The Internet may be composed of bits of code and bytes of data, but it is built on bacon. Bacon cake, bacon beer, bacon laced with extra bacon, bacon shirts that proclaim an undying love for the crispy goodness, bacon candy, even Kevin Bacon. No corner of pop culture remains
Read More →America’s sweetheart Taylor Swift, 25, was cited last week for public indecency. She was reportedly walking around with her midriff showing, and the sight of her belly button strongly offended several people. One patron was shocked enough to report the incident to the local police. Meredith, Swift’s well-known cat, was
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March 31, 2015 by justin
in Food Dude
It’s been almost four years since American economics lost its biggest food star. In July of 2011, pork bellies were removed from listed commodities traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. For 50 years before then, they served as a kadigan for all commodity trading and the butt of most jokes
Read More →Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain. Too much love drives a man insane. You broke my will, oh what a thrill. Goodness gracious great balls of fire.” -C. Butts Runners-up: “R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Find out what it means to me.” -Paul G.
Read More →Various Artists “Hooray For Branstad” Maximum Ames As the past couple of state elections have clearly shown, Iowa loves Terry Branstad. We might all give him a hard time for the ever-present mustache, but at the end of the day, we think he is a swell guy who genuinely wants
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March 31, 2015 by justin
in Belly Up To...
The struggle of being an adult is real: you have kids, but your friends want you to go out and grab a couple of drinks. The problem is that the babysitter is sick, and Mom and Dad are out of town. So weekend after weekend, you have to tell your
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in What's Brewing?
Des Moines is creeping out of the dreary winter days and dancing into those long awaited, warm summer days. That means it’s time to drop the stouts and amber beers and grab something more seasonally festive. Most people first think of a shandy or a lager for summertime, but there
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March 25, 2015 by justin
in News of the Weird
Even dangerous felons sometimes serve short sentences, but Benito Vasquez-Hernandez, 58 — guilty of nothing — has been locked up for nearly 900 days (as of early March) as a “material witness” in a Washington County, Oregon, murder case. The prosecutor is convinced that Vasquez-Hernandez saw his own son, Eloy,
Read More →Toto “Toto XIV” Frontiers Chances are very good that if you still think of Toto at all, the album you think of is “Toto IV,” and its two No. 1 singles, “Rosanna” and “Africa.” If that is what you are yearning for as you fire up “Toto XIV,” then prepare
Read More →The Iowa State Fair continues to roll out its Grandstand acts for this year’s edition. Latest to be added to the list: “All About That Bass” singer Meghan Trainor. Trainor will take to the stage on Saturday, Aug. 22, with opening act and ticket prices still to be determined as
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