The Writer's Life 11/24 - Gifts

From bbc.com, edited by yours truly: In a bid to tackle world hunger, a Finnish bakery is offering bread made from crushed crickets. Each loaf will contain about 70 crickets, dried and ground, then mixed with flour, wheat and other seeds. In 2013 the U.N. estimated that at least two billion people worldwide eat insects, and that more than 1900 species are used for food. In the West, edible bugs are becoming more popular with those who want a gluten-free diet or to protect the environment. The farming of insects may use less resources than farming animals. Here's what it looks like:

I'll stick with good Italian bread or bagels.

From Yahoo's Odd News, edited by YT: More than 40 dispensaries in the Las Vegas area will offer discounts on marijuana flower products, edibles such as chocolates, and concentrates. An eighth of an ounce of weed will sell for $35, down from $53. One dispensary will gift shoppers a 10-pack of fruit chew edibles with any purchase, while another will have a buy-one-get-one-free special on edibles. Legal sales began in the state July 1st. Anyone 21 and older who provides a valid ID may buy up to an ounce. The drug may be used only in private homea, as it remains illegal to consume it in public, even along Sin City's Strip, in hotels and casinos.

Also from Yahoo's Odd News (YT): Last year a couple shared a long kiss at the end of a visit at the Oregon State Penitentiary. The woman passed seven tiny balloons filled with methamphetamine into her inmate boyriend's mouth. Two ruptured in his stomach a short time later, their toxicity killing him. The femme fatale has been sentenced to two years in prison.

What a glorious day. Too bad business was terrible, despite the addition of Christmas books and CD's to the inventory. My thanks to the gentleman who purchased a holiday compilation issued by NBC, and to the woman who bought Witch Blood by Anya Bast. Frustratingly, at least five people studied the box of books in Russian very carefully and passed, probably because most of it is sci-fi and fantasy. Boris donated another book: Gods and Generals: A Novel of the Civil War by Jeff Shaara. His mom died when he was very young and he is grateful to everyone who helped him along the way. It has inspired him to help others. He showed me a picture, taken 45 years ago, of himself in a Soviet Navy uniform, aboard ship. He's now 65. Something about me led him to believe I too was a military man. I repaid him by giving him a copy of Killing, and he seemed genuinely touched. He'd had no idea I'm a writer.

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