Two Interesting Posts
Ran across a few minutes ago:
The Texas State Fair has topped itself in creating the ne plus ultra of cardiac-arrest cuisine. This year, fairgoers will be treated to something that surely qualifies as manna from Homer Simpson Heaven. Are you ready for this?
Fried Coke.
Laurie Goodstein has a fascinating article in the New York Times about Zoroastrians. Their ancient and formerly sizable religion is facing a crisis of dwindling numbers. These followers of the prophet Zarathustra – and devotees of the divine being Ahura Mazda – are worried about the survival of their Persian religion.