Frazz by Jef Mallett follows the adventures of an unexpected role model: an elementary-school janitor who's also a Renaissance man. While he's sweeping the hall, he's whistling Beethoven. Or Lyle Lovett. He paints the woodwork in the classrooms; he paints a Da Vinci on the cafeteria wall. He's a trusted authority figure who is every kid's buddy. He took the janitor's job while he was a struggling songwriter, and when he finally sold a hit song, he decided to stay on at school. Frazz appears in 200 newspapers worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and Detroit News. "A few years back, I wrote and illustrated a children's book," says Mallett. "When I was traveling around reading it at school assemblies, I noticed that often, the most respected, best-liked grown-up in the building was the janitor. And I thought, 'Hmm, there's a comic strip in that.'" Often praised for its intelligent wit, gentle spirit and effortless diversity, Frazz won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council in 2003 and 2005 for excellence in communicating values and ethics.
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SusanCraig said, 3 months ago
and I love cashews!
simpsonfan2 said, 3 months ago
Like was mentioned on Ripley’s posts:
If a food requires a complicated process to be safe to eat, you would think people getting sick or dying from eating stuff like this before processing would deter others from trying to eat it, let alone trying to figure out how to process it.
simpsonfan2 said, 3 months ago
Yesterday’s Ripley’s comments.
The Old Wolf
said, 3 months ago
She’s looking it up. Intellectual curiosity for the win!
Randy_B
said, 3 months ago
The more you learn, the more categories of information you discover the existence of.
KasparV said, 3 months ago
@Randy_B
True, For me, this fact totally enhances the learning process. And with the advent of the internet it is so easy.
SusanSunshine
said, 3 months ago
Wow… strange coincidence.
I was the one who posted it on Ripley’s!
Raw cashews and poison ivy contain urushiol …
even the smoke from heating or burning either one can be toxic.
The ones they sell as “raw” have been steamed instead, so they don’t look brown, and don’t have extra fat from “roasting”…. which is really frying.
It’s all semantics.
The most surprising thing to ME is how many people read the comments at Ripley’s.
I had no idea!
LOL
ne7minder55 said, 3 months ago
its not the only food that this sort of thing happens with. Some people are alergic to the oil on a mango’s skin & break out just like poison ivy.
Ronald Davis said, 3 months ago
Weiner’s Law:
There are no answers, only cross references.
Draughty said, 3 months ago
…and every one misses Frazz’s point miserably… why is that?
vwdualnomand said, 3 months ago
heard eating too many brazilian nuts can lead to a metallic overdose.
TheSkulker
said, 3 months ago
Following multiple links from RanaRavens’ link from yesterday, I found this picture in an article about Guinea-Bissau cashew exports. This really shows raw cashews fresh-off-the-tree.
For a vivid, full sized display click here.
In reading the article, I was blown away by the news that the farmers are probably only getting less than 10 cents(!) per pound for the raw nuts. Since they are so fragile, all of the harvesting has to be done manually. As there must be at least 50 nuts per pound these guys are working for almost nothing. Worse, cashews represent 80% of Guinea-Bissau’s employment and prices are falling – putting the entire country at risk.
If you are not already on overload and want to learn more about Anacardium occidentale, click here for an in-depth article from the Purdue horticulture dept.
[Note: Guinea-Bissau is a tiny country in west Africa.]
bagbalm said, 3 months ago
If it isn’t on the standardized test you must not waste time on it.
zoidknight said, 3 months ago
@simpsonfan2
Never stopped public school cafeteria workers.
zoidknight said, 3 months ago
@The Old Wolf
And detention for learning something ourside the approved curriculum for public school.