"Sealed"

An amazing story in the Caymanian Compass, a small newspaper I am fond of - I am particularly fascinated by this use of the verb "sealed"....

Bee bit!

Some bees in Cayman had a lucky escape! This is B.'s condo complex, and the video gives you a nice little glimpse of the place (also, why my friend Max, the property manager, is such fun to spend time with!).

In other small-town news, impending showdown at Wednesday Night Run Club! There should be some good coverage in the Cay Compass of the Cayman triathlon, which I'm racing the first weekend in November; I'll definitely link to give a bit of the flavor.

"Well done the biscuit"

"Tabloid readers love pink wafers."

(Peek Freans made an appearance on an episode of Fringe we watched in the last day or two and prompted much mouth-watering on my part: really they make all sorts of cookies, but the one I used to be particularly addicted to in my youth was the classic "fruit creme"....)

Carr/Talese

The perils of the magazine publicity shoot as experienced by reporter David Carr. (The whole piece, by Tom McGeveran, is worthwhile if you're interested in the present-day state of newspapers in the US; and the offending shot can be seen here...)

(Via Bookforum.)

Lost reputations

An interesting profile of Max Mosley by Lucy Kellaway for the Financial Times (site registration required).

The sabbath

Mr. Softee reaches China:

Mr. Softee or Mr. Soft Heart, the English translation of “ruan xin xian sheng” — there is no Mandarin word for Softee — has been a hit, with sales doubling every year since the first truck started rolling three years ago.

There are now five Mr. Soft Heart trucks in Suzhou, and one in the nearby city of Taicang.

“There is a franchising boom going on in China that is similar to what was happening in America in the 1950s and 1960s, so we really jumped in at the right time,” said Alex Conway, the president of Mr. Softee China, whose grandfather James Conway helped found the company in 1956.

Customers like Meng Xiangbo, 19, a college student, have proved Mr. Conway right. He is a regular customer of the Mr. Softee truck that peddles its treats in Suzhou’s university district.

One recent balmy afternoon, Mr. Meng ordered a kiwi sundae.

“They have six flavors,” he said of the sundaes. “I eat a different one every day. On Sunday, I rest.”

Headline news

Can we please have a ban on the formulation "----- whisperer"?!?

Putting it to the bishop

This is an irresponsible illustration for a serious news story! (Thanks to my dad for the link.)

"A pair of human feet with boots on them"

Things found in sharks' stomachs, from the Times Archive blog.

This one might be the best....

This one is an ouroboros!