Category Archives: Food

So This Is What’s For Dinner?

Posted on September 13, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at Pizzeria Da Macro in Bethesda–it’s the first item under “Antipasti” at the top of the menu: Arguably, it’s not the most appetizing presentation…

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Next Time, Just Spit in the Food

Posted on August 28, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

The fast food chain Jimmy John’s doesn’t realize how fortunate they are (boldface mine): The government is ordering a Jimmy John’s franchisee to rehire workers who were fired after putting up posters suggesting that the people making customers’ sandwiches could … Continue reading →

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My Commenters Are Smarter Than I Am: The Salad Delivery Drone Edition

Posted on April 29, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

In response to “The Internet of Boring Things“, becca describes a brilliant startup bidness concept: Boring? Are you kidding? I have been trying to figure out why no one is using all this data mining to sell me a service … Continue reading →

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Charters, Tenure, and Hungry Kids

Posted on January 12, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

So it appears a principal at a charter school was fired because she didn’t want to humiliate low-income children who needed food: Former Peak to Peak elementary principal Noelle Roni said Sunday she was fired by the Lafayette charter school … Continue reading →

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Two More Reasons Why We Need a National Sick Day Policy

Posted on December 24, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve discussed the astonishing lack of self-interest in opposing a sick day policy before, but two CDC reports make it clear why we need a national sick day policy. Reason one (boldface mine): Twenty percent of workers said that they … Continue reading →

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New Chicken Microbial Survey Reveals Very Little That’s New

Posted on December 20, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Before I get into the meat of the post (SEE WHAT I DID THERE?), let me state for the record that I think the U.S. needs to do much more in terms of limiting antibiotic use in agriculture, especially since … Continue reading →

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Xocolata

Posted on December 2, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed at the United States Botanical Garden, Washington D.C.: Probably worth reminding people about the impending Chocolate Wars…

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The Resource War No One Expects?

Posted on October 26, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Well, this does not bode well (boldface mine): The world will officially run out on October 2, 2020… Confectionery giants revealed there are just not enough cocoa plantations across the globe to feed the demand. They warned we would need … Continue reading →

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What Really Worries Me About the Salmonella-Chicken Outbreak

Posted on October 15, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

In the midst of all of the Republican debt ceiling/government shutdown lunacy, one of the casualties has been the CDC’s inability to respond to a Salmonella outbreak that has currently sickened hundreds of people in twenty states and territories throughout … Continue reading →

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Missing the Point on Working While Sick

Posted on October 11, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

CNN has a piece “Why you shouldn’t go to work sick” that really doesn’t get the reality of the workplace. While there’s some good advice (notably, try to avoid going to work and making everyone else sick), it misses the … Continue reading →

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