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‘a week is a long time in politics.’
‘harold wilson
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source credit gary larson, the far side
our friend, the birthday queen
celebrates
with a relaxed and festive pool party
we go around the circle
sharing stories of our connections
while she glows and cheers the day.
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‘your time on earth is limited, don’t try to age with grace.
age with mischief, audacity, and a damn good story to tell.
-author unknown
Trout, mushrooms in wine, sardines—these are just three of the 900 ice cream flavors enjoyed at the Heladeria Coromoto ice cream parlor in Merida, Venezuela. The shop offers the world’s largest selection of ice cream flavors, and there are seemingly no limits to the variety of tastes for the most adventurous of palettes, all of them all-natural. “If you eat the spaghetti with cheese ice cream, it has real spaghetti and cheese in it,” says manager, Jose Ramiraz.
His first attempt was avocado, and he wasted over 50kg of ice cream trying to perfect it. Now, it’s a local favorite, and can be paired with a number of flavors such as sweetcorn or black bean, as well as mango or coconut to bring out its sweetness.
The shop serves locals and tourists from all over. There are about 60 flavors offered in the shop at any given time and the flavors are changed according to the season. Among the bizarre selections, one can find more traditional flavors like chocolate or vanilla.
Being in Venezuela, there are also plenty made with rum, such as rum-and-raisin. Some odd-named flavors include British Airways, I’m Sorry, Darling, and the blue-hued Viagra Hope, which is made of honey and pollen, but shares the bright, sky blue shade of its namesake.
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‘you can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream.
it’s like a sauce!’
-chris pratt
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source credit: Gastro Obscura
Saline tween turns rocks into college fund:
Eleven-year-old Tucker Lambert hopes money earned from his startup – he digs rocks out of neighboring farm fields and sells them to landscapers – will pay for him to attend the University of Michigan, M-Live reports.
The rocks, if left in the ground, would damage farm equipment, so Tucker digs them out and sells them from $1 to $50 depending on the size.
Customers can buy the rocks by setting up an appointment with his father. If you don’t need any rocks, you are welcome to contribute to his GoFundMe campaign here.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/tuckers-rocks
Tucker’s Rocks est. 2024 Rocks, Stones Boulders, Landscaping Rocks
From Dad:
My 11 year old son has collected rocks for 2 years now. Tucker is a very busy young man. He collects the rocks from local farmers’ fields. He sells these to save money for his future college fund.
Tucker does all this with one four wheeler and one wagon. He digs the rocks out with a shovel. He is a small operation, located in Saline, Michigan.
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“build your house on the rock of learning;
no one can take your education away from you.”
– john spence
here we meet again
my former kindergarten student
now at the annual Ann Arbor art fair
having grown into a wonderful human
and innovative artist.
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‘creativity is like scientific research in that it involves things that haven’t been done before. as such, creative endeavors are essentially experiments, and if they really unique, you have no idea what will happen.’
-tina seeling
* tina seeling is an american educator, entrepreneur, and author of 17 books on creativity and innovation. she is a faculty member at Stanford University and currently the executive director of the Knight-Hennesy Scholars.