Sunday, January 15, 2006

 

Around Pennsylvania ...

Tom Uberti's ready to become the ‘Big Wind Maker'

Really, on what better street for the newest member of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle to live than Woodland Avenue, the lane that boasts Punxsutawney Phil's painted pawprints leading to Gobbler's Knob?

Wearing his top hat and tuxedo and seated at the breakfast nook of his home along 303 Woodland Ave., John Thomas Uberti, known to family and friends as Tom - and soon to be known to Groundhog Day attendees as the “Big Wind Maker” - agrees with a laugh.

From the Punxsutawney Spirit



Around the Country ...

Rubik's whiz sets record

A 20- year-old Caltech student set a new world's record Saturday for solving the popular Rubik's Cube puzzle, turning the tiled brain-twister from scrambled to solved in 11.13 seconds.

Leyan Lo is part of Caltech's Rubik's Cube Club, a brainy clutch of students who hosted the competition at the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco. Lo's record-setting time came early in the day, among his first five tries in the preliminary rounds.

The record-setting solve caught Lo and his competitors by surprise.

From the Pasadena Star-News

Around the World ...

Paris bakery caters to high-end dogs

An award-winning pastry chef from the United States has gone to the dogs in Paris, selling gourmet biscuits and cookies for canines.

Harriet Sternstein moved to Paris from the United States and noticed how Parisians love their dogs. Pets are welcome everywhere, and even eat from restaurant tables.

So she opened Mon Bon Chien, where every day she bakes as many as 300 bacon or garlic and cheese biscuits in the shape of a cat, and bone-shaped cookies made of real foie gras.

From New Kerala.com

posted by Anne 1/15/2006 07:32:00 AM