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"Burger chain Burgerville in Washington and Oregon is known for using local ingredients and sustainable business practices to make fast food that's healthier and more environmentally conscious. To better inform customers of what they're eating, they've been printing customized nutritional information on receipts with the Nutricate System since August. Cabel Sasser of cable.name put up a scan of his receipt outlining the calorie, fiber, fat, and carbohydrate content of the items he bought, minus the ingredients he left off when ordering. (Alas, he didn't order any beef-based burgers.)" - suzanne from Bookmarklet

I guess a father has to have priorities in life...ugh. - John E. Bredehoft

"We should all feel a little gross about this: After a 26-year run, Reading Rainbow is done because nobody will pony up the dough to renew the broadcast rights. It’s partially due to a funding crunch, reports NPR, and due to a “shift in the philosophy of educational television programming,” that started under Bush. So you can file this as another damning piece of that administration’s legacy." - suzanne from Bookmarklet

FORT WORTH, Texas – The soldier who was photographed fighting the Taliban in his boxer shorts says he's glad to be back home in Texas after his yearlong deployment to Afghanistan — especially on the Fourth of July. Specialist Zachary Boyd says he initially thought he'd get in trouble after an Associated Press photo showed him with other soldiers behind sandbags — while wearing his pink boxers and flip-flops, plus his helmet and bulletproof vest. The Fort Worth soldier said he had jumped up from a nap when his unit came under fire and didn't want to waste time putting on his uniform. But Boyd has been praised for his courage. And now that he's home in Fort Worth he says his boxers will be displayed in the 1st Infantry Division museum at Fort Riley, Kansas. - suzanne from Bookmarklet

The motorcyclist, a 57-year-old Ventura man, was killed about 12:22 p.m. on southbound Highway 101 near Camarillo Springs Road when he collided with a roughly 30-foot motor home driven by Michael Antoine, 68, of Thousand Oaks, said Officer Terry Uhrich of the California Highway Patrol’s Moorpark office. Antoine did not have time to react and struck the back of the low-slung custom motorcycle, causing it to become stuck under the front of the RV, authorities said. The motorcyclist was thrown from the bike, run over by the motor home and dragged underneath for about 75 feet, Uhrich said. Unable to steer, Antoine continued about 500 feet and hit the center divider, Uhrich said.The motorcyclist and Antoine were both traveling about 55 mph when the collision occurred in the right lane, authorities said. Witnesses and Antoine later told authorities that the motorcyclist had made obscene hand gestures, pulled in front of the motor home, then slowed down dramatically, Uhrich said. - suzanne from Bookmarklet

When you are a crazy road rage driver it's a good rule to NOT start shit with vehicles that are bigger than you are. It's to bad this guy died but he was being a dumb-ass. - suzanne

ouch - Katie: Witch Of The West

Kirk Herbstreit took on the big boys when he was Ohio State University's quarterback in the early 1990s. Now, he's taking on a giant: the Internal Revenue Service. In March, the Buckeye-turned-ESPN commentator sued the IRS for rejecting a $330,000 tax deduction he and his wife, Allison, took for donating their house to the Upper Arlington Fire Division. The donation -- and the deduction -- have been common for at least two decades for Upper Arlington residents who wanted to build new homes on property where old homes resided. Firefighters have used the old houses for training and burn-down exercises. Columbus lawyer Terry Grady said the IRS didn't challenge the deductions until 2004 -- the year the Herbstreits donated their house. - suzanne from Bookmarklet

A tissue box that lets you use regular tissues or a roll of toilet paper. via Kirtsy $38 at Molla Space - suzanne from Bookmarklet

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Brock Lesnar is well on his way to becoming mixed martial arts' biggest name. As he showed in UFC 100, he's already its biggest jerk. - suzanne from Bookmarklet

What can I say, I've watched boxing since I was a kid and enjoy MMA when there is a good fight to be had but this fight was probably the most brutal thing I've seen in quite awhile. Brock was worked into such a lather I thought he was literally going to kill Frank Mir. It seemed his sole intent was not to be the better fighter but to do as much damage to Mir's face as possible. His... more... - suzanne