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The biggest thing it has going against it is its tendency to drip everywhere and get everything sticky, which drives me nuts.<\/p>\n<p>Although &#8220;nuts&#8221; is evidently a relative term these days.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogatelle.com\/archives\/000873.php#000873\">Blogatelle<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest craze amongs radical vegans? Decrying the evil of honey, which, as everyone knows, is produced by the labor of &#8220;oppressed&#8221; worker bees. 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