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BECAUSE I GREW up in a large family, we children drew names. One year (I was probably about age 11), my brother Richard got my name. He wanted to get a necklace with the letter P on it. When he couldn’t find one, he selected the letter A, the second letter of my name.

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BEHIND THE SCENES AT FERRY COVE SHELLFISH

BY CHERYL COSTELLO

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t’s about to become one of the largest oyster hatcheries on the East Coast.

Ferry Cove Shellfish is ready to take orders from oyster farmers in the new year. The facility just outside St. Michaels in Talbot County uses a recirculating aquaculture system that pulls in creek water, among many cutting-edge techniques.

Bay Bulletin went inside Ferry Cove for a first look at the 20,000-squarefoot facility set to fill a gap in the supply of oyster larvae. It sits on 70 acres in Sherwood, with a waterfront view of the Bay. In just weeks, the facility will begin to produce oyster larvae to be sold to commercial (public and private) aquaculture operations far and wide.

Ferry Cove’s creators saw a need for more larvae availability on the Chesapeake. “The demand for the product See FERRY COVE on next page

1. Machines are set for production; 2. Exterior of the building near St. Michael’s; 3. Growing algae in the facility; 4. Hatchery Mgr. Steven Weschler (left) and Stephan Abel, CEO of Ferry Cove Shellfish (right). Photos: Cheryl Costello.

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COMPETITIVE EATER TACKLES ALL OF PHILLIPS’ CRAB DISHES— IN ONE SITTING

Competitive eater and YouTube star Raina Huang brought her bottomless stomach to crab country. Photo: Phillips Seafood

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ots of people who dine at Phillips Seafood order the crabcakes or other crab

dishes—after all, that’s what the Bay restaurant chain is best known for. But

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far exceeds what’s available,” explains President and CEO Stephan Abel.

Larvae are the first part of the oyster’s life cycle, and after about 2 to 3 years in the wild the oyster then ends up served on the half shell. The water comes in from the Bay and is filtered in the facility. They can adjust the salinity so the growing doesn’t stop when the seasons change. Colorful LED lights, reminiscent of Christmas decorations, help produce algae, the sole source of nutrition for the oysters.

Abel starting working on a plan with the Ratcliffe Foundation in Annapolis, which supports business development. A study from five years ago revealed a gap in the oyster growing industry, he said.

“During the course of our conversations, it became really apparent that within Maryland there was a larvae shortage.

So there was a bottleneck in the amount of larvae that seafood growers would have available for their farms.”

Hatchery manager Steven Weschler showed us around the brand-new facility, beginning with the brood stockroom where the process starts. “So we’re just cleaning off any organisms that might compete for food,” he showed us. He then led us to the tanks where Ferry Cove will slowly ramp up the water temperature to about 68 degrees, holding the larvae there for about 6 to 8 weeks. There they will produce sperm

and eggs before going to the spawning system.

“This is our spawning table. This is where we’ll bring in the brood stock that we just conditioned. We’ll place them out on the tape, start increasing the temperature, and that’s typically a cue for them to start spawning,” Weschler says. “We’re able to really increase our production here by manipulating the temperature.”

Soon there will be millions of fertilized eggs. It’s tough to see them in the water; they’re retrieved with a sieve.

“After 4 to 6 days in the egg-hatching tanks, we bring them over to our flowthrough larval tanks. And so they’ll stay here for the next two weeks,” Weschler continues.

Ferry Cove isn’t in the nonprofit/oyster restoration business right now— they serve primarily oyster farms. “We are focused on supporting the industry, recognizing that there’s always going to be a need for restoration. But if you can, in essence, bring private money into the program and have it continually supported it will become a self-sustaining enterprise that benefits everybody,” Abel says.

The company expects to produce 2 to 3 billion larvae annually. “Ever since we started this project, we’ve been getting calls wanting to know when we’re going to start. And now we’re in the process of being able to take orders here in the new year.”

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At the Phillips location on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Friday, Raina Huang took on the “All Things Crab Food Challenge”, created just for her. She made her way through the entire menu of crab dishes, from crab rangoon, Maryland vegetable crab soup, crab mac & cheese hot dog, crab burger, snow crabs, and yes, blue crabs. (but did she pick them, too?). The star of the show was the Ultimate Crabcake, which Phillips advertises as having 100 percent jumbo lump, “the best of the best”.

Huang estimates she ate at least three pounds’ worth of crabmeat. She says she enjoyed the crab, even in such large quantities, and didn’t feel sick in the least.

That’s because Huang has tackled numerous food challenges all over the world. She rose to fame after setting a speed record for In ‘N Out Burger’s “50×50” challenge—eating a cheeseburger with 50 beef patties stacked between the buns. And in Fresno, Cali., she once ate six pound of pancakes and 10 eggs in a sitting.

We don’t know exactly what market price was for all the crab dishes at Phillips, but Raina could probably afford it if she were footing the bill. With some of her food challenge YouTube videos reaching 1 million views, the competitive eater is reportedly worth about $1.5 million.

Baltimore’s National Aquarium is working toward returning these endangered animals back to their natural habitat.

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AQUARIUM TAKES IN 30 COLDSTUNNED SEA TURTLES

BY MEG WALBURN VIVIANO

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hen the weather gets colder, we bundle up in coats. But that’s not an option for sea turtles that find themselves caught in cold places too late in

the season. Thirty cold-stunned sea turtles rescued from Cape Cod, Mass., in November are now being cared for at the National Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Center in Baltimore.

Twenty-six Kemp’s ridley and four green sea turtles were first stabilized at the New England Aquarium, and will undergo long-term rehabilitation in Balti-

more. Many of the turtles are recovering from conditions related to cold-stunning, from pneumonia and dehydration to lesions on their bodies. The rescue team will provide care around the clock to the endangered turtles, working to return them back to their natural habitat.

Each year the aquarium takes in several cold-stunned sea turtles, and they nickname the turtles based on a theme, like storybook characters or types of cheese. This year, the turtles are all named after musical instruments.

The four green sea turtles are covering the horn and brass section, with names Tuba, Trombone, Trumpet and Cornet, while the Kemp’s ridley sea turtles have names such as Triangle, Maraca, Kazoo and Viola.

The National Aquarium’s Animal Rescue program is responsible for responding to stranded marine mammals and sea turtles along the nearly 3,190 miles of Maryland coast and works with stranding partners throughout the Greater Atlantic Regional Stranding Network to help respond, rescue and release animals year-round.

If you or someone you know finds a cold-stunned sea turtle or marine mammal in distress along the shoreline, the best thing you can do is give it space and immediately contact a trained wildlife first responder. The National Aquarium’s Stranding Hotline is 410-576-3880.

National Aquarium’s Animal Rescue is on call 24/7 to respond to these events.

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Steven Bieber, store manager at My Vintage Vinyl, flips through The Record Museum’s Wearing our Label on our Sleeve mobile exhibit. Photo: Susan Nolan.

Record Shop Hosts a Museum in a Box

BY SUSAN NOLAN

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n a tidy vintage record store, a plain wooden crate would be easy to miss.

The eye is naturally drawn elsewhere— to the neatly arranged bins of albums from the 1980s and ‘70s and even earlier. The music of James Brown catches the ear and a sense of nostalgia sets in.

“Once customers know what’s in the crate, they look and are excited by what they find,” says Steven Bieber, manager of My Vintage Vinyl Store in Arnold.

The crate is a museum in a box.

Specifically, it’s The Record Museum’s debut traveling exhibit “Wearing Our Label On Our Sleeves.”

“It’s small but it does what a museum is supposed to do. It’s educational,” says Bieber.

My Vintage Vinyl has been buying and selling used LPs (long play) for two years. Their clientele of music lovers and record collectors come from all over Maryland.

The exhibit is just one more way to bring vinyl lovers in. “We are happy to be offering our customers a broader experience,” says Brian Hoffman, store owner.

A former history teacher, Hoffman he is impressed with the quality of work that went into creating this mobile exhibit. “History disappears if we don’t

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keep it fresh in people’s minds,” he says.

The concept behind the exhibit is simple—a portable gallery that doesn’t take up much space. Inside the wooden crate are 25 LP album sleeves, all carefully selected and framed by the exhibit’s curator John Hamilton. You flip through the exhibit much like you would flip through the bins of albums bought and sold at any record stores.

A laminated, annotated guide helps to identify the sleeves.

A lifelong music collector with an affinity for museums, Hamilton created his musée dans une caisse and selected record sleeves as the theme of his first traveling museum in a box because “sleeves are ordinary items, but so much more.” The exhibit details the evolution of the vinyl album sleeve from a plain paper envelope to advertising space. “The artistic elements deserve appreciation.”

A New York City resident with family in Annapolis, Hamilton frequently visits the Chesapeake Bay area. He plans for “Wearing Our Label On Our Sleeves” to be the first in a series of mobile exhibitions, and he looks forward to bringing more of his work to Anne Arundel County.

Find The Record Museum’s “Wearing Our Label On Our Sleeves” at My Vintage Vinyl until Dec. 28. 10am7pm, 1244 Gov. Ritchie Hwy, Ste 13, Arnold, 410-960-2919; Facebook @myvintagevinyl.

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hesapeake Country may not have lost lives during its recent spate of tornadoes, but it certainly felt the heartbreaking impact of the damage the storms produce.

Many are now rallying to help out the victims of a devastating series of tornadoes that hit Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri Dec. 10.

Yet, there are some out there who prey on our kindness and local leaders want us to be wary when sending financial donations to those in need.

Last week, the Anne Arundel County Police Department issued a notice alerting people to a rise in scams targeting people trying to help the victims of the tornado.

If you are looking for ways to help the communities affected, the police say do some homework before donating. “Unfortunately, scammers also are busy trying to take advantage,” the alert states. “If you’re looking for a way to help, we urge you to be cautious of potential charity scams. Do some research to ensure that your donation will go to a reputable organization that will use the money as promised.”

The police department, along with the Better Business Bureau offers advice on how you can avoid putting money into the pockets of scammers.

• Donate to organizations you know and trust. Think of charities with a proven track record of dealing with disasters. Our suggestions include the American Red Cross, Feeding America, Global Giving, or Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund.

• Be alert for charities that seem to have sprung up overnight in connection with current events. Check out the charity with the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance, Charity Navigator, Charity Watch, or GuideStar.

• Designate that your funds are for specific disaster relief, rather than a general fund that the charity could use for any of its work.

• If you get donation requests by email, never click on links or open

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omestead Gardens recently announced that they are partnering with the Southern High School Southern FFA (Future Farmers of America) group to collect donations and items for Kentucky Tornado Relief. Direct support will be provided to the community of Bremen, Ky., and to Mr. Lee, a high school agriculture teacher in Hopkins County who lost his home. The small farming town reported the death of 12 people due to the tornado and countless homes and farm fields were destroyed.

Homestead Gardens posted to its Facebook page that “farmers are worried how they will ever be able to run a tractor and equipment across their farms. Of course, they are worried about their livelihood and caring for their families. This could not have happened at a worse time, with winter and Christmas.”

Homestead plans to fill a truck with donations and drive to Kentucky on Dec. 27. Items needed include pet and animal feed; diapers; warm socks; jackets; 4-inch nails; plywood; 2x4s; flashlights; solar/crank radios; utility gloves; trash bags; water troughs; trough heaters; fence boards; fencing wire; log chains; ratchet straps; hammers; fencing pliers; large plastic totes (black/ yellow); and gift cards. The organizers are also raising funds to purchase road magnets to remove nails from fields and roads, stump and post remover tractor attachments to remove lumber blown into the ground. Donated items should be brought to the Davidsonville location. Direct financial donations can be made at: https://bit.ly/3GVemKM. For more information, contact Dr. Stacy Eckels, Southern High FFA advisor and agriculture teacher, seckels@aacps.org. p

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Research the organization yourself.

• When texting to donate, confirm the number with the source before you donate. The charge will show up on your mobile phone bill, but the donations are not immediate.

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Santa Rick of Westfield Mall in Annapolis

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Best Santa Santa in Chesapeake Country!

By Kathy Knotts

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A N TA has a lot of helpers this time of year. Some with full flowing white beards or ornate costumes.

Some even nail the rosy cheeks and jolly laugh. Regardless of where you find them, they are all Santa’s helpers, because that guy is busy. Really busy.

We asked readers who they thought was the best ambassador to the North Pole here in Chesapeake Country. We got a blizzard of nominations, but one rose to the top of the Christmas tree quickly.

Meet Santa Rick of Westfield Mall in Annapolis.

Also known as Rick Brady of Riva, this is only the second season he has sat in the “big chair” for the shopping center. But he has already earned a reputation as being the real thing in what matters: joy.

“Santa Rick at Westfield Mall is so wonderful!” stated one commenter on our Facebook page. “No matter how long his line is he takes time to make each and every child feel heard and loved! He has a great beard and hair but more importantly he has real joy in his eyes!”

Colleen Brady Stephenson wrote, “Santa Rick @ Annapolis Mall is the best! The magic in his eyes and the Ho Ho Ho come from deep in his heart. He even spreads his Christmas cheer to your furry friends too. He gets our vote hands (and paws) down.” She submitted a photo of her dog with Santa.

When we told Brady he had been named Chesapeake Country’s favorite Santa, he said, “It’s an honor I will take to my grave.”

Brady has been very busy. While the job is seasonal, it’s a sixweek gig every night of the week starting before Thanksgiving and running till Christmas Eve. But he is thankful things are somewhat back to normal after

the COVID Christmas of 2020. His first season taking requests from children was done fully masked and distanced from his loyal fans.

Working last year during the pandemic was a little disappointing, Brady said. “This year they are sitting on my knee, in close contact, telling me excitedly what’s on the top of their Christmas list. I just put my faith in the Lord and Pfizer.”

The pandemic actually helped Brady secure his position as Top Elf. “It was my COVID hair and beard that got me the job I think. My daughter worked at the mall and said ‘Dad, you are looking a lot like Santa and we need a second Santa right now.’ So I applied and got the job.”

Santa says the best part of his job is meeting the children. “Far and away, that’s the best part. And the parents are appreciative of the time the kids can spend with me. I try to talk to them as much as I can without creating a huge backup. And they have lots of stories to tell. I want to be an ear for them so they can tell me all their excited wants and needs at Christmas.”

Brady has provided his knee to babies as young as two weeks old and to a group of senior citizens meeting for a holiday lunch, who wanted a photo reminder of their time together.

Santa says he is careful to never promise something to a child, but he will often turn down a request for a live animal or a cell phone. “Usually there is a parent there, in the background, giving me a thumbs up or down while their child tells me their list.”

This Santa still has a few days left of work, but he lets us know he is “very jolly, at least for the next several days.” p

We asked readers who they thought was the best ambassador to the North Pole here in Chesapeake Country. We got a blizzard of nominations, but one rose to the top of the Christmas tree quickly.

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Holiday THE SEASON OF CHEER DOESN’T HAVE TO END JUST YET By Kathy Knotts

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is upon us. We hope that your holiday has been one of joy, laughter, love and friendship.

After all, it’s the season of joy, says Dr. Michael Merzenich, the brain behind BrainHQ, leading pioneer in brain plasticity research, and chief scientific officer of Posit Science. Merzenich says all those joyous sentiments are really good for your brain. In fact, he says our brains have been programmed to respond to holiday decorations, Christmas trees, lights, gingerbread houses and the jolly man in red with a release of dopamine.

“Much of the positive good spirits that are in the air are in anticipation of good things to come. If you are in the holiday mood, you anticipate the joy, and the dopamine is released, and then you feel the joy,” Merzenich says. “You feel it again in anticipation of being generous to other people, and yet again in anticipation of your loved ones being generous to you. It’s just a joyful time for all swept up in the spirit.”

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Extend Your Holiday CONTINUED

But what about that in-between time? When all the presents have been opened, Santa’s gone home to the North Pole and it feels like there’s nothing to do but wait for the New Year’s Party? Is there a way to keep the happy feelings going?

“For many people, the holiday is so filled with joy (from the release of all that dopamine) that the period after the holiday can be a letdown,” says Merzenich. So he offers this tip. “As you pack away the ornaments and other decorations, give some thought to next year. And, also think about all the great holidays that will be coming in the new year. After all, the anticipation of events also revs up the brain machinery that creates joy.”

We can agree with that. And we have another tip to throw into the mix: Extend your holiday. You can still enjoy all the great parts about the holiday season after Dec. 25.

Gather with the friends or family that you didn’t get the chance to spend time with earlier this month. There’s still plenty to do and places to go. And if getting “out” just isn’t of interest, we also have ideas for staying “in” while still wringing a few more great memories out of the year.

special seasonal menus, wine dinners, fondue restaurants or a spot in a different town. Maybe just gather for coffee, brunch or cocktails. The days after Christmas mean fewer crowds, so you can get together and try out that new (or long-established) place you’ve always wanted to visit.

Depending on the day or night you gather, there’s still a lot going on between now and New Year’s Eve. If you didn’t get the opportunity to visit Lights on the Bay (lightsonthebay. org) at Sandy Point State Park, go now. The illuminated displays are open every night (5-10pm) through Jan. 2.

Same thing but in a more southerly direction—visit Annmarie Garden in Lights in Solomons until Jan. 1 (nightly 5-9pm; annmariegarden.org).

Or head to Upper Marlboro’s Watkins Festival of Lights or Zoolights at the Baltimore Zoo. Catch a show at Classic Theatre of Maryland, choosing from the last performance of A Christmas Carol or the final presentation of A Broadway Holiday (classictheatremaryland.org).

Go ice skating at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, Glen Burnie Town Center, Navy Brigade Center Skating Rink, Piney Orchard Ice Arena in Odenton or the Bowie Ice Arena.

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t’s hard sometimes to catch up with everyone you intend to in the short time period we have between Thanksgiving and winter holidays. This in-between week is a great time to call up the girls—or guys—for an outing.

Think about restaurants that specialize in group dining or can help you make a meal extra special. Think

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Dec. 26 is your chance to meet the Budweiser Clydesdales in West Annapolis (11am-3pm). There will be food trucks, games, activities and more for all ages.

The arrival of the Clydesdales is just the precursor to the 2021 Military Bowl. Game day is Monday Dec. 27 with the 2021 Military Bowl Parade at 10am through the streets of historic Annapolis. Then make your way to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the matchup between Boston College and East Carolina University. Gates open at 1pm, kickoff at 2:30pm (tickets: militarybowl.org).

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aybe the holiday season was simply too busy and stressful. Take care of that stress by prioritizing self-care.

If socializing falls into this category, so be it. Invite some pals or family friends over for a pajama party with hot cocoa and movies. Mix up your own cocktails (see Start with Eggnog, page 13) and pull out the board games or have a Super Mario Party video game tournament. Maybe you want to do some baking or just cookie decorating. Gather the family and try a do-it-yourself kit (see Kicking Back with Cookie Kits, page 14).

If you feel like being a bit more cre-

ative with your at-home gathering, start by developing a theme, says Kelly Bell, owner of Bell House Catering.

“If you want to do something like a girls night pajama party, you can then plan to make different varieties of flavored popcorn. Maybe a rosemary-parmesan, a caramel, a cheesy popcorn and a truffle oil popcorn. Pair that with some type of boozy hot cocoa and you have a fun gathering.”

Bell says if you have the luxury of a little time, plan ahead and pay attention to timing so that you can prepare things ahead of time and not miss out on your own party. “A gathering doesn’t have to be a major blowout. Just a couple of snacks and some fun beverages.

Figure out what you want it to be.”

She suggests gatherings such as an athome happy hour with fun finger foods, a special beverage for the kids, and host it at 4pm when you can play games, but then bring out the fire pit when the sun goes down.

Or an early morning brunch, prepped ahead of time with a French toast casserole or a quiche that can be made the night before and popped in the oven when guests arrive. “Add in some fruit salad and mimosas, and there’s a memorable way to catch up with your friends.”

Whatever you decide, says Bell, remember the purpose. “Keep it intimate, don’t

over do it, and don’t stress yourself out.”

And don’t forget about those friends who may be home sick right now, she adds.

“Make a little charcuterie box and porchdrop it to a friend. It makes other people feel good and then you will feel good, too.”

It’s advice quite similar to what Dr. Merzenich, the brain scientist, gave us.

“We are designed neurologically to be connected to one another; we are designed to attach to one another.”

So start making some new traditions and create your own holiday in-between.

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ove that eggnog but looking to do a little more with it? We stopped by Galway Bay in Annapolis to talk about their popular ‘nog and how to use it in cocktails at home.

Bringing the holiday cheer in a bottle, Galway Bay Irish Eggnog is made and distilled in Ireland, and it typically flies off the shelves during the holidays.

Galway Bay bartender David Dilda, 29, of Pasadena, said that it was a very popular purchase during the downtown Midnight Madness events.

Dilda offered some ideas on using the eggnog as the base for a variety of drinks, garnished with some cinnamon on top.

Make Irish Whiskey Nog by combining 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey with the eggnog. The Nutty Nog is 0.75 ounces of Frangelico (a hazelnut liquor), 0.75 ounces of Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka, and 2.5 ounces of Galway Bay Irish Eggnog, shaken and served on the rocks. It also mixes well with hot coffee.

“I think it’s all the different choices you can have [here at Galway] and the way that the people just love these drinks,” said Dilda. “We sell this eggnog by the case, and we have four to five

Chesapeake Bay Media Director of Marketing & Client Relations Krista Pfunder unwraps a bottle of eggnog at a party. Photo: Kathy Knotts. pallets, and hundreds and hundreds of bottles, people just go crazy,” he said.

Dilda said they normally run out of the eggnog a few days after Christmas.

He said people come in and buy it as gifts or for creating holiday cocktails.

“I’ve never seen another restaurant do eggnog like this. How much people like it and the different things you can do.

At Midnight Madness we were outside in front of the store giving out samples for free, just to bring people in and it drives sales big time. We were doing so much eggnog!” he added.

Galway Bay Irish Eggnog is sold at Killarney House, Galway Bay, Brian Boru, and Pirate’s Cove for $23.99 (750 ml) or $137 for half-case (6 bottles).

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wafers, and a variety of toppings. Current options include Christmas, Unicorn, Monster, Princess, Galaxy, and Mermaid: lisascakepops.com

Sugar Butter Love This self-described “Creative Oasis of Customized Desserts and Treats” not only offers any and every custom iced cookie that you can think of, but also some very cool kits. Current options, each including cut-out cookies, icing, and decorations, include a DIY Gingerbread Family ($30), DIY Ugly Sweaters ($30), and Paint-Your-Own Ornament Cookies ($21): sugar-butter-love.com

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fter weeks and weeks of preparing for the holidays, with gift-getting and cookie-baking and guest-hosting – all leading up to the culmination we call Christmas, we could likely all use some late-December relaxation.

And while binge-watching yet another holiday baking show can definitely provide some sedentary de-stressing, it can also serve as inspiration for a more action-oriented activity that’s fun for the whole family: dessert-making and decorating.

A quick Google search will give you an endless list of options of kits, from cookies to cakes to gingerbread houses, to order from the likes of Amazon, Target, and other big box stores. But you might be surprised to learn that there

Cookie Jar Kits by Katie Flynn

Iron Rooster are plenty of dessert kits available from a wide array of Bay country bakers— folks who can not only provide your kits quickly, ensuring both freshness and immediate entertainment, but will also let you participate in the #buylocal and #shopsmall movements.

With that in mind, here are just a few:

rating kits throughout the year. Current options, each including an assortment of cut out cookies, icings, and sprinkles, include the 12-cookie Classic Christmas Cookie Kit ($35), a giant “Deck the Tree” Kit ($35), and the 36-cookie Christmas Party Kit ($100): cookiejarkits.com

Cookie Jar Kits

In yet another example of a pandemic pivot, Lisa Schneiderman began offering her delicious cakepops in DIY form last year so that adults and kids alike could have a fun at-home activity. Each seasonal or custom kit ($25) comes with six single-dipped vanilla or chocolate cake pops, a very generous portion of regular or white chocolate melting

As its name suggests, this Annapolis-based business, owned and operated by homebaker Katie Flynn, who sells her magical treats online and at area farmers markets (and promotes them through plentiful cookbook-quality Instagram posts at @cookiejarkits), offers a variety of seasonal and custom DIY cookie deco-

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Locals surely know that Iron Rooster is famous for its RoosTarts (if you don’t, they’re essentially massive Pop-Tarts) but might be surprised to discover that they are also available in make- and decorate-at-home form. While out of stock as of press time, each Make Your Own RoosTart Kit ($35 for 4 or $55 for 8) includes cobbler dough, mixed berry or brown sugar filling, icing, and either powdered sugar or sprinkles. There’s even a step-by-step video on Facebook and YouTube showing not only how easy they are to make, but also how delicious they look coming out of your oven: ironroosterallday.square.site/ makeyourownroostarts. p

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Piney Point Christmas Take a trip through the retro holiday exhibit inside the museum and keeper’s quarters. Plus see the new Moll Dyer ornament in the Lighthouse Lens Museum Store. Daily thru Jan. 2 noon-4pm, (closed Dec. 25) Piney Point Lighthouse, Piney Point, $7 w/ discounts, Facebook: @1836Light.

This original production of the classic Dickens tale has become an annual holiday tradition. Th 7:30pm, FSu 2pm, Classic Theatre of Maryland, Annapolis, $68 w/discounts, RSVP: classictheatremaryland.org.

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The Record Museum See the debut exhibit Wearing Our Label On Our Sleeve: An Incomplete History of Record Promotion. This museum in a box is a clever way to learn all about the history of the record album. 10am-7pm, My Vintage Vinyl, Arnold: therecordmuseum.com.

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St. Clement’s Christmas Visit the annual Christmas Doll & Train Exhibit, learn about the classic trains, toys and more. Daily noon4pm thru Jan. 3 (closed Dec. 24-25), St. Clement’s Island Museum, Colton’s Point, St. Mary’s County. $3 w/discounts, Facebook: @SCIMuseum.

DEC. 24 & 26

A Broadway Holiday This original musical now has updated holiday show-stoppers with new song and

dance numbers, performed by Broadway performers and a live band. F 6pm, Su 7:30pm, Classic Theatre of Maryland, Annapolis, $55-$68 w/discounts, RSVP: classictheatremaryland.org.

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KIDS Winter Birds of the Chesapeake The Chesapeake Bay becomes home to many waterfowl during the winter months. Check out a bird watching kit to use along the museum’s marsh walk and play a round or two of the bird migration game. Create a pine cone bird feeder to take home (ages 5-10).

10am-4pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $9 w/discounts: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

KIDS Chesapeake Oysters Winter is peak harvesting season for Crassostrea virginicia, the Eastern oyster. Programming will showcase “Rock E. Feller,” the museum’s giant oyster model and oystering boats in the museum collection. Create your own toy skipjack to take home (ages 5-10).

10am-4pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $9 w/discounts: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

KIDS 5 Senses in Nature Investigate many of nature’s wonders through interactive activities by using your five senses to gain a new perspective. 10-11am, Watkins Nature Center, Upper Marlboro, $4 w/discounts, RSVP: pgparks.com.

Calvert Bookmobile Visit the library on wheels. 5-6:30pm, White Sands Civic Association, Lusby: calvertlibrary.info.

Knights of Columbus Bingo Doors open 5:30pm, game starts 7pm, The Knights of Columbus Council 2577, 6111 Columbian Way, Bowie: kofc2577.com.

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KIDS Blizzards and Bones At the close of the Miocene Epoch, regional waters began to cool as the world entered a new age. Discover which animals adapted to these changes and which faced extinction

as you explore the Treasures from the Cliffs exhibit and practice excavating a fossil (ages 5-10). 10am-4pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $9 w/discounts: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

KIDS Goodbye 2021 Dance Party Welcome the new year with crafts and dancing (masks req’d). 11am-noon, Deale Library: 410-222-1925.

Beyond Monopoly Make friends while playing board games and discover the modern tabletop gaming options. 6-8pm, Severna Park Library: 410-222-6290.

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South County Rotary Rotarians meet for 2022 planning session. 7:30-8:30am, Renditions Golf Club, Davidsonville, RSVP: jody.blair@ verizon.net.

Blood Drive 10am-3pm, Edgewater RSVP: 1-800-733-2767.

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KIDS Little Minnows Preschoolers join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme Animals in Winter/Migration. 10:15am, 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, free w/admission: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

KIDS Noon Year’s Eve Let the little ones ring in 2022 early with books, dancing, noisemakers and a countdown. 11:30am-12:30pm, Broadneck Library, RSVP: aacpl.net.

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erbs make my Christmas dinner special. Not only do they add incredible flavors but they also have health benefits. Here are ways you can incorporate herbs into every part of your holiday meal.

Influenced by all the historic colonial homes in the Annapolis area and looking at what I have grown in my garden, I like to cook a Christmas goose. The first time I cooked a goose, about 40 years ago, I set my kitchen on fire. I don’t want that to happen to you, so make sure you have a deep roasting pan with a rack to elevate the goose.

Use an 8- to 10-pound goose and stuff it with cubed celery root, onions and apples. Sprinkle the goose with caraway seed and thyme. Drizzle the goose with Aquavit and bake at 350 degrees until a thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the inside thigh registers 185 degrees for about three to four hours. After two hours, drain all the fat from the roasting pan. Baste the goose with some of the pan drippings.

I grew a lot of beets and froze them, so I’m going to make a beet salad. Roast a couple of bunches of beets in a pan with garlic from an entire knob. Slice an onion and add some dill and parsley and then drizzle olive oil over all of it.

Cover the pan with foil and roast until tender at 400 degrees. When the beets are easily pierced with a fork, slice

them and mix well with the onions and garlic and add about half a cup of chopped parsley and dill. Drizzle with red wine vinegar and chill. Serve the beet salad over butterhead lettuce.

I also grew a variety of sweet potatoes called Mahon. They’re deep orange, smooth and sweet. Peel four sweet potatoes and cut into thin slices. Blanch them in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Drain and pat dry and smother them with olive oil. Heat a grill pan and cook the potato slices three or four minutes on each side. For the dressing, mix 5 tablespoons of lime juice, 3 tablespoons of fresh cilantro, 2 tablespoons of honey, 4 teaspoons of fresh grated ginger, one red chili finely chopped and two garlic cloves crushed and salt and pepper. Mix well and serve warm or cold.

An herbal Christmas menu wouldn’t be complete without Christmas cookies.

I always cut and dry lavender flowers from my plants. I like to make a spritz cookie in the shape of a wreath with lavender flowers. It gives the cookie a delicate lavender flavor.

In a food processor, beat two sticks of unsalted butter with ½ cup of powdered sugar, ¼ teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon of vanilla and then add 2 cups of flour. Add one tablespoon of crushed lavender flowers and mix well. Put the dough into a

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is very slight, and since an occasional trumpeter swan will fly with tundras, it is good to understand the differences.

The invasive mute swan has a mostly yellow bill.

I like trying to get photos of the swans flying in unison. The best place I have found to watch them take off, fly and land is at Blackwater NWS. But they are also frequently found at the mouth of the South River, the north shore of Sandy Point State Park, and along the

shores of Herrington Bay. At Blackwater, the birds feed on grasses, but at the other locations, they eat more submerged grasses and clams, and then they do a lot of tail-in-the-air feeding and less flying.

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t’s the time of the year when tundra swans arrive in the Chesapeake Bay from the northern regions of Canada.

The swans arrive primarily as family groups, two parents and up to two goslings. This month, more than 100 swans arrived at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

The family groups band together in flocks and stay in areas with a good food supply and protected water. They spend their nights in the safety of water and during the day they feed on the grasses and plants in the surrounding fields or on clams buried in the mud. The birds are large, weighing up to 20 pounds. Unlike most ducks that can pop up into the air, the heavy swans need space to get a running start to fly, so they choose landing areas with enough takeoff room.

Because the tundra swans vocalize frequently, they are nicknamed “whistling swans”. After spending a night on the water, a group of swans will start to talk with each other, which sounds like they are deciding when they should fly, and at some point, they make a loud splashy takeoff, a few at a

time, until the group is up. They then talk with each other in the air, like they are trying to decide where to go.

The size of the birds protects them against predation. They are too large for foxes or hawks.

On the east coast, only bears, bobcats, and an occasional eagle will take down a swan. I imagine that a coyote or wolf could make a meal of them. Only one eastern state allows human predation. North Carolina has a regulated hunt with 5,000 permits issued a year.

The tundra swan is white and has a predominantly black bill with signs of yellow near its cheek. The bill at their cheek line is slightly curved and there is a slight curve to the bill as it comes off the forehead. The tundra swan’s larger and rarer cousin, the trumpeter swan, has straight bill lines at the cheek and off the forehead, and their bill has no yellow on it. The distinction

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BY DIANA BEECHENER

The Matrix Resurrections Wachowski takes back her legacy in this bold sequel IN THEATERS AND STREAMING ON HBOMAX

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homas Anderson (Keanu Reeves: Bill & Ted Face the Music) is hanging on by a thread. The designer of a popular video game trilogy, The Matrix, he’s just found out that the parent company that owns the rights to the games is demanding a sequel. If he won’t do it, Warner Brothers will move ahead without him.

But here’s the problem: The Matrix wasn’t just a game for Thomas. He truly believed he existed in a simulation run by evil machines and became a god named Neo who was fated to sacrifice himself for humanity. With lots of therapy and only a bit of excessive drinking, Thomas thought he put Neo and his delusions behind him. Pulled back into a world he’s tried to forget, suddenly reality begins to fray again.

Was The Matrix real? Or is Thomas Anderson still chasing white rabbits?

Let’s get this out of the way now: The Matrix Resurrections is easily the best sequel in the whole franchise. While fans may think that’s damning with faint praise, I promise, the film itself is pretty fun. Nearly 20 years ago, the Wachowskis created a sci-fi flick that became a pop culture phenomenon.

Sadly, the plot of the franchise seemed to collapse under the weight of its own self-importance, but the films, and the philosophies behind them, became cornerstones for many. Unfortunately, those cornerstones have mutated and taken on a life of their own (ever heard of getting “red-pilled”?), in some cases moving far away from what the Wachowskis intended.

With The Matrix Resurrections, writer/director Lana Wachowski (Sense8) takes back her legacy. She’s got plenty to say about pointless sequels that just

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss in The Matrix Resurrections. rehash better films, toxic fandoms, and studio marketing boiling every property down to bankable buzzwords that ultimately mean nothing. The first 45 minutes of the movie feel like Wachowski railing against her critics and studio culture in general. It’s a surprisingly sharp, funny turn for a series that had a tendency toward self-serious philosophy monologues.

Don’t worry, eventually we get to kung fu, too.

Back in black are Reeves and his original film co-star Carrie-Anne Moss (Tell Me a Story). The duo maintains their lovely chemistry and still manage to pull off some great fighting set pieces. Reeves in particular, whose star has risen with the John Wick franchise, is in fine form for his lickety-split fight scenes.

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Though there are a few favorites returning, the movie essentially recasts (reprograms?) a few key roles. The results are mixed. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Candyman) takes his version of Morpheus pretty far from what fans would remember, but his natural charm saves him when the dialogue doesn’t. The real surprise in the film may be Jonathan Groff (Hamilton), who brings a fresh, fun take to his performance. It’s reminiscent of the original character without ever being a parody.

Back also are some spectacular action sequences. The Matrix was always known for its innovative technology, but Wachowski wisely pulls back a bit in this new film. Instead, the action feels more grounded and real, which makes the battle royale all

the more enjoyable.

There are still a few bugs in the movie’s code, however. Wachowski has never met a metaphor she didn’t want to beat to death. That hasn’t changed here. It’s amazing that anvils don’t drop from the coded ceiling in a few scenes. And this is definitely a reset of the franchise. Wachowski is calling out some fans, correcting the trajectory of the series, and making some pretty big changes. That means it could polarize fans (if you hated The Last Jedi, keep that in mind before you buy a ticket).

Still, if you’re a fan of the original film (or somehow managed to sit through movies two and three), The Matrix Resurrections is a refreshing return to form.

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STORY BY DENNIS DOYLE

The Thrifty Outdoor Adventurer C oco Chanel, a legendary beauty and fashion icon, and champion of femininity, once stated, “The best things in life indeed are free but the second best things are always very, very expensive.”

Once again the truth rings out, especially for sportspeople, which is why in the pause between Christmas and New Year we should be considering that type of specialty sporting gear we longed for this past year but couldn’t justify the investment.

Yeti and its recent competitors’ insulated coolers and sports-designed items have always topped that list but if they are ever to go on sale or remaindered, it’s now, post-Christmas. You may have some gift cards, returns, or some gifted cash and if you look carefully, items made by Yeti and its clones are at their best prices of the year. Ridiculously over-engineered and well made of the top materials possible, the coolers and various thermoses are just irresistible items. Keep an eye out but don’t wait.

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It’s hard to find good shooting gloves because firearm-related clothing is just not fashionable these days. They can also be priced dearly and you don’t really want to subject a good pair to the rigors of the field. What only a few know is that the very best shooting gloves aren’t marketed for gunning, they’re targeted for golfing. Developed around the same requirements, golf gloves excel at hunting and shooting activities and are very affordable this time of year. I look for the summertime rain models for fair weather, and wintertime thermal golf gloves for cold weather. They’re sensitive, protective, grip well and the latter can also be great for early spring and late fall fishing.

Marine stores are ideal places to shop for boat-related items but they only occasionally mark down top-tier specialty items.

Auto parts stores, however, commonly do this, especially post-Christmas since they usually regard boat items as an inventory irritant. Take Marine Sea Foam, a

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top-of-the-line gas additive/motor cleaner, and lubricant. It can be an expensive item to acquire come summertime. The same is true for Marine Grade Corrosion-X and full synthetic marine lubes. Look for them now—they may be a bargain and you can lay in a good supply for next season.

This is also a great time to look for hard weather gear. There’s always plenty of storm-related items available during the boating season but they’re generally clammy, plain, and either expensive or shabbily put together. The best made, most rugged, comfortable, and well-designed bad weather apparel is intended for trekking explorers, mountain climbers, and helicopter skiers. The companies that cater to them are not known for discounts but this year the after-holiday inventory is an expense they may prefer to live without. Shop their specials and closeouts now.

Base layers, once referred to as underwear, are another item that can be way over budget. That’s because, in instances of frigid, intense, physical activity, it’s not the cold that’s the real enemy—it’s perspiration. High activity base layers are complex and uniquely intended to migrate sweat away from the body and hold it away until it dissipates while still retaining body heat.

Being cold can be uncomfortable,

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Some news items just catapult themselves to the lead story position. On a Delta airlines flight in November from Syracuse, New York, to Atlanta, the woman sitting in 13A allegedly tried to breastfeed her hairless cat, much to the cat’s (and other passengers’) distress.

Flight attendants repeatedly asked the woman to return the yowling cat to its kennel, the New York Post reported, but she refused. “Her shirt was up and she was trying to get the cat to latch ... and the cat was screaming for its life,” said Ainsley Elizabeth, a flight attendant who was on board during the incident.

Finally, a message was sent through the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) alerting the ground crew in Atlanta that they would need a Red Coat team member to apprehend the woman at the gate. (Red Coats are specially trained to handle customer service issues, which now include cat-breastfeeding.) It’s unclear what happened to the woman or her cat after the flight landed.

Cuteness Alert

The Flower Mound Rebels, a youth football team in Texas, won’t be in the playoffs this year, NBC News reported. The Rebels, composed of 7- and 8-year-olds, are “too good” for their league, boasting a perfect record and having outscored their opponents 1996, according to Keller Youth Association Vice President Rhett Taylor. “They are a select-level team.” He said if the team had competed in the league’s super bowl, he would have caught it from parents of other teams. Center Greyson Tanner, 8, reported being “very sad” about the ruling.

Randy Aliens

Preacher and author Sharon Gilbert, 69, raised a reaction when she appeared on the Jim Bakker Show on Nov. 23 and described the moment when an alien visited her for nefarious reasons. “After Derek and I got married, one night, this other Derek appears in our bed. The real Derek is lying down next to me; other Derek sits right up out of him.

It startled me,” she said, according to Newsweek. No doubt! Gilbert asked the “critter” who he was, “Because he clearly wanted to have sexual relations.” Along with claiming to be Derek, the creature said he was Xerxes, but Gilbert wasn’t having it. “I reached up, grabbed his face and I said, ‘You are a liar, and Jesus is real.’ And I pulled that face off, and beneath it was a reptile.”

One Twitter user responded, “This is a story a 7-year-old tells when you ask them why they’re late for something.”

‘Educational’ Toy

Ania Tanner, a grandmother from Ontario, Canada, found a cute singing and dancing cactus on the Walmart website and purchased it for her granddaughter, CTV News reported. The animated $26 toy sings in three languages: English, Spanish and Polish. But when

Tanner, who is Polish, listened to the Polish lyrics, she was shocked: “This toy uses swear words and talking about cocaine use. This is not what I ordered for my granddaughter. I was in shock.

I thought, what is this, some kind of joke?” The Polish song is by rapper Cypis, who didn’t give permission for the use of his song by the Chinese manufacturer of the item. For its part, Walmart said the toy is sold by a third-party vendor and will be removed while they investigate.

Oops!

Twenty-year-old Lucy Battle of Burnley, England, nearly threw out the baby with the bathwater ... er, with the sofa, recently. Battle posted an ad on Facebook Marketplace about her sofa, with the caption “Need gone today,” but she accidentally posted a photo of her 7-month-old son, Oscar, rather than of the furniture, Leeds Live reported. “I just somehow managed to upload the wrong photo ... I didn’t expect it to go so far!” Battle said. One user commented, “Can I swap for a teenager?” But Battle isn’t budging: “I don’t want to give away my child.”

Awesome!

• Swedish meatballs for everyone! A snowstorm that dumped about 12 inches in Aalborg, Denmark, on the evening of Dec. 1 forced about 30 people to spend the night in an Ikea store, Pix11-TV reported. Store manager Peter Elmose said customers and employees slept “in the furniture exhibitions and our showroom on the first floor, where we have beds, mattresses and sofa beds,” giving shoppers the chance to “pick the exact bed they have always wanted to try. It’s been a good night. All fun.”

• The Tan Hill Inn in northern England—Britain’s highest-altitude pub—drew a big crowd on Nov. 26 for the Oasis cover band Noasis. But when heavy snow and dangerous wind conditions hit the remote pub, more than 60 people were stranded there, with the exits blocked and vehicles buried, NPR reported. People slept on the floor and mattresses and ate Yorkshire pudding while playing games and watching movies. Noasis missed their next gig, in Essex, but everyone was able to leave the inn by Nov. 29 with a great story to tell.

People With Too Much Time on Their Hands ... or, Try the Decaf

Mark Smith of Cass County, Missouri, filed a class-action lawsuit in late November against Folgers Coffee Co. and its parent company, J.M. Smucker, for misleading label information about the serving sizes and quantity of coffee in its canisters. Smith says the company has “grossly misinterpreted the number of cups of coffee” that can be made from a container, calling it a “classic and unlawful bait-and-switch scheme,” The Kansas City Star reported. Folgers rebutted by saying that the label offers two ways to make coffee,

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and its label uses the words “up to” when describing how much a canister could make.

Bright Idea

In Greenwood, South Carolina, firefighters responded on Nov. 28 to the Morningside assisted living facility, where several rounds of ammunition, which had apparently been stored in a toaster oven, discharged and caught a resident’s apartment on fire. WSPATV reported that employees initially believed a shooter was on the property when they heard the shots, but the room’s resident was found unconscious and suffering from smoke inhalation.

The fire was extinguished, and no other apartments were damaged.

A Likely Story

Dale Wheeler, a 56-year-old IT worker from Morrisville, North Carolina, crashed his car just four miles away from his home on Nov. 12 and then disappeared, The Raleigh News and Observer reported. Officers responding to the crash found the keys still in the car, along with “a little bit of blood.”

Wheeler was reported missing after not showing up for work for two days, but it was almost two weeks before anyone saw him again. On Nov. 28, someone called police to do a welfare check at Wheeler’s home and found him there, alert and conscious. He was taken to a hospital, where he explained that he had walked away from the accident but went back to find his phone, then was lost in the woods for nearly two weeks before finding his way home. Police said an investigation is ongoing.

Can’t Possibly Be True

In a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology, researchers from Furman University asked children ages 4 to 7 to identify whether certain foods come from plants or animals, and which things were OK to eat. The results were shocking, as Oddee.com reported: About a third of the kids thought eggs came from plants. Forty percent thought hot dogs and bacon were vegetables. Almost half thought french fries were animal-based. More than a third thought chicken nuggets were plantbased, even though the word “chicken” is right there in the name. Another third said fish were not OK to eat. Seventy-six percent said cows were not OK to eat. We have some work to do, folks.

Inexplicable

Keeta Neville, 34, was detained on Nov. 6 for trespassing in Norfolk, Virginia, The Smoking Gun reported. She was charged with disorderly conduct and assault on officers during her arrest—but that’s not the most interesting thing about this incident. Neville’s head and face were covered with a cream-colored “paintlike substance” when she was apprehended, although the nature and source of the substance aren’t known. Neville remained in custody until her December court date.

The Easy Way Out

A prison in Perry, Georgia, called in an order at the local McDonald’s on Nov. 9 that stunned employee Brittani Curtis, Fox5Atlanta-TV reported.

The prison ordered 1,600 McChickens, 1,600 McDoubles and 3,200 cookies— and needed them in four hours. “No lie, ya girl is TIRED,” Curtis posted on TikTok after helping to fulfill the order, which cost about $7,400. She said the prison often orders from the fast-food restaurant, but it’s “usually never such short notice, though.”

Georgetown County (South Carolina) sheriff ’s deputies responded on Nov. 6 to a call about a shooting at Crepe Myrtle Court, where they found one man lying on the ground with bullet wounds, with another applying pressure to a wound.

When the deputy asked where the shooter was, the unharmed man, Aaron Stephen Gruber, 31, said, “That’s me, I’m the shooter.” He was immediately arrested and charged with attempted murder, The Sun News reported.

According to witnesses, Gruber and the victim were arguing about the victim making a sexual gesture toward Gruber’s wife. The victim punched Gruber in the face, and he responded by shooting him twice. Gruber posted $50,000 bond and was released.

That’s So Haute

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Politix, a menswear brand in Australia, celebrated Movember (when men grow mustaches to raise awareness of men’s health care concerns) with a special suit of clothing made of mustache hair, Oddity Central reported.

The Mo-Hair suit’s fabric was made

by Melbourne artist Pamela Kleeman-Passi, who collected hair from salons and individuals. “When hair is on your head, it looks really beautiful,” she said. “But when it’s off the body, it immediately becomes disgusting ...

I’m interested in the polarity between what’s really voluptuous and what’s really repulsive.” If you’re interested in the Mo-Hair suit, sorry: It isn’t commercially available.

Cable network BET broke a Guinness World Record in Harlem by recruiting 536 people to dance in the world’s longest soul train line. The line included original dancers from the Soul Train TV show, as well as a marching band and hundreds of local residents. A Guinness official was there to make sure participants followed the rules, including dancing “in pairs for at least 40 feet to qualify as a soul train.” The group took the record from Goodyear Ballpark in Arizona, which gathered a 426-person soul train line in 2014. p Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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How many 2 or more letter words can you make in 2 minutes from the letters in: Algebra (20 words) Good at math? Then you’re a foul demonic ghoul from hell! Wait, sorry, but there is a connection between algebra and grave-robbing, cadaver-eating ghouls. It goes back to the ninth-century when Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi wrote his mathematical treaties for algebra and later algorithms now used in computers.

Someone mistranslated his name (al-Khwarizimi) as al-gorismus, and we’ve had algorithms ever since. Al-gol is a computer language and also the name of a demonstar where Arabic gets al-ghul meaning ghoul. It may not add up, but it equates.

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