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Average Annual Per Capita Fresh Vegetable Consumption Chez Nous

Based on average 2 week purchase minus estimated waste. (Because Tate asked: "How much celery do I eat in a whole YEAR?" Of course, we ...


Geographical fun

We have friends travelling in India right now. They're nearing the end of a month long excursion, and with the terrorism happening in Mombai, I ...


News of the terribly wasteful

This morning I dropped Tate at daycare and headed toward the bus stop. The hopefulness of the day caught me - you know that lightly toasted ...


Ask a Doofus: Why isn’t the American Dollar cheaper now?

Well... in some ways it is. In 2002, the CDN dollar was at .62 USD. According to shmoes on the net, it's down between 20% and ...


New Feature: Ask a Doofus

Here are things I don't know. What do people need explained? Can I explain things that I haven't spent four years learning? So, y'know, if you have a strange ...