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Bill Keaggy — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:01:06 +0000

Forgot to mention that I was on St. Louis Public Radio a little while back. Just talking projects and such. Scroll down; I’m segment 3. Oops, was on TV too!

So, now to the really important stuff…

This person made a chair out of a shopping cart.
Photos of Vintage Supermarkets, Grocery & Convenience Stores on Flickr.
Speaking of grocery stores, here are 6 subtle ways you’re getting screwed at the grocery store from the ever-fabulous Cracked.
And finally, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, but what a horrible idea: Candwich Debuts: Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwich In A Can.

Finally, we’ve added 600 new scans of found lists so now we’re only several thousand behind (although 2,900 are posted here). Links are in the right column.

So, what’ve you been up to?

Bill Keaggy — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:23:24 +0000

So. Yes. Sometimes things slow down around here. Let’s speed it up a little with another big round-up post.

FIRSTLY,

Filmly: Ever wonder how abandoned shopping carts end up where they do? Check out this great short film by Jesse Rosten.

Cart – The Film from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

Lostly: For more on the subject be sure to see “The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification.”

Minely: And of course you already know I wrote a book based on this very site. Right? You knew that didn’t you? It’s called “Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found” and you can buy it. Or you could buy my other book.

SECONDLY,

Creeply: The creepiest refrigerator of all time? I think I’ve seen worse. In fact, if you want creepy try looking at these gross food packages, or this amazing mask, or anything on this page.

Bestly: There is a rumor that this is the world’s best pancake recipe. Let’s all try it and see.

Cholesteroly: I can vouch for this apple dumpling recipe, though. Made it. Insane. Yum.

Mathly: If you’d rather skip the heart attack, then try making a mathematically correct breakfast — yes, a real Mobius Sliced Linked Bagel.

LASTLY,

Linky: I added my del.icio.us feed as a linkblog on the keaggy.com home page, making that the first design change to the page since I posted that layout in 2002.

Run-on-sentencey: Last month I went to SXSWi and had fun and met cool people I’d only known online and saw others I hadn’t seen in a long time and I came home inspired to make things but not quite sure what then it hit me that while there are hundred of funny and strange periodic tables out there on the web there was no periodic table that rounded up the best of the periodic tables. So I made one.

Oh, and here’s the token grocery link: Healthy Eating Begins at the Supermarket — Learn to efficiently shop for healthy foods.

Later.

Big-ass link roundup

Bill Keaggy — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:23:03 +0000

Oh yes, I have been unforgivably remiss in posting new, useful, weird and/or amazing list- and food-related links lately. Let me try to make it up to you right now.

Specimen #1: A completely insane apple dumpling recipe
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/02/apple_dumplings/
I made these New Year’s Eve. Even though I had some champagne that night, I ended up having a butter hangover instead. Awesome. Photo above ©Ree Drummond (Via Fluid Pudding)

Specimen #2: Match & Munch Sandwich Cutters (Set of 4 Puzzle Shapes)
http://www.spoonsisters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=100&Product_Code=67401
Even though I hate to encourage the cutting off of crusts, these sandwich slicers are pretty cool.

Specimen #3: 7 Foods That Should Never Cross Your Lips
http://www.prevention.com/7foodsthatshouldnever/
Is your food loaded with toxins and chemicals? Prevention magazine has some simple swaps to protect yourself.

Specimen #4: Salinger Grocery Lists to be Published
http://glossynews.com/entertainment/books-newspapers-misc/201001291226/salinger-grocery-lists-to-be-published/
Well, not everyone can be The Onion, but this might give you a chuckle.

Specimen #5: Tacos Exploding In Slow Motion
http://www.youtube.com/v/uyKFKdAREcE
You’re welcome.

Specimen #6: A Collection a Day, 2010
http://collectionaday2010.blogspot.com/
This is just fantastic.

Specimen #7: Hunt for shop nut who smelled staff member’s bum
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2779253/Hunt-for-shop-nut-who-smelled-staff-members-bum.html
I’m about as opposed to The Sun newspaper as I am cutting the crusts off sandwiches, but how can you pass on this story?

That is all.

Chuck Yarborough learns respect for the shopping cart

Bill Keaggy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:05:23 +0000

Ever wonder what it’s like to repair shopping carts? Me neither, but here you go!

Chuck at work. Photo by Lynn Ischay/The Plain Dealer.

Mike Cool — honest, that’s his name — is the operations manager for Omni’s Mentor office. Among other things, he’s in charge of the two crews in Ohio — out of 20 or so nationwide — who inspect, clean and repair shopping carts at nine regional grocery stores and discount centers. I got to work with one of those crews — foreman Chris Tussey and his helper, Ernie Sparks, based out of Cincinnati — at the Euclid Save-A-Lot one morning.

You thought grocery carts were pretty boring, huh? Not so. Here are a few grocery cart crime stories to prove it:

Bizarre behavior in the ‘Boro

Bill Keaggy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:27:00 +0000

“Food Lion employee Catherine M. Mosier was smoking a cigarette last Saturday outside the Lascassas Highway store when she noticed a man in his 60s ram a grocery cart into her 2004 Nissan two times, Officer Shondale Clark reported.

‘Hey, that’s my car,’ Mosier yelled at the man who is a regular customer.

The man replied he didn’t give a d—.”

Thief Steals $1,200 In Baby Formula

Bill Keaggy — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:26:00 +0000

Police said a man in Columbia managed to walk out of a grocery store with $1,200 worth of baby formula without being caught.

Supermarket Follies

Bill Keaggy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:41:00 +0000

“I am an anonymous cog on a very small wheel in the gigantic machine that is the UK retail sector. I work in an administrative capacity in the local outlet of a UK supermarket chain with national coverage and high (and positive) brand recognition. I work for and with fools, morons, cretins and idiots. Then I get dragged out onto the shop floor and have to deal with the customers … Some of this is rumour, some of this is speculation, some of this is innuendo. None of this is made up by me. Most of it is 24ct fact. Which bits? Probably, generally, the bits that seem likeliest to have been made up.”

Hearing set for shopping cart assault

Bill Keaggy — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:56:00 +0000

An Aug. 20 felony hearing has been scheduled for a Dutchess County man accused of running a 72-year-old woman down with a shopping cart because she was taking too long in the checkout line.

Old people are angrier than any teenager you’ll ever meet

Bill Keaggy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:49:00 +0000

From the Orlando Sentinal’s reader gripes column: “I’m ticked off at the moron who designed the grocery carts that have those insipid little cars attached to the front so the kids can ride and pretend to drive. These carts are the equivalent of SUVs, and I’m even more ticked off at the ignorant mothers who use them and don’t pay attention when pushing these behemoths through the store. They are usually “double parked” in the middle of the snack-food aisle while mom jawbones on the cell phone and blocks what remains of the aisle. Block me again and shoot me another dirty look when I say “excuse me,” and I’m going into ramming speed.”

The Weird Things People Eat Around the World

Bill Keaggy — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:47:00 +0000

“Half the fun of traveling is getting out and enjoying all sorts of foods you’re not used to eating. A simple trip to the corner market or grocery store in a foreign land can keep you amused for hours. Take the example above for instance: Cone Pizza! This picture was snapped in Seoul, South Korea, and you know what? It looks pretty damn tasty. Can I get one in the States yet? Anywho, check out some other weird foods from around the world, and be sure and share your own experiences in the comments!”