Sarah Et Cetera

It seems to me that every winter I find a new album and listen to it incessantly. This year it’s Hold Time by M. Ward. It’s a little folky, a little rockabilly, a little singer-songwriter, a little gospel, a little everything. And I love it. So today’s free for all begins with Her Majesty Mount Zion….

• I Fought the Law…and I Won is an enlightening article about the TSA.
  

  At one point I was informed, “If you have nothing to hide, just answer the question.” I cringed as I listened to the argument used by those who give preeminence to the state over the individual. This line of training had apparently been bred into in these agents and was unfortunately well engrained in whatever type of training they had received.

• Motivational Tips for Every Young Career Woman
• Chanel’s limited-edition Jade nailpolish now selling for upwards of $150.
  

  You’d think even the bleariest 2am blogger would realise that £84 for a miniature shot of something that looks like a plaque removal treatment is a bit steep. But logic and cult status do not roam the plains of desire hand in hand.

• Top 20 Unfortunate Lessons Girls Learn From ‘Twilight’
• 15 Things Worth Knowing about Coffee
• The Social Media Revolution
• Marriage Proposal, Leap Year, 1924
• Top 10 Scariest Scenes in Film
• Pantone’s Color of the Year 2010: Turquoise!
• The Path to Fabulous is Lined with Bumpits
• Pac Man rings set
• A short visual history of Coca-cola
• Is FTD the first internet business, preceeding the internet by some 80 years? (Here I’m thinking of “internet” in the 1994 sense when hyptertext protocol data first begins to exceed file transfer protocol data.)
• From Marcie, scientists create the world’s smallest snowman
• From Skillzy, Man in a Lady Wig. He sent that to me because he knows I totally have a crush on the UPS artist guy, with the long black hair and big nose. He’s hott. Even if he is wearing a lady wig.
• Via Maggie’s Farm: The Day We Killed John Lennon
• Science Cookies: Gel Electrophoresis!

First stop Bacon, next stop Shangri La

• The Bacon Cake (is real!)
• Scientists grow pork meat in a laboratory! Step carefully– this slope is slippery.
• Related, from Apollo: HAMN! Just like God used to make!
• Bacon braised green beans
• Bacons Featuring Sticks
  1. Chocolate-covered bacon… ON A STICK!

  2. Candied bacon… ON A STICK!

• Cookies Made More Loving with Bacon
  1. If you don’t have a stick, you can put your Candied bacon in chocolate chip cookies . It’ll be safe and happy there.
  2. Chocolate Chip Maple Bacon
• The 90s Salad. Do all decades have salads? What are some others?
• Soups Made More Boss with Bacon
  1. Creamy chicken corn chowder
  2. Lighter New England clam chowder
  3. Celeriac
  4. Idaho baked potato
• Noodles Made More Fancy with Bacon
  1. Chanterelle, bacon and spinach pasta
  2. Spinach fettucine with cauliflower and bacon
  3. Bacon and cabbage pasta
• Pigeon Devils on Horseback
• Clams Casino
• Squeeze bacon (That’s from Apollo too.)
• Turkey, cranberry, brie, and bacon panini
• Cinnamon-sugar bacon is part of The Bacon Experiments, which sound like a damn fine idea all ways.
• Bacon-wrapped pork chops with apples and onions
• Bacon and cheddar stuffed mushrooms
• Bacon flavored envelopes.