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The Statesman should test market edible information products After delivering millions of sometimes-bland newspapers, I finally came up with a recipe ripe to compete with the Internet; via products you can simply eat, rather than wastefully toss out or recycle: Start out small, like at the food mall, and then mix nutritious soy based ink with cellulose news columns . Wrap into hermetically sealed rice paper, stuffed with ads. Organically orient the A Section to include everyman’s essential waking vitamins, with a whiff of caffeine providing the Buzz for B. In winter, Lifestyles could supply Vitamin C, to lick the dark. Occasionally articles come along that are so well written, such as Zimo’s Overlooked diving ducks , that they don’t need extra spices to whet readers hardy appetites. To alleviate rogue dogs from snatching the tasty wraps from the ground, require home subscribers to maintain a sanitary Statesman box, modified in the form of a child’s toy oven. When neighbors see subscr...

Pressing moves

W e movers and shakers had an inspirational experience this week, especially when compared to some of our recent transporting travails . The Peaceful Freemason, Two Skies and I, helped Brittany Sanders transport a 700 lb. printing press over to her new production studio and then we attempted to manhandle an even bigger and more ancient behemoth. ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Brittany is a real salt of the earth young woman, strikingly gorgeous both inside and out, and she is fun! She is a nationally recognized book artist and designer, and operates a unique business , creating “custom design letterpress stationary, unique wedding invitations, birth announcements and other celebrations, all hand printed on a Vandercook letterpress.” Moreover, she is involved with the film industry; most recently assisting with a great war veteran documentary called “ Fighting for life .” And before that, Return with Honor; a captivating documentary recently featured in K-Town, where one of the Prisoners of War in t...