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Carny concessionaires have taken to selling deep-friend Twinkies, doing big
business with artery-clogging horripilations:
In what may be the biggest setback for the war on fat since supersize
fries, Americans are scarfing down thousands of the gooey, calorie-laden
snack cakes at county fairs and restaurants across the country.
"We sold 26,000 Twinkies in 18 days. People drove for hours just to taste
our Twinkie," said Rocky Mullen, who sells the deep-fried, cream-filled
treats for $3 (U.S.) each at the Payallup Fair, 50 kilometres south of
Seattle.
As if Twinkies are not sweet enough already, vendors such as Mr. Mullen add
chocolate or berry sauce and sprinkle powdered sugar on top...
Hearing about Mr. Sell's invention, Hostess, the company that makes the
71-year-old snack, started promoting deep-fried Twinkies to state and
county fairs, where a captive population of junk-food addicts began
gobbling them up between pig races and tractor-pull competitions.
How bad are they for your health? After deep-frying, a Twinkie packs an
estimated 400 calories and 28 grams of fat.
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"rssflowersalignright"I've gotten to know Phil Ringalda over the last few weeks
in all the discussions about RSS 2.0, and I like him, and would like to work
with him in the future. I don't say that lightly. This evening he posted a note
[1] on his weblog that he was giving up trying to get RDF to make sense inside
RSS. As I read his essay I could feel two-plus years of exhaustion overwhelm
me. I found myself writing a comment after his essay saying, among other things
"RSS is not a brilliant format. It is a compromise. It is for syndicating news
feeds. That's all it is for, for the 18,000th time." It's time for RDF to pack
its bags and leave. RSS deserves some dignity, as does RDF. Emphatically, once
and for all, they are not the same thing. Peace be with you RDF. Leave RSS
alone. Thank you.
[1] http://philringnalda.com/archives/002330.php