today’s food find at the alemany farmer’s market, originally uploaded by tiki.robot.

squash blossoms and some kind of japanese mushroom. the mushroom lady
said they’re called nematodes but I think I must have heard wrong
because the internet tells me that nematodes are worms.

may

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I was talking to Bobslobster about the crazy scheme that some people on Reddit came up with to buy some unemployed person a $600 Jet Blue All-You-Can-Jet pass and have them run wacky missions around the country for a month. Mister Lobster had no idea what I was talking about, because he doesn’t read the AskReddit portion of the site. The fact that this ridiculousness was organized in two days is stunning. For those who missed it, here is a recap:

• On August 17, Reddit user hiS_oWn posts this question, and offers to kick in $100 towards the ticket:
  

  Anyone else remember that JetBlue $600 for a month deal? What if we sponsor some unemployed redditor to travel around and do stuff for us, like courier packages, or do requests for us as compensation?

• Redditor mr-oblivious creates a subreddit where candidates can post their resumes for consideration to be the Reddit Traveler.
• Redditor mustardhamsters creates a KickStarter project to start to raise funds for the ticket.
• On August 18, Redditor Saydrah offers to screen the candidates for the Reddit Traveler position.
• On August 19, the KickStarter Project receives the required $680 in funds, about three hours after it was started.
• Saydrah starts a voting thread, where redditors are asked to select their top choice among six candidates that have been screened over the phone.
• Redditor arunan volunteers to tally the votes. The results are posted here. Redditors draynen and 77or88 are almost tied for the most votes.
• Saydrah asks for more donations, so that two travelers can be sent, instead of just one.
• An hour later, Foodproof donates $500, bringing the total to more than $1600.
• hiS_oWn posts the official update, announcing both draynen, a filmmaker from Seattle, and 77or88, a recent college grad from Ohio as winners of the Travel Challenge. Donors are invited to suggest “reddit missions” and redditors are invited to arrange hosting in the /r/reddittraveljetblue subreddit.
  

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These are teh cuuuutest sandwiches I’ve ever seen. The creators are hoping to publish a book showing you how to incorporate new foods into a child’s meal by distracting them from what they’re actually eating.

I dunno, I think I’d be a little afraid to eat winnie-the-pooh. That could lead to years of bad karma.

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via reddit

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