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Advertising for the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in 1939. (From the postcard collection of Katheryn Ayres.) (courtesy: blog.wanderingspoon.com/.../)

standoff

Good example of effective postcard advertising.

(www.replypostcard.com/postcards.asp)

chicken fried bacon

Chicken fried bacon consists of bacon strips dredged in batter and deep fried, like chicken fried steak. It is an American dish that was introduced in Texas in the early 1990s. Frank Sodolak of Sodolak's Original Country Inn in Snook, Texas, is credited as having invented the food. It is usually served as an appetizer with a white "country" or cream gravy for dipping and sauce.

Food experts note the dish's low nutritional benefits: "They've taken fat, they've double-coated it in fat, they've fried it in more fat, and then they've served it with a side order of fat."

However, lovers of the food (including me) note: "That stuff clogs arteries just to hear it, but it's to die for . . . It just melts in your mouth."

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

februarie

February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar. February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four (except for years that are divisible by 100 and not by 400 in the Gregorian calendar). Having only 28 days in common years, it is the only month of the year that can pass without a single full moon. (all you wanted to know.) Another point of trivia: February starts on the same day of the week as both March and November in common years, and August in leap years. (Courtesy: www.fromoldbooks.org & Wikipedia)

the official-unofficial word

Phil Says "Six More Weeks of Winter!" Phil's official forecast as of February 2nd, 2009 at sunrise at Gobbler's Knob:

Ben Hughes, handler of the weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, holds Phil after removing him from his stump at Gobbler's Knob on Groundhog Day, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Punxsutawney, Pa. The Groundhog Club said Phil saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (www.groundhog.org)