vegetarians, and just as many former vegetarians who fell off the old meat-wagon. If you were struggling to control your carnivorous instincts, can…
Marianne
June 11, 2008
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