(Photo; Employee taking a break from watering flowers to show off "Impeach Bush & Cheney" t-shirt, Upper Valley Food Co-Op, White River Junction, Vermont, September 2007. Taken by me.)
Put the Freeze on Identity Theft
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Prof. Walter Lewin has become a global Internet star now that anyone with access to a computer can watch his tough but fun Physics 1, 2, and 3 lectures free of charge.
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Knit a Sweater, Hipster Style
Somewhere on the way to kitsch, knitting suddenly became cool. Witness a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal in December on "Sock Wars." A variation on the game Assassin, popular on college campuses, Sock Wars players essentially pair off in face-to-face death matches, racing to knit a pair of socks: Last one to finish is "killed."
Such competition is probably more pressure than most people are looking for, but there are other ways to dig into the edgy side of your grandmother's hobby. Books such as Anticraft: Knitting, Beading, and Stitching for the Slightly Sinister by Renée Rigdon and Zabet Stewart offer a start, with projects like "belladonna sleeves" and "pop art skulls" pillows.
Investing in Commodities Funds
DNA Pollution May Be Spawning Killer Microbes
Rogue genetic snippets spread antibiotic resistance all over the environment.
(Unfortunately, not as weird as it sounds.)
Librophiliac Love Letter: A Compendium of Beautiful Libraries
How Grandma Sees The Remote
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