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conuly

BENICIA, Calif. — Han Solo may be a hunk. But "Pan Solo" is a hunk of bread.

That's what a bakery in the San Francisco Bay Area has dubbed its 6-foot bread sculpture of the Star Wars character as he appeared after being frozen in carbonite in The Empire Strikes Back.

Hannalee Pervan and her mother, Catherine Pervan, co-owners of One House Bakery in Benicia, Calif., spent weeks molding, baking and assembling the life-sized sculpture using wood and two types of dough, including a type of yeastless dough with a higher sugar content that will last longer.

sixbeforelunch

If you modded LiveJournal communities back in the day, please consider archiving them to Dreamwidth NOW. So much 2000s internet history lives there, and if LJ falls off the internet (as it very well might, depending on how things go in Russia in the near future), links will break and vast amounts of it will be lost. Wayback Machine only captures public posts; a Dreamwidth import can pull in locked posts and comments, and allow people to view them by joining the comm.

conuly

If you ever hear a “caw-caw!” sound in an Aldi grocery store, don’t worry: A crow hasn’t gotten trapped in the rafters. Rather, you’ve just overheard a member of the Aisle of Shame (AOS) Facebook group sending out a call in their natural habitat.

If another CAW-CAW! rings out in response, expect enthusiastic chatter, hugs, and selfies to follow. AOS fans love interacting online, but they get a special joy out of finding each other in the place that started it all.

The “Aisle of Shame” is the unofficial name Aldi enthusiasts have given the discount store’s middle aisle, home to a weekly rotation of curious edible and non-edible products available only while supplies last. We’re talking everything from vegan lasagna made from lentils to a churro maker and apple cinnamon latte-flavored dog biscuits.

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The group’s in-store “caw caw” arose organically from a handful of online posts in which members brainstormed ways to find each other in the store. (It won out over more sedate options such as asking, “Where’s the ranch?” That’s how members of the Aldi Nerd Facebook group find each other; the correct response is “where the deer and the antelope play.”)

Mark your calendars. Everything you need to know about mail-in and early in-person voting, including the first day you can cast your ballot in the 2020 election.

twistedchick

--Officially request an absentee ballot from your local Board of Elections (usually at the county level). --Look up where the Board of Elections is located, and where there are official B of E drop boxes for ballots -- usually in government buildings. --Fill out your ballot as soon as it arrives (they are almost guaranteed to be very close to deadline). --Take it to an official Board of Elections drop box and put it in. Or take it to the Board of Elections office. That's it. Avoid using the mail -- if you are going to mail it back, do so before Oct. 20, because otherwise it's likely to be delayed until it is too late.

nialla42

I bought one from TeeFury, and I can't recommend them. It's a double layer of two different materials, probably because they needed a different type to hold the transfer image. There's no bonding between the layers, so the first time I opened my mouth, the inner layer went into my mouth. Nope.