{"id":8999,"date":"2014-01-23T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T04:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=8999"},"modified":"2014-01-23T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T04:16:09","slug":"the-rest-of-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=8999","title":{"rendered":"The Rest of the Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4976\" alt=\"userpic=freberg\" src=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/userpicfreberg.jpg\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/>Today&#8217;s news chum brings you, as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Harvey\">Paul Harvey<\/a> might say, &#8220;the rest of the story&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Jewish&#8221; Surnames<\/strong>. A few days ago, I wrote <a title=\"Perpetuating Misconceptions\" href=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=8959\">a rant about the article going virally around Facebook about Jewish Surnames<\/a>. Turns out that article was not only misleading, <a href=\"http:\/\/mosaicmagazine.com\/tesserae\/2014\/01\/jewish-surnames-supposedly-explained\/?utm_source=Mosaic+Daily+Email&amp;utm_campaign=40874ca3e6-2014_1_21&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_0b0517b2ab-40874ca3e6-42312429\">it was incorrect in a number of ways<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behind the Apple<\/strong>. Since we&#8217;re talking about Jewish stuff, here&#8217;s an interesting article about <a href=\"http:\/\/forward.com\/articles\/191291\/apples-jewish-history--years-after-iconic-supe\/\">the Jewish connections behind Apple Computers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Velveeta Shortage<\/strong>. Remember all those articles about a Velveeta shortage. Guess what. There really is no shortage; <a href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article\/the-media-guy\/velveeta-shortage-froot-loops\/291186\/\">it was a manufactured panic based on an offhand remark<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behind the Glitter<\/strong>. Snap chuff. Sparkle. Sparkle. Ever wonder where the glitter in your glitter trap comes from. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/the-grind-and-grief-behind-the-glitter-20140118-311f8.html\">The answer isn&#8217;t always as pretty as the glitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Hard Problem.<\/strong> You&#8217;ve all heard about the problem that the &#8220;condom law&#8221; is creating for porn performers here in the San Fernando Valley. The problem is so hard they are ejaculating themselves to Vegas, right? Wrong. Actually, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/informer\/2014\/01\/22\/news-of-porn-industrys-move-to-vegas-is-flat-out-wrong\">the news of the porn industry moving to Vegas is completely wrong<\/a>. In more interesting news, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2014\/1\/20\/5327506\/porn-studio-digitally-removes-condoms-from-releases-to-provide-pre\">one production company has decided to solve the problem a different way: they are digitally removing the condoms<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Behind the Cast Iron Pan<\/strong>. Ever wonder how to season a cast iron pan right? <a href=\"http:\/\/sherylcanter.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron\/\">Here&#8217;s a good explanation, including the science behind the story<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s news chum brings you, as Paul Harvey might say, &#8220;the rest of the story&#8221;: &#8220;Jewish&#8221; Surnames. A few days ago, I wrote a rant about the article going virally around Facebook about Jewish Surnames. Turns out that article was not only misleading, it was incorrect in a number of ways. Behind the Apple. 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