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"If you were a trilobite or other small Cambrian animal, you did NOT want to see this coming!"

Roadfood's review of Guelaguetza's specialty dish, "chapulines, sprinkled atop a massive clayuda (a sort of tortilla pizza)." Chapulines are a kind of grasshopper. The review continues: "Although we expected just a few arthropods to munch, we were flabbergasted to find nearly 200 interspersed with chorizo, pork, and Oaxacan string cheese. Once we got over the fact that we were eating insects, the grasshoppers’ crunch and garlicky tang were truly fantastic."

Photo: Steve Poole/Rex Features, in the Guardian.

In North America, the first Leonid display should occur around 4 a.m. EST on the morning of Nov. 17. Expect two to three dozen meteors per hour. In Asia, two to three HUNDRED meteors per hour may be visible (about twelve hours later). A NASA spokesman comments: "A remarkable feature of this year's shower is that Leonids will appear to be shooting almost directly out of the planet Mars,"

I just discovered this bizarre animated series from the seventies. There are a bunch of them (apparently mostly in German and Dutch) on YouTube. My kids like them. They kind of remind me of a version of Fantastic Planet for children.

I love this place. As the menu says, "Any hoagie can be ruined with mayo upon request." Their cheesesteaks are actually pretty serious.

"You were born on a spaceship traveling between galaxies and raised by parents from two different planets. You are now old enough to decide your citizenship and set out exploring by yourself. Will you choose planet Kenda or planet Croyd to be your home? This ticket to independence is something you've been dreaming about, but steering your ship around black holes and meteorites alone is not something you were ready for! But there's no time for nostalgia, you must choose a galactic future and begin your citizenship or else you could be left orbiting dark realms with some frightening beasts. Good luck!" The reissued version can be yours for only seven smackers. As a nerdy eleven-year-old, I spent many a happy dorky hour with this book.

He describes the project as a "protest against lingering fascist tendencies" in German society.

"The best reason not to have sex until you’re married is that it makes your sex life so much better after you’re married. When you don’t bring baggage into a sexual marriage relationship things get wild a lot faster. You get to have crazy, awesome, Prince type sex. There’s no memories of other people, no hang ups to work through. It’s just you and your wife getting ridiculous and enjoying the hot sexy good time that holiness makes possible. This is what it sounds like, when doves cry."