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We've been successful in training our beagle, Ixi, not to go through the trash.. but anything you drop or leave on the ground she will eat before you can react! (Trying to train this out of her atm, for obvious reasons)

The stuff you find in the gift shops (that photo pictured) is what NASA (Houston) has been selling since the early 90s, not any of the new things I believe.. unless their desserts (strawberries, ice cream, ice cream sandwiches) haven't changed in 15 years. I know this because when I was in 3rd grade (I'm 25), we had a kid come to class and give out sample of the SAME Neapolitan ice cream that's there today, (I bought some last month)...

The reason I feel Adam didn't get first place, aka a set type of show, was proven to me in the show preview I saw the day after the contest results. There were previews for an internet type show like the one he was piloting. Not exactly the same, but the general idea. Whether or not they took his idea, or they had already been planing one like this, we will probably never know.

In my opinion, and my boyfriends, we think they felt they "needed" more minority on the network as well, so they chose the other dude.

I was rooting for Lisa. I didn't like her in the beginning, but she grew on me.

Linens and Things apparently already sells them?

http://www.lnt.com/sm-paula-deen-candles--pi-3019781.html

I want to smell Strawberry Shortcake and Coconut Pound Cake.

I used to live in New Zealand and the McDonalds had what was called a Kiwi Burger (Since New Zealanders are called Kiwis)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwiburger

i believe i met this dog at a san domenico truffle hunt in central park... if memory serves he did a decent job locating the white truffle!

I was really curious what his face looked like w/o it being buried in the dishwasher or the rubbish can. Cute doggie. :)

That's the problem though, Varuna, we can't say leave it quick enough for her to register it and leave it before she gobbles it up. We're okay if she's a bit away before we drop something, but normally if there is food she is RIGHT there under our feet. (We don't have a dining room table yet, and when I'm sitting down on the floor to eat I try to keep her a good distance away from my food dish, but she sits under my boyfriends chair when he eats and he thinks I'm being mean to her if I tell her to go lay down farther away.) She's not allowed int he kitchen, which is a safe zone to drop stuff in, but if we are carrying our dish, and drop something it's gone

Tah, that is actually one thing we have under control. Start with putting her in a "lay position". Put a treat in front of her and say "Leave it." If she tries to take it, cover it with your hand and put her back into lay down position. When she is calm and paying attention to you about leaving the treat alone, you can tell her "Take it" and let her have it. Work with her for longer times of "Leave it."

If we drop something on the floor now, we're just quick to say, "Leave it." Our beagle will leave it alone. We always make sure to follow up with a treat for him afterwards though.

Lisa doesn't want an FN show. The network is part of a group, and she'll be on Fine Living or something. She told me before the final aired that "sometimes you win by not being the winner." For one thing, she is working on a cookbook, makes real coin catering, and those would be disrupted by TV. She accomplished her mission.

Also, she is awesome in person. The producers consistently strove to show her in a bad light.