Candy bar stolen, cubicle-mate suspected
Cracks are starting to show on this, the seventh day of our office lockdown, with accusations flying this morning over the alleged theft of a candy bar. Make a gift to Grist now to help us get out of here reach our $50,000 goal, or read on ...

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Do you have any idea how hard it is to feed 24 people using only a microwave, a toaster, a two-burner camp stove, and your imagination? It's no picnic. Let's just say that breakfast this morning consisted of grilled peanut-butter-pickle bagels. Again.

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No-that's-not-my-stomach-growlingly,
Ashley Braun
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