On Elliott Gould. Born Elliott Goldstein, raised in Bensonhurst (which "was to stand-up comedy as the Mississippi Delta was to country blues"), married to Barbra Streisand (who called him the "American Belmondo"), part of the 60s/70s Hollywood "Jew Wave," Gould made perhaps his most lasting mark in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye. (No, he didn't die. Does someone have to be dead to be worth talking about?)

Amazing cakes from Russia. Every bit of them is edible, too. Happy drooly Friday!

Scientist says cremation should meet a timely death. Says cremation is environmentally damaging. Suggests being buried in a cardboard box under a tree. Plant you now-dig you later.

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