My dad, who’s called Florida home for quite a while now, emailed me the following about goings on there:
The big news here is the struggle to prevent Volusia County adopting the the Diebold touch screen ballot machines. They are bad news, because these Diebold machines do not leave a paper trail and so a manual [...]
Posted July 4, 2005 by Casey Bisson
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NPR’s food essayist Bonny Wolf reported yesterday on the 100th birthday of the popsicle for Weekend Edition Sunday (listen in RealAudio).
Like so many brilliant inventions, it happened by accident in 1905. And through a century of change, it remains a consistent American icon, stick and all.
It all started, apparently, with a forgotten bottle of soda [...]
Posted July 4, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Kitchen. Tags: 100 years, 100th birthday of the popsicle, birthday, fourth of july, fourthofjuly, ice cream novelties, ice cream novelty, july 4, july 4th, july fourth, popsicle, soda pop. Be the first one.
