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There is a box in Heartbreaking Work too, one that is neither amusing nor artsy. This box contains the ashes of Eggers' mother, who died of stomach cancer when he was 21--five weeks after his father died of lung cancer. Eggers thus became the guardian of his eight-year-old brother Toph (short for Christopher) and moved from suburban Chicago to California. It's a hilarious book, despite the subject, that applies McSweeney's textual slyness full-force. The acknowledgments contain a guide to themes and symbols (and a chart of his advance and expenses), and his subjects frequently...
...COOKIN' First milk, now this. A small New Hampshire company is introducing eggs that are pasteurized in the shell. Under a patented process first hatched 10 years ago, the eggs are passed through a series of warm-water baths that kill stomach-sickening salmonella without cooking the eggs or changing their flavor. The final product is even USDA certified. When can you start eating those runny soft-boileds again? The safer eggs, sold under the brand name Davidson's, should be available on the East Coast in time for Easter and rolled out nationwide by year's end. Added cost...
...counter, who seemed sweet though unaccustomed to people from New York City screaming at her about intellectual property law, she explained that the owner of the Ice Cream Man was named Jo and that, yes, he was a bit overweight. Depressed and, frankly, sick to my stomach after eating three pints of ice cream, I left...
...performance that included "What a Girl Wants" and a cover version of "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire," she had the audience hooked. She closed with a seductive performance of her ubiquitous hit "Genie in a Bottle," looking very genie-like in velvet black pants and with an exposed stomach...
...list of health problems either caused or exacerbated by alcohol abuse includes a broad range of organs and systems from the heart and liver, to the stomach, esophagus, and mouth...