Stone Soup, named for the stone soup fable, is an internationally syndicated American comic strip written and illustrated by Jan Eliot. The comic strip, set in Eugene, Oregon, began as a weekly in 1990. The syndicated daily strip debuted in November 1995.The Stone family features a family headed by single mother Val, an uncommon contrast with the ordinary nuclear family depicted in more traditional strips. As the author explained,It is not uncommon for strip storylines to consist of household squabbles and arguments that are not resolved. Unlike many strips, the characters do age, but at a very slow rate. Val has celebrated her 38th and 39th birthdays in the strip; Alix and Holly were 9 and 12 when the strip began, and are now 10 and 13.

Diana and I have been talking bout Bak Kut Teh for months and 2 weeks ago, we finally met up for Bak Kut Teh dinner at 2-1/2mile there.I like Bak Kut Teh soup but not the Bak Kut itself. Haha.. Don’t ask me why.. I also don’t know.

It is Tuesday, June 23, 1999. Capt. Joseph Hazelwood dons apron and gloves at the Bean's Cafe soup kitchen in Anchorage, Alaska. He works silently emptying lettuce into a container as part of his 1,000-hour community service sentence. Monday he loaded a truck with abandoned auto parts and assorted junk thrown along Anchorage roadways.

Cool purse, cool web site and cool knitting store in NYC. I have taken classes at the Point Knitting cafe and they are great. They are in the West village, and have amazing quiche, soups, and the pastries are to die for!

Cesar Menendez, our brother blogger over at Zune Insider, was nice enough to invite us to a little Pre-Zuning at the Souped Up Cafe, where he was holding a little meet-up for all the Zune fanboys in the Seattle area.

Cesar from the Zune Team is showing off the Zune at a Seattle Cafe called Souped Up at 6:30pm PST this evening. Five Zune Shirts are being given out.