Author: Joey deVilla

First: a quick lesson. For those of you not familiar with Craigslist, it’s a classified ads site created by San Francisco-based programmer Craig Newmark, and it’s a thorn in the side of newspapers, whose classified ads revenues are shrinking because in many cases, Craigslist gives you more bang for the buck (for my own examples, see When Craigslist Beat the Toronto Star Classifieds and A Craigslist Wedding). It doesn’t cost any money to read Craigslist; in fact, in most cases, it doens’t cost money to post an ad on it, either. Its sole source of income is paid job ads in selected U.S. cities and paid apartment broker ads in New York. Despite this seemingly small revenue stream, they are believed to have made over $100 million last year (it’s hard to tell because they don’t release financial info).

Inspired by a post on Twitter by Jordan running, I decided to take a peek at the “Casual Encounters” section of Craigslist in both Minneapolis and Denver, where the Republican and Democratic National Conventions are taking place. Convention-goers are big on kink, and that seems to be doubly so for political convention-goers, who spent high school and university leading lives of repressed student council wonkery, which often turns into wacky overcompensation later.

Results for Craigslist Minneapolis

In the Craigslist for the city where the Republican National Convention is taking place, I entered some search terms and these are the number of classified ads that turned up:

• RNC: 15
• Republican: 12
• GOP (short for “Grand Old Party”, a nickname for the Republicans): 3
• convention: 13

My favourite:

“Looking to set up jerk-off party at GOP Convention – m4mm” (Posted July 15th)

Its early but looking for jerk off convention for GOP convention, Minneapolis. I can host; you can host. Older and chubs preferred.

Wait a minute — isn’t the Republican party already a jerk-off party?

Results for Craigslist Denver

Farther south and west in Denver, where the Democratic National Convention is happening. I entered some search terms and got these numbers:

• DNC: 125
• Democrat: 7
• Democratic: 5
• convention: 68

My favourite:

Sleeping With the Enemy – RightWingNut Seeks FlamingLiberalWoman – m4w (Posted August 25th)

Sleeping With the Enemy – Denver Native RightWingNut Seeks FlamingLiberalWoman for NSA “interracial encounter” …

The DNC is in town, and walking around downtown tonight, the Liberal Women were all damn good looking… they were HOT… (are liberal woman “better” looking?)

I propose a NSA meeting of the minds, um, I mean bodies…. Do conservatives and liberals “do it” different? Do we have different sexual priorities and skill sets? Consider it a “diversity” learning experience.

We would meet for a drink, have fun slamming the other side (in a good way…) and then go back to your hotel room or my house and screw our brains out. This would be as exciting as doing someone from another race, or from a foreign country that speaks a different a language.

I think this is one of the best ideas I’ve had in ages, do you agree?

I happen to be way more conservative than McCain, 45 and good looking and disease free, single and very “oral”…. All races and ages welcome (and exciting), conservatives and liberals are almost different races, but we’re all Americans, right?

Do me…. I can be available for a day or evening encounter… it would be a great DNC memory…. Help me bridge the gap between differing political views…. The Liberals and Conservatives must find common ground… (in the bedroom).

This could be a great memory for each of us… email me back… NOW… times a wastin…

I have to hand it to this guy — he’s a uniter, not a divider!

The Final Score

So in the end, the Democrats win this particular kink contest, having more Craigslist “Casual Encounters” ads than the Republicans by an order of magnitude. Perhaps this is a good thing; the “Hillary Harridans”/PUMAs/Clintards could stand to unwind a little.

This of course is not indicative of how much sex is actually going on: you have to keep in mind that the Republicans have been trying to keep their sexual proclivities on the down-low given the number of gay sex scandals that have been attributed to them. Let’s not forget that Minneapolis is also home of the Larry Craig bathroom sex scandal, so they’re probably being quite careful to put their best foot forward, least their image become the new gay stereotype:

Maple Leaf CEO Michael McCain.
Photo by Tara Walton, Canadian Press.

Once again, for those of you who haven’t been paying attention to the news: Maple Leaf Foods, a Canadian company, has issued a massive recall of all meat products produced at its Bartor Road plant in Toronto. They’ve published a list of the 200 or so recalled products in PDF form; thanks to Laurie Sefton, I’m able to publish a web-friendly version below.

Be sure to note that Maple Leaf products are sold under more brands than just the Maple Leaf name. Affected products are also sold under these brands:

• Artisan Collection
• Best Value
• Bittners/Schneiders
• Boston Pizza
• Burns
• Campfire
• Compliments
• Coorsh
• Country Morning
• Equality
• Fleetwood
• Foodservice
• Generic
• Harmonie
• Hickory Farms
• Hygrade
• Kirkland Signature
• Main Street Deli
• Mayfair/Marque
• McDonalds
• Mitchell’s
• Mr. Sub
• No Name
• Northern Best Value
• Olympic
• Our Compliments
• Overlander
• Parma
• Safeway
• Schneiders
• Shopsys

I strongly recommend that you check your fridge for any of the items on the list below:

Product Code	Brand	Product Name (English)	Product Name (French)	UPC / SCC code	UP TO AND INCLUDING Best Before:	Package size
32138	Artisan Collection	All Ham Kielbassa	Kielbassa tout jambon	90063100321386	08OC22	3.5 kg
32136	Artisan Collection	Montreal Smoked Meat	Boeuf fume a la Montrealaise	90063100321362	08OC15	2.7 kg
32125	Artisan Collection	Oven Roast Turkey	Poitrine Dinde Au Four	90063100321256	08OC22	4.0 kg
24171	Best Value	Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit	771212852557	08OC22	375 g
60271	Bittners	Country Hearth Kielbassa Baked Meat Loaf Smoked	Country Hearth au Kielbassa Pain de Viande au Four Fume	90060811602711	08OC29	2 kg
60218	Bittners	Country Hearth Peppercorn Baked Meat Loaf Smoked	Country Hearth au Grain de Poivre Pain de Viande au Four Fume	90060811602186	08OC29	2 kg
60250	Bittners/Schneiders	All Ham Kielbasa Smoked Sausage	Tout Jambon Saucisson Fume	90060811602506	08OC22	3.5 kg
60215	Bittners/Schneiders	Country Hearth French Onion Baked Meat Loaf Smoked	Country Hearth a l'oignon Francais Pain De Viande au Four Fume	90060811602155	08OC29	2 kg
60213	Bittners/Schneiders	Country Hearth Ham & Bacon Baked Meat Loaf	Country Hearth Jambon & Bacon Pain De Viande au Four	90060811602131	08OC29	2 kg
60235	Bittners/Schneiders	Slo-Roast Oven Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast	Poitine De Dinde desossee Rotie au four	90060811602353	08OC22	4 kg
07133	Boston Pizza	Slow Cooked shaved Roast Beef	Cuit lentement Rôti de boeuf tranché trés mince	10063100071339	09FE16	750 g
24074	Burns	All Beef Bologna	Bologne au boeuf	0 640250 5	08OC22	175 g
21360	Burns	Bite Size Snack Pepperoni Bites	Gouter en Bouchees Pepperoni Bites	063100213602	09JA02	500 g
17034	Burns	Bologna	Bologne	006400017034	08OC22	4.0 kg
17035	Burns	Bologna	Bologne	90056839170356	08OC22	4.36 kg
24945	Burns	Bologna	Bologne	64000002129	08OC22	6Kg
29920	Burns	Bologna	Bologne	64000002129	08OC22	750 g
33030	Burns	Bologna	Bologne	0 640220 4	08OC22	175 g
18015	Burns	BR REGULAR PEPPERONI MP 3×2.1k	BR PEPPERONI	90064000180158	08DE18	2.1 kg
17981	Burns	BR REGULAR SALAMI MP 3×2.15kg	BR SALAMI REGULIER	90064000179817	08DE18	2.15 kg
Product Code	Brand	Product Name (English)	Product Name (French)	UPC / SCC code	UP TO AND INCLUDING Best Before:	Package size
24759	Burns	Bung Bologna	Bologna Bonde	90056839247591	08OC22	8.93 kg
18007	Burns	BURNS REGULAR SUMMER MP 3's	Sauc D'ete Ord. Burns 3	90064000180073	08DE18	2.12 kg
41450	Burns	BURNS SADDLE-PACK BOLO 12/2×250		90063100414507	08OC22	250 g
65757	Burns	BURNS SL SUMMER 12x175g		6403106	08OC15	175 g
34908	Burns	Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit	06402107	08OC15	375 g
35890	Burns	Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit	06401904	08OC15	175 g
19496	Burns	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	06420307	08OC15	375g
46590	Burns	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	06403504	08OC15	175 g
42013	Burns	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	06401603	08OC22	500 g
41452	Burns	Pepperoni Generic	Pepperoni Generic	90063100414521	08OC15	200 g
60089	Burns	Pizza Toppings (Salami, Smoked Ham, Pepperoni)	Pizza Toppings (Salami, Jambon Fumé, Pepperoni)	90060383600894	08OC22	2.2 kg
41963	Burns	Salami	Salami	06401302	08OC22	500 g
10812	Burns	Salami	Salami	06411707	08OC29	375 g
49743	Burns	Salami	Salami	06403203	08OC29	175 g
41451	Burns	Salami Generic	Salami Generic	90063100414514	08OC29	200 g
53640	Burns	Salami, Pepperoni, Summer Sausage	Salami, Pepperoni, Saucisson D'ete	90000000536403	08OC19	3.98 kg
39691	Campfire	Garlic Sausage	Saucisson a l'ail	10056839396910	08OC22	500 g
21329	Mr. Sub	Corned Beef	Boeuf Salé
34219	Compliments	COMPLIMENTS CHKN BRST 12x125g			08OC22	125 g
34220	Compliments	COMPLIMENTS TURKY BRST 12x125g			08OC22	125 g
34225	Compliments	Fat Free Chicken Breast	Poitrine de Poulet sans gras	0 55742 38110 8	08OC22	125 g
34226	Compliments	Fat Free Turkey Breast	Poitrine de Dinde sans gras	0 55742 38111 5	08OC22	125 g
50499	Coorsh	Pastrami Smoked Beef	Pastrami Bouef Fume	90055900504991	08OC22	2.1 kg
51275	Coorsh	Smoked Meat 4x50g	Boeuf Fume Tranche Mince "Genre Deli" 4x50g	0 55900 51275 7	C8OC22	200 g
17418	Country Morning	Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit	057316029089	08OC22	175g
82538	Country Morning	Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit	057316173027	08OC22	375 g
24263	Equality	Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit2	057627350407	08OC22	375 g
Product Code	Brand	Product Name (English)	Product Name (French)	UPC / SCC code	UP TO AND INCLUDING Best Before:	Package size
04960	Fleetwood	12/CS		1006484404908	08OC15	2.68kg
04820	Fleetwood	Seasoned Cooked Roast Beef	Rosbif Cuit et Assaissoné	90064844048201	08OC15	2.7 kg
71331	Foodservice	meat	Fumee	10064875113318	08OC01	10 kg
71330	Foodservice	Roast Beef Cooked, Seasoned	Rosbif Cuit, Assaisonne	10064875713301	08OC01	10 kg
17183	Generic	#2 Assorted Cooked Meats	Viandes Assorties Cuites	10056839171838	08OC22	5 kg
22930	Generic	#2 Assorted Smoked Sausage Rings	Saucissons Fumes Assortis En Colliers	90000000229305	08OC22	6.0 kg
22931	Generic	#2 Bologna	Bologne	10000000229316	08OC22	1.5kg
99156	Generic	#2 TURKEY			08OC01	3.7kg
99158	Generic	#2 Turkey Breast Roast Ends & Pieces Cooked	Roti De Poitrine De Dinde Bouts et Morceaux Cuite	10063100991583	08OC01	1kg
49235	Generic	COMPLIMENTS COOKED HAM 12/375			08OC22	375 g
60243	Generic	Deli Gourmet Roast Beef Slices	Tranches De Rosbif Deli Gourmet	10000000602430	08OC01	1 kg
44938	Generic	Montreal Style Corned Beef	Bœuf Salé a la Montréalaise de la marque Sure Slice	10063100449381	08OC15	500 g
60236	Generic	Oven Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast	Rotie Au Four Poitrine De Dinde Desossee	90060811602360	08OC08	3.7 kg
42706	Generic	Roast Beef, Seasoned and Cooked	Rosbif Cuit et Assaisonné	10063100427068	08OC08	500 g
99151	Generic	Turkey Breast Roast	Roti De Poitrine De Dinde		09OC01	5.1 kg
20079	Harmonie	Cooked Ham 175g	Jambon cuit 375g	0 57316 07215 3	08OC22	175g
06932	Hickory Farms	Beef Stick Beef Sausage	Saucisson de boeuf	10058485069323	09FE16	250 g
93199	Hickory Farms	Beef Stick Beef Sausage	Saucisson de boeuf	058485931999	09FE16	1 kg
93198	Hickory Farms	Beef Stick Beef Sausage	Saucisson de boeuf	10000000931981	09AU20	1.0 kg
16963	Hickory Farms	Beef Stick Beef Sausage	Saucisson de boeuf	10058485063634	09FE16	175 g
91004	Hickory Farms	Beef Stick Beef Sausage	Saucisson de boeuf	058485910048	09FE16	375 g
91017	Hickory Farms	Beef Stick Beef Sausage with Roasted Garlic	Saucisson de boeuf a l'ail roti	058485910178	09FE16	375 g
00042	Hygrade	Barbeque Flavoured Sausage	Saucisson a saveur de Barbeque	058640000522	09MA17	25 g
00052	Hygrade	Barbeque Flavoured Sausage	Saucisson a saveur de Barbeque	058640000522	09MA17	25 g
Product Code	Brand	Product Name (English)	Product Name (French)	UPC / SCC code	UP TO AND INCLUDING Best Before:	Package size
01151	Hygrade	Cooked, Sliced Smoked Meat	Cuit, Tranche Boeuf Fume	058640011511	08OC22	200 g
00207	Hygrade	Garlic Bologna	Bologne a l'ail	058640002076	09NO18	500 g
26367		Roast Beef	Rosbif
00040	Hygrade	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	058640000508	09MA17	25 g
00050	Hygrade	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	058640000508	09MA17	25 g
08448	Kirkland Signature	Smoked Pastrami Beef Rounds	Pastrami de rondes de boeuf fumée	0 62000 08448 0	08OC15	1.0 kg
08450	Main Street Deli	MSD PASTRAMI #2			08OC01	2.5 kg
78010	Maple Leaf	Bavarian Smokies	Saucisson fune Bavarois	10063100780101	Frozen	4 kg
82708	Maple Leaf	All Beef Bologna	Bologne tout boeuf	063100827083	08OC29	375 g
22919	Maple Leaf	Blood Pudding	Boudin	90063100229194	08OC29	425 g
82774	Maple Leaf	Bologna	Bologne	063100827700	08AS20	500g
22882	Maple Leaf	Bologna	Bologne	90063100228821	08OC22	1 kg
82771	Maple Leaf	Bologna	Bologne	063100827717	08OC29	375 g
80316	Maple Leaf	Cooked Diced All white Turkey Roll	Roule De Viande Entierement Blanche De Dinde Cuit En Des	90067052803167	09AU20	2.25 kg
82024	Maple Leaf	Cooked Ham	Jambon cuit	0 63100 82024 4	08OC22	375 g
33544	Tim Horton	Slow Roast Beef, WIP
83744	Maple Leaf	Deli Express Smoked Meat 4x50g	Deli-vite Boeuf fume 4x50g	0 63100 83744 0	08OC22	200 g
22781	Maple Leaf	Deli Meat Macaroni and Cheese Loaf	Pain de viande au macaroni et fromage	90063100227817	08OC15	2/CA
22829	Maple Leaf	Deli Mock Chicken Loaf Rolled in Toasted Wheat Crumbs	Pain simili poulet roule dans de la chapelure de ble grillee	90063100228296	08OC15	3.6 kg
22794	Maple Leaf	Delicia Meat Loaf	Pain de viande "delicia"		08AU20
80219	Maple Leaf	EZEE PIZZA (pepperoni, italian style salami, black forest smoke ham)	Ezee Pizza (pepperoni, salami A l`talienne, Jambon Foret noire fume)	64000040503	08OC22	250g
61380	Maple Leaf	Ezee Sub Dagwood (Salami, Bologna, Smoked Luncheon Meat)	Ezee Sub Dagwood (Salami, Bologne, Pain de Viande Fumé)	0 63100 61380 8	08OC22	375 g
61353	Maple Leaf	Ezee Sub Gourmet (Smoked Turkey Breast, Smoked Ham, Smoked Corned Beef)	Ezee Sub Gourmet (Poitrine de dinde fumée, Jambon fumée, boeuf salé fumée)	0 63100 61353 2	08OC22	250 g
Product Code	Brand	Product Name (English)	Product Name (French)	UPC / SCC code	UP TO AND INCLUDING Best Before:	Package size
61361	Maple Leaf	Ezee Sub Hero (Pepperoni, Salami, Smoked Ham)	Ezee Sub Hero (Pepperoni, Salami, Jambon Fumée)	0 63100 61361 7	08OC22	375 g
68684	Maple Leaf	Ezee Sub Turkey (Smoked Turkey Breast, Smoked Turkey Salami, Smoked Ham Style Turkey)	Ezee Sub Dinde (Poitrine de dinde fumée, Salami a la dinde fumée, Dinde fumée genre jambon)	0 63100 68684 0	08OC22	250 g
89442	Maple Leaf	Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Breast Strips	Entierement Cuites Lanieres de Poitrine de Poulet Grillees	063100894429	08OC22	400g
89425	Maple Leaf	Fully Cooked Grilled Chicken Breast Strips Seasoned and Glazed	Entierement Cuites Lanieres de poitrine de poulet grillees assisonnees et glacees	063100894252	08OC22	150g
89426	Maple Leaf	Fully Cooked Grilled Sirloin Steak Strips Seasoned and Glazed	Entierement Cuites Lanieres de bifteck de surlonge grillees assisonnees et glacees	063100894269	08OC22	150 g
89441	Maple Leaf	Fully Cooked Grilled Turkey Breast Strips	Entierement Cuites Lanieres de Poitrine de dinde Grillees	063100894412	08OC22	150g
82718	Maple Leaf	Garlic Bologna	Bologne a l'ail	063100827182	08NO05	375 g
78016	Maple Leaf	GERMAN BRATWURST SAUSAGE	Saucisson allemand Bratwurst	10063100780163	Frozen	4 kg
55357	Maple Leaf	Ham Sausage	Saucisson de Jambon Cuit	10000000553570	Frozen	1.5 kg
55357	Maple Leaf	Ham Sausage	Saucisson de Jambon Cuit	10000000553570	Frozen	1.5 kg
78017	Maple Leaf	HOT ITALIAN SAUSAGE 4kg	Saucisson alienne piquant	10063100780179	Frozen	4 kg
83166	Maple Leaf	Hot Pepperoni	Piquant Pepperoni	063100831660	08OC29	250 g
22851	Maple Leaf	M LEAF SALAMI 2/CA	Salami SV ML	90063100228517	08DE18	2.8kg
83118	Maple Leaf	M. LEAF PEPPERONI		90063100831182	08DE18	2.75 kg
22507	Maple Leaf	MAPLE LEAF DELI BOLOGNA2x4.5KG	ML BOLOGNE CIRE	90063100225073	09FE16	4.5 kg
33249	Maple Leaf	ML BEEF SALAMI 2×2.5kg	ML AU BOEUF SALAMI	90063100332498	08DE18	2.5 kg
78023	Maple Leaf	ML DEBREZINER SAUSAGE			Frozen
22101	Maple Leaf	ML LARGE WAX BOLO 2×4.4k	ML BOLOGNE CIRE	90063100221013	09FE16	4.4 kg
22555	Maple Leaf	ML LARGE WAX BOLO 6×4.4kg	ML BOLOGNE CIRE	90063100225554	09FE16	4.4kg
41825	Maple Leaf	ML LOUISIANA BLACKENED ROAST BEEF	5		08OC08	500 g
Product Code	Brand	Product Name (English)	Product Name (French)	UPC / SCC code	UP TO AND INCLUDING Best Before:	Package size
21449	Maple Leaf	Turkey 3×11	ML DINDE FUM TR. SURE SLI	10063100214491	08OC15	1.0 kg
22388	Maple Leaf	ML WAX BOLOGNA BAG 6x1kg	Bolgne Petit ML Cire	9006300223888	08DE18	1.0 kg
82151	Maple Leaf	2x4kg		90063100821510	08DE18	4.0 kg
83111	Maple Leaf	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	063100831110	08OC29	250 g
83130	Maple Leaf	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	063100831301	08OC29	250 g
83121	Maple Leaf	Pepperoni 50% Less Fat	Pepperoni 50% Moins De Gras Cue	063100831219	08OC29	250 g
50579	Maple Leaf	Pizza Gourmet Cooked Italian Sausage Pizza Topping	Garniture Cuite De Saucisson Style Italien Pour Pizza	10063100505797		1 kg
50579	Maple Leaf	Pizza Gourmet Cooked Italian Sausage Pizza Topping	Garniture Cuite De Saucisson Style Italien Pour Pizza	10063100505797		1 kg
50583	Maple Leaf	Pizza Gourmet Cooked Spice Beef Sausage Topping	Garniture Cuite De Saucisson Style Italien Pour Pizza	10063100505834		1 kg
50583	Maple Leaf	Pizza Gourmet Cooked Spice Beef Sausage Topping	Garniture Cuite De Saucisson Style Italien Pour Pizza	10063100505834	Frozen	1 kg
50638	Maple Leaf	Rings Tender Pepperoni Sausage	Rings Saucisson Pepperoni tendres	90000000506383	Frozen	24 kg
50624	Maple Leaf	Sliced Pizza Pepperoni	Pepperoni Tranche A Pizza	10063100506244	Frozen	5 kg
50624	Maple Leaf	Sliced Pizza Pepperoni	Pepperoni Tranche A Pizza	10063100506244	Frozen	5 kg
21440	Maple Leaf	Sure Slice Black Forest Style Ham	Jambon Fumé Genre Fôret-Noire de la marque Sure Slice	10063100214408	08OC22	1 kg
21388	Maple Leaf	Sure Slice Combo Pack	Combo Pack de la marque Sure Slice	10063100213883	08OC01	1 kg
21444	Maple Leaf	Sure Slice Corned Beef	Bœuf Salé de la marque Sure Slice	10063100214446	08OC15	1 kg
21333	Maple Leaf	Sure Slice Roast Beef	Rosbif de marque Sure Slice	10063100213333	08OC01	1 kg
21447	Maple Leaf	Sure Slice Salami	Salami de la marque Sure Slice	10063100214477	08OC22	1 kg
21331	Maple Leaf	Sure Slice Smoked Ham	Jambon Fumé de la marque Sure Slice	10063100213319	08OC22	1 kg
Product Code	Brand	Product Name (English)	Product Name (French)	UPC / SCC code	UP TO AND INCLUDING Best Before:	Package size
21334	Maple Leaf	Sure Slice Turkey Breast Roast	Rôti de Poitrine de Dinde de la marque Sure Slice	10063100213340	08OC15	1 kg
50638	Maple Leaf	Tender Sausage	Rings Saucisson Pepperoni tendres	90000000506383	Frozen	24 kg
82756	Maple Leaf	Thick Sliced Bologna 375g	Bologne Tranche epais 375g	0 63100 82756 4	08OC22	375 g
22766	Maple Leaf	ML Deli Headcheese Gelatine Added	ML Tete Fromagee Gelatine Ajoutee	90063100227664	08OC22	1.5 kg
82015	Mayfair/Marque	Chopped Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit Hache	05962028662	08OC22	375g
26365	McDonalds	Sliced Cooked Turkey Breast	Tranches de Poitrine de Dinde Cuites	10063100263659	08OC01	473 g
29531	Mitchell's	Cheddar Cheese Smoked Sausage 1kg	Saucisses fumees avec fromage cheddar 1kg	0 59620 72559 6	08OC22	1.0 kg
24355	Mitchell's	Cheddar Cheese Smoked Sausage 600g	Saucisses fumees avec fromage cheddar 600g	0 59620 74241 8	08OC22	600 g
60674	Mitchell's	Mozzarela Cheese Smoked Sausage 600g	Saucisses fumees avec fromage Mozzarella 600 g	0 59620 74527 3	08OC22	600 g
24357	Mitchell's	Smoked Sausage 1kg	Saucisses fumees 1kg	0 59620 72532 9	08OC22	1 kg
60402	Mitchell's	Smoked Sausage 600g	Saucises fumees 600g	0 59620 82716 0	08OC22	600 g
02356	Mr. Sub	Seasoned Cooked Roast Beef	Rosbif Cuit Assaissoné	10063100023567	08OC08	500 g
61435	No Name	Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit		08OC22	375 g
39144	No Name	Garlic Sausage	Saucisson a l'ail	90060383391440	08OC22	7.5 kg
67768	No Name	Low Fat Smoked Turkey And Ham	A Faible Teneur En Gras Dinde et Jambon Fume	060383368760	08OC15	375 g
67776	No Name	Low Fat Smoked Turkey Breast	A Faible Teneur En Gras Poitrine De Dinde Fumee	6038336878	08OC15	375 g
32247	No Name	NN CHOPPED COOKED HAM 13%, 12/175g			08OC22	175 g
32263	No Name	NN CHOPPED COOKED HAM 13%, 12/375g			08OC22	375 g
23256	No Name	NO NAME COOKED HAM 12/175			08OC22	175 g
23272	No Name	NO NAME COOKED HAM 3/375			08OC22	375 g
38164	Northern Best Value	Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit	771212852649	08OC22	175 g
82023	Olympic	Cooked Ham	Jambon Cuit	59620134398	08OC22	175 g
44008	Our Compliments	COMPLIMENTS COOKED HAM 12/175	7		08OC22	175 g
Product Code	Brand	Product Name (English)	Product Name (French)	UPC / SCC code	UP TO AND INCLUDING Best Before:	Package size
55372	Overlander	Garlic Sausage	Saucisson a l'ail	06935216	08NO05	300 g
55308	Overlander	Garlic Sausage Double Smoked	Saucisson a l'ail fume deux fois	06930813	08O05N	300 g
55355	Overlander	Ham Sausage	Saucisson au Jambon	06935517	08NO19	300 g
55863	Overlander	Hot Pepperoni Stiks	Piquant Pepperoni Stiks	06986317	09MA17	200 g
55353	Overlander	Kolbassa Sausage	Saucisson Kolbassa	06935313	08NO19	300 g
55867	Overlander	Mild Pepperoni Stiks	Doux Pepperoni Stiks	06986715	09MA17	200 g
55559	Overlander	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	06955919	08NO05	250 g
55114	Overlander	Pepperoni for Pizza	Pepperoni pour Pizza	10069100551147	08OC22	3.2 kg
55351	Overlander	Polish Sausage	Saucisson Polonais	06935119	08NO05	300 g
55558	Overlander	Salami	Salami	06955812	08NO05	250 g
55551	Overlander	Summer Sausage	Saucisson d'ete	06955113	08NO05	250 g
55350	Overlander	Ukrainian Sausage	Saucisson Ukrainien	06935012	08NO15	300 g
55307	Overlander	Ukrainian Sausage Double Smoked	Saucisson Ukrainien Fume deux Fois	06930716	08NO19	300 g
01742	Parma	Canadian Style Pepperoni	Pepperoni Genre Canadien	90055900017422	08OC29	2.5 kg
01740	Parma	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	10063100017405	08OC29	2.5 kg
01750	Parma	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	10063100017504	08OC29	2.5 kg
01745	Parma	PM Pepperoni 4×4.5kg	PM PEPPERONI	90055900017453	08AU20	4.5 kg
01741	Pizza Nova	Sliced Pepperoni	Pepperoni Tranche	10063100017412	08OC29	2.5 kg
50652	Rouyn	Pizza Pepperoni	Pizza Pepperoni	90000000506529	Frozen	24kg
81795	Safeway	Pepperoni Generic	Pepperoni	90000000817953	08OC22	4.07 kg
81809	Safeway	Salami Generic	Salami Generic	90000000818097	08OC22	4.07 kg
88404	Safeway	Three Variety Super Pack (Salami, Pepperoni, Summer Sausage)	(Salami, Pepperoni, Saucisson d'eté)	90000000884047	08OC22	9.42 kg
48019	Schneider	Deli Shaved Corned Beef	Bœuf Salé Deli Émincé	0 62000 48019 0	08OC22	200 g
48017	Schneider	Deli Shaved Fully Cooked Smoked Honey Ham	Jambon Fumé au Miel Tout Cuit Émincé	0 62000 48017 6	08OC22	200 g
48016	Schneider	Deli Shaved Smoked Ham	Jambon Fumé Deli Émincé	0 62000 48016 9	08OC22	200 g
48020	Schneider	Deli Shaved Smoked Meat	Viande Fumée Deli Émincé	0 62000 48020 6	08OC22	200 g
48018	Schneider	Deli Shaved Smoked Turkey Breast	Poitrine de Dinde Fumée Émincé 8	0 62000 48018 3	08OC22	200 g
Product Code	Brand	Product Name (English)	Product Name (French)	UPC / SCC code	UP TO AND INCLUDING Best Before:	Package size
09679	Schneiders	Deli Best Cooked Montreal Style Corned Beef	Deli Best Boeucf Sale A La Montrealealaise Cuit	90064844096790	08OC15	2.5 kg
24796	Schneiders	Deli Best Cooked Montreal Style Corned Beef	Deli Best Boeucf Sale A La Montrealealaise Cuit	90064844247963	08OC15	3.75 kg
09628	Schneiders	Deli Best Seasoned Cooked Roast Beef	Deli Best Rosbif Cuit et Assaisonne	90064844096288	08OC15	2.5 kg
24802	Schneiders	Deli Best Seasoned Cooked Roast Beef	Deli Best Rosbif Cuit et Assaisonne	90064844248021	08OC15	5.75 kg
89461	Schneiders	JMS ITAL STYLE SALAMI		10062000894611	08OC29	100 g
89455	Schneiders	JMS SMKD BLK FOREST HAM 12x425g		6200089455	08OC22	425 g
89456	Schneiders	JMS SMKD BLK FOREST HAM 20x100g		10062000894567	08OC22	100 g
89458	Schneiders	JMS SMKD TURKEY		6200089458	08OC15	345 g
89460	Schneiders	JMS SPICY PEPPERONI		10062000894604	08OC29	100 g
60167	Schneiders	Liverwurst Creamy	Saucisson de Foie Cremeux	062000601670	08DE18	175 g
60165	Schneiders	Liverwurst Fine	Saucisson de foie fin	062000601656	08DE18	175 g
60166	Schneiders	Liverwurst with Herbs	Saucisson de foie aux fines herbes	062000601663	08DE18	175 g
02106	Schneider's	Bavarian smokies	Smokies Bavarois	0 64844 02105 8	08OC29	1.0 kg
02126	Schneider's	Cheddar smokies	Smokies Cheddar	0 64844 02124 9	09OC29	1.0 kg
27118	Shopsys	Cooked Seasoned Montreal Style Smoked Meat Extra Lean	Cuit Assaisonne Montreal Boeuf Fume Tres Maigre	90064875271180	08OC15	2.5 kg
20080	Shopsys	Old Vienna All Beef Salami	Old Vienna Salami tout Boeuf	64875200804	08OC22	500g
20085	Shopsys	Pepperoni	Pepperoni	064875200859	09MA17	25 g
27080	Shopsys	Real Deli Corned Beef Extra Lean	Real deli boeuf sale tres maigre	90064875270800	08OC15	2.5 kg
	Shopsys	Real Deli Eye of Round Pastrami Extra Lean	Real Deli Noix de Ronde Pastrami tres maigre		08AU20
21760	Shopsys	Seasoned Fully Cooked Roast Beef Extra Lean	Rosbif Tres Maigre	90064875217607	08OC15	2.57 kg
71350	Shopsys	Sliced Pizza Pepperoni	Pepperoni Tranche A Pizza	10063100713505	Frozen	5kg

Update: Laurie Sefton HTML-ized the list, which you can see in this entry. Thanks, Laurie!

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Does anyone want to help me turn the Maple Leaf product recall list into an HTML table? Maple Leaf have published it in PDF form, which is great for print, but not all that hot for the web. I’ll take page one — can I get some HTML-savvy readers to tackle the other 8? I’ll post the resulting table here.

(If you finish a table, send to me at joey@joeydevilla.com.)

I think I’ll just post this one without comment:

Photo taken by scarlett_1975 and found via UFailPix.
Click the photo to see the original.

Update: Thanks to Kim Scarborough for pointing out who took the photo!

Update

Since Sunday August 24th, Maple Leaf Foods has updated the list of recalled food to include everything produced at the Bartor Road plant here in Toronto. Click here to see the updated list.

You can also download the list in PDF format.

[This was also posted on Global Nerdy.]

My toy: M-Audio Axiom 25 USB MIDI keyboard

For my 40th birthday, the Ginger Ninja got me something I’d had my eye on for some time: a USB MIDI keyboard, specifically an M-Audio Axiom 25, a nice little unit with a lot of features. Prior to my picking up the accordion and getting the “Accordion Guy” nickname, I was a synth player for a good long time. I’ve been meaning to get back into it.

I still have a couple of old hardware synths: a Korg Wavestation A/D (a rackmount unit version of the Korg Wavestation) from my days at Crazy Go Nuts University and a Korg Poly-800 that my friend Steph gave to me when she moved out of town.

My last experience was software synths wasn’t all that hot: it was in the late 1990s, when computers and networking were a great deal slower. Software synths felt very “laggy” in comparison to my good ol’ reliable hardware, and after noodling with them for a while, I decided that I’d give technology some time to play catch-up. That time has come, and I’d like to ask any of you who are familiar with this stuff: what are your favorite software synths, samplers and sound modules?

I’m looking for a couple of things in software form:

• A nice, decent general purpose synth/sampler. I expect I’ll be doing more sequencing than live performance, but you never know…
• A “groove builder” or “Groovebox” in the spirit of the Roland MC-303

I’m currently on a PC laptop (running Ubuntu and when absolutely necessary, Vista), but I expect to buy a Macbook Pro sometime in the near future. I’d like to hear about what’s available for any platform. Let me know in the comments!