Don't leave alcohol near your pumpkins

Moosehead. Tecate. Heineken. Wine.

Hmmm… interesting choices.

...but Canucks organization embraces bloggers

Canucks Organization Embraces Bloggers and Podcasters - nowpublic.com
Actually, I'm still waiting for my hug, but it's good to hear that my favourite hockey team tends to be bucking the league trend.
The Canucks hockey team are featuring bloggers, podcasters and Facebook application creators in their promotional posters and on their website. Now, if only the Canucks' players could play more consistently in their new up-tempo, high scoring style...

Bloggers get the cold shoulder from hockey teams

Teams slowly reacting as bloggers hit the NHL
It seems like the NHL under Gary Bettman just keeps getting PR wrong. As media outlets in the US decrease the number of reporters covering NHL teams, hockey journalists and enthusiasts are starting to cover hockey as independent bloggers.

While blog coverage has grown in politics, entertainment and other sports over the past few years, bloggers have been slower in covering hockey. Unfortunately, it seems like the kneejerk reaction from many hockey teams has been to shut the door on this new kind of media coverage.

Michael Pollan's letter to the next Farmer in Chief

An Open Letter to the next Farmer in Chief - New York Times

Michael Pollan believes that the next president of the US will become the Farmer in Chief as the issues of climate change, public health, and international food security will force him to confront the issue of Food. America’s food and agriculture industries and the American diet are such an enormous underlying influence on these more mainstream issues, and Pollan goes into great depth into breaking down the problems and some of the solutions.

Every dish in French Laundry Cookbook

French Laundry at Home: Lists and Menu Suggestions

From the Carol Cooks Keller blog, this is a summary from a woman that has cooked every recipe in the French Laundry cookbook.  The chef at French Laundry is Thomas Keller, and it is supposed to be the best restaurant in North America.  So cooking all the recipes from the cookbook is quite the achievement.

As someone who thoroughly enjoyed a trip to Bouchon on a recent trip to Las Vegas, I can say that it was the best breakfast I've ever had and that I can't wait to visit the French Laundry.  If some of the recipes in the cookbook are easy to make, I'm tempted to give them a try.

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10 Ikea Furniture Hacks

Top 10 IKEA Furniture Mods - Lifehacker

Ten tips from Lifehacker about everyone's favourite DIY Swedish furniture store.