SLB skills competition / Bog bodies, Myspace deaths, sex offenders / Marie Callender's Honey Butter

Found four emails of note before I start updating on the night. One's from Andrea, to say that she couldn't make it tonight because she wasn't feeling well (as Jen had told us earlier). Another one's from Randal, who commiserates with me on my previous blog topic... what else are friends for? Then there's one from Steph and Eric: they want me to look at certain things, but I'm not going to do that till later!

There are a bunch of SLB-related emails, too: Jon can't remember whom to forward this to, although we usually send it along to those who haven't participated in it yet. Steph says that it is an ALL-STAR event, and jokes that no rookies should be included, haha. She's in, although she WAS going to watch her food intake before this, so feels she shouldn't... and has added Phil, Melia, and Angus to the list. Watching your food intake is NOT an option for these dinners, let me tell you!

Phil says he and Melia can't make it as they have a family dinner, and has a suggestion to make the night feel more like the REAL all-star game: "We seriously should have a skills competition, like who can eat a whole steaming "basket" of baos fastest, who can shove the most SLBs in their mouth at once, etc." Danielle just replied to ask whether he was insane since she anticipates a LOT of vomiting and third-degree burns, so I'm gonna say something about the old Roman orgies and their vomitoriums! Too bad Shanghai Wind doesn't have one, hahaha. Speaking of email, I'll email Chinese Eric right now to see whether he's still up for tomorrow night!


Today's Sacrificial Yet Truly Morbid Fact!

Archaeologists have unveiled two Iron Age "bog bodies" which were found in the Republic of Ireland. The bodies, which are both male and have been dated to more than 2,000 years old, probably belong to the victims of a ritual sacrifice. In common with other bog bodies, they show signs of having been tortured before their deaths. The first body dropped off a peat-cutting machine in February 2003 in Clonycavan, near Dublin. The forearms, hands, and lower abdomen are missing: they are believed to have been hacked off by the machine. The second was found in May the same year in Croghan, just 25 miles (40km) from Clonycavan. Old Croghan Man, as it has become known, was missing a head and lower limbs. It was discovered by workmen clearing a drainage ditch through a peat bog.

Clonycavan Man was a young male no more than 5ft 2in tall (1.6m). Beneath his hair, which retains its unusual "raised" style, was a massive wound caused by heavy cutting object that smashed open his skull. Old Croghan Man was also young - probably in his early to mid 20s - but much taller than his counterpart from 25 miles away. Scientists worked out from the length of his arms that he would have stood around 6ft 6in tall (2.0m). He had been horrifically tortured before death. His nipples had been cut, and he had been stabbed in the ribs. A cut on his arm suggested he had tried to defend himself during the attack that ended his life. The young man was later beheaded and dismembered. Hazel ropes were passed through his arms before he was buried in the bog.

Culled from: BBC News
Generously submitted by: Scott

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Check out the link for some lovely pics of the corpses!

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Clarification Du Jour!

Regarding yesterday's photograph of the Frenchman being executed, apparently I had the description wrong, per RAS:

"On today's entry, I noted your picture of a Frenchman at the moment bullets hit him. Actually, that is a picture of a French collaborator with the Nazis, not a French Resistance fighter."

Sorry for the flub! I need to remember to check these things before I send them out!

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Morbid Link Du Jour!

Here's the perfect site for the morbid voyeur in all of us: My Death Space. It contains links to deceased Myspace members, along with details of how they died. Compelling stuff. I am completely addicted.

Thanks to Dave for the link.

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Ghastly!

Brian Peppers is definitely the creepiest sex offender on the face of the earth. No, make that in the entire universe!!!

*shudder!!!*

Thanks to Dave for the link.


Marie Callender's Honey Butter

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Serving Size: 1 Preparation Time: 0:00
Categories: Copycat, Spreads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

1/4 pound Butter
1/2 cup Honey
6 slices Bacon; cook crisp -- crumble

Beat butter in a 1-1/2 quart bowl with electric mixer, high speed, till light and fluffy. Gradually on reduced speed, beat in honey and bacon, beating till thoroughly combined and smooth. Keep refrigerated in covered container to serve within a week.