Urban Bacon Network: Can I Publish my Study in an OUP Journal?

Really, Oxford University Press? What a horrifying and depressing type of censorship. (Tip of the cap to Katy Remy.) Then again, it seems that pigs are not actually banned from OUP publications, though they might not make the cut in, for example, the choice of what animals to put in a background picture sometimes. (I am bothered by that statement in the explanation in the Guardian article, though I'm glad to hear that the reported censorship was exaggerated rather than factual.)

OK, now my collaborators and I really need to analyze the shopping data set (the "Stanford Basket Data") with the urban bacon network (and also a suburban bacon network) so that we can find something scientifically interesting enough to publish. And clearly we need to submit this paper to an Oxford University Press journal.

Also, you might not want to work on topics like Graham Higman's PORC conjecture. (Thanks to Ursula Martin for passing that link along.)

Meanwhile, for your viewing pleasure, here is a visualization of the "Urban Bacon Network" from the Stanford Basket Data.

Chocolate-Covered Bacon

I was just at Whole Foods market, and I was completely broken by looking at Mo's Bacon Bar, which is chocolate-covered bacon. Whole Foods had both a milk chocolate and a dark chocolate variety (though the dark chocolate was only something like 62%, which is pretty weak). I didn't buy it, though. I like chocolate, and I like bacon. But... WTF?

(I did buy almond butter, however. Mmmmm....)

Fun Fact

Fun Fact: If you swallow the wrong way, it is possible to end up blowing bacon out of your nose.

In related news, I don't feel very well right now...