Last year I wrote a post about food waste where I reflected on the appalling amount of edible food thrown away every year by Americans. After writing that post, we did in fact start composting our food waste (at least the non-animal-derived bits, which...

Back in October, Turkey and Armenia reached an agreement. Diplomatic relations. An open border. Great tidings of peace and joy among brothers and sisters united in the harmony of a common human experience. Plus, you know, somewhat less grudge holding...

Back in July of ‘09 a moron named Alex Pareene posted a “What’s the big deal about exploring space” rant over at a tooth-grindingly annoying hipster site called Gawker. The comments are pretty entertaining. Gawker did recant (in the way that you take...

Evidently, the dude who runs the other Toxic Culture blog (the one about electronic music) is having trouble keeping the project going and is thinking about calling it quits. Now, we certainly wish we were the number one Google hit when you searched...

Posting will be light over the next few days due to the holiday. We’re heading south for family time with potential surprise appearances by renegade cousins. There should be much vegetarian food all around and considerable amounts of couch and porch...