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Apparently, eating honey doesn’t alleviate allergies. Eating pollen might help.

Apparently, eating honey doesn’t do shit for allergies. Eating pollen might help.
ABC News:
Allergy Myths Revealed
(Courtesy of Matt Friedlander)

Kosher Village Off To A Bad Start

You may recall that the location formerly known as Chickpea, a falafel house off of St. Mark’s Place, was holding a contest to name their restaurant.
Well the winner was announced yesterday. They emailed all contestants that they will now be Kosher Village!
Yeah, I thought that was a pretty lousy name as well and decided to [...]

Own Your Own Island Nation

Have you grown tired of the status quo? Do you dream of having a private island of your own? Maybe a special little place to start your own cult? Just need a place to get away from it all?
Well, PrivateIslandsOnline is just the site for you, search through hundreds of private islands to buy and [...]

Rescuers Fail to Find Priest Carried Aloft by Party Balloons

The headline says it all for this one.
Sometimes I love having a blog, my friends email me a ton of stories, some worth posting, some not so much, some so random that I really have no other choice but to post*.
A Roman-Catholic priest in Brazil was trying to set a world record, you’d think it [...]

US Economy ≠ Recession

From today’s New York Times:
The gross domestic product grew at a 0.6 percent annual rate in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday, holding steady from the last three months of 2007.
The expansion, however slim, came as something of a relief to Wall Street, which had been bracing for a contraction. Many analysts [...]

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