This post takes its name from this week's episode of This American Life. As always, these guys do a great job of putting together a solid and informative weekly public radio show, and this particular episode struck me so much that I felt like writing about it. The episode itself deals with the sub-prime [...]

As I mentioned several weeks ago, we are in the process of rebuilding our soil fertility in our garden. One great service that I will personally attest to is that provided by a local company called Organic Technology International. For $65, I brought them a soil sample and had it analyzed. [...]