Random links
- I’m not saying we should do this! ... Yet neither is it crazy
- From one of the linked articles: "China’s Ministry of Education announced this week plans to phase out majors producing unemployable graduates, according to state-run media Xinhua. The government will soon start evaluating college majors by their employment rates, downsizing or cutting those studies in which less than 60% of graduates fail for two consecutive years to find work." - seems to be a double-negative in that last sentence, but I think you get the point.
- A Cherry Pie, an Apple Pie and a Pumpkin Pie, Each Cooked Inside a Separate Cake, and Then All Cooked Together inside Another Cake
- Finally something to serve after a turducken. A few kinds of fruit, so obviously this much be healthy. Not too difficult to make either considering that the "another cake" seems to be just some (chocolate?) icing.
- A Hard Turn: Better Health on the Highway
- "The six-pack of Coca-Cola he drank each day? Gone. The hamburgers, chips and chocolate he relished? No more. Today, he drinks a protein shake mixed with ice water or soy milk for breakfast, nibbles cantaloupe and red grapes, and makes “sandwiches” with thinly sliced meat and cheese but no bread." Darren's already gotten started on the no bread side. I may need some photographic evidence of him chowing down on a nice green salad to really believe this though.
- Are Americans Ready to Start Drinking Their (Treated) Toilet Water?
- Slowly getting adopted by a few US towns. Been used elsewhere on the planet - e.g. Singapore for longer.