Happy 4th of July to all my American readers... which is pretty much everyone. Me, I still don't feel too sentimental about it, but I do enjoy partaking in the celebrations. As usual, there are plenty of fireworks being launched from people's back yards, and there will be fireworks down in Chicago, but I am not going there because it's bloody ( Read more... )

Aka Operation - cull the tabs

An interesting article about Mizuki Shigeru's anti-war manga, written Mathew Penney

"Trashing Out" in the Inland Empire. When thousands of homes are left abandoned in the wake of the real estate crisis, what happens to all the personal belongings that get left behind? An L.A. Times video report takes a look, and the ( Read more... )