If I were to start a "why fire is cool" list, it would probably reach a length to rival my "ultimate band name" list.  F...

This past summer, after finishing graduate school I went on a victory lap around the world and stopped by Berlin for some hot eats  ( döner ...

File this post under my constant quest to rise above the constraints of my perception of time and space .  The people at whitevinyldesign.co...

A man named William Frishmuth, a close acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln, was once the only person in the united states capable of producing t...

All of these plants are originally from North or South America.  The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the "new" a...

This is my cat, Chairman Mao (RIP). Mao (猫) means cat in Chinese. Funny, right? What else is funny about this cat? 1) He's in a bag...

As you may know, on October 4th a reservoir retaining wall collapsed near Kolontar Hungary, releasing over 180 million gallons of what is be...