Last night's dinner

Chili!

1/3 lb ground beef (from CSA), so about $1
2/3 c dried beans (also from CSA), about 50¢
1 onion, 40¢
Several cloves of garlic, pre-peeled, lets say 30¢
Chili powder, 15¢
Molasses, about 25¢ worth
Cocoa powder, about 50¢
Leftover bits of celery, 75¢
1/2 green pepper, 30¢
1/2 red pepper, 60¢

Made: 4 dinner servings (my mother ate at work), 1 lunch serving

Cost: just about $4. I have got to start measuring stuff instead of pinching it out of the jar, then I can know how much I actually spend! (You should see my pantry, guys. I'll take a pic if I can get some decent light! Jars of beans, jars of rice, jars of spices. We don't eat things that come in jars all that often, so it's taken a long time to accumulate that many!)

Breakfast today: homemade scotch eggs! Like on neopets! 5 eggs and 12 oz of sausage meat.

Articles!

2.3 million children have a long-term jobless parent

http://cnnmon.ie/1ak38Ni

Spain Youth Unemployment Rises To Record 57.7%, Surpasses Greece

http://bit.ly/1m0ZpJw

Germans abandon hope of US 'no-spy' treaty

http://bit.ly/1eGMV6r

"Like a Book Burning" The Canadian government is closing scientific libraries and destroying docs

http://bit.ly/1kyXo95

Mozilla Calls on World to Protect Firefox Browser From the NSA

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/01/mozilla/

China cloning on an 'industrial scale'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25576718

Infanticide is on the rise in Pakistan

http://alj.am/1hTuO0g

Debunking the "NSA Mass Surveillance Could Have Stopped 9/11" Myth

http://bit.ly/1dNFnLj

Worried about Alzheimer's? New OSU self-test helps determine if you should be

http://bit.ly/1dtiu4J

NSA Goes From Saying Bulk Metadata Collection 'Saves Lives' To 'Prevented 54 Attacks' To 'Well, It's A Nice Insurance Policy'

http://bit.ly/19q6lws

How A Little Caffeine Can Help Tweak Your Memory

http://onforb.es/1eDhARU

The limits of President Obama’s power on NSA reform

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/nsa-surveillance-limits-102081.html

THE AL QAEDA SWITCHBOARD

tl;dr we don't need more surveillance, we need our intelligence agencies to communicate. Well, duh.

http://nyr.kr/1iG6jDJ

Inside Monopoly's secret war against the Third Reich

http://bit.ly/1hOjpij

(no subject)

Overfishing doesn't just shrink fish populations - they often don't recover

http://bitly.com/1iIyOhA

Tiny Sensors Are Being Attached To Thousands of Bees So They Can Monitor The Evironment

http://bit.ly/1eHjEZe

Our brains have a map for numbers

http://bit.ly/1fulPSM

Urban Nature: How to foster biodiversity in the world's cities

http://bitly.com/197QCCb

US carbon emissions rise 2%

http://bitly.com/1aiEkoX

As Solar Power Grows, Dispute Flares Over U.S. Utility Bills

http://bit.ly/L1v3Il

Gym Workouts Generate Electricity In Bristol

http://bit.ly/1dtQgHj

The Economic Organization of a P.O.W. Camp

http://bit.ly/L9c9Qx

'Too Much Estrogen': The Golden Globes, Chris Christie and Men Who Don't Want to Share Culture

http://huff.to/1aiSN40

365 Trillion Gallons of Water Thrown Away With Our Food Every Year

http://bit.ly/JZMOY9

AZ Governor Uses ‘State Of State’ Address To Get Rid Of Child Protective Services

http://bit.ly/1j6gDVL

An Affordable Solar Lantern, Made in Africa

http://bit.ly/L9d0Rc