Sounds familiar.

He got tired of people asking for his business card, so he made business cards?

Smells like a Rooseveltian conspiracy to me....

Ebert wrote:

"I declared as an axiom that video games can never be Art. I still believe this, but I should never have said so."

That's not the same as reversing his position. That's "I believe what I believe and I wish you people would shut up about it."

...wealthy residents would ship their dirty laundry to Hawaii because there were no cleaning services in California.

I've heard this before, and I find it difficult to believe. Why were there no laundry services in California?

Sure, I'd try it. I'll eat just about anything once. (Curry-flavored mayonnaise is not recommended.)

I kind of love this.

The professor's full quote, from the article:

"You go in, spend a nice weekend, get your fingers a little dirty. It's nice but not a significant contribution to agriculture," she said. "They're taking none of the risk. Farming is something you do 365 days a year. It's enormously difficult. [Attending a crop mob] doesn't really tell you what it is like to manage on a daily basis."

I didn't get the impression that anyone was expecting to learn to run their own farm. The professor seems to have a bit of a high horse about this. (Either that or she was misinformed about the point of all this.)

I liked this quote, from a farmer:

But he liked the idea of urbanites learning about agriculture. "A lot of kids are two and three generations removed from farming," he said. "Anytime you can get somebody back in a rural setting, seeing what it takes to put food on the table -- that's great."

Side note for the wine lovers: There are some excellent wines available in boxes now. They're fantastically cheap, as well; glass bottles make up a surprisingly large portion of the cost of wine. Here's one example; I've tried their cabernet and loved it: http://www.blackboxwines.com/

Sponge cake baking pan.

I think you meant to say it combines the convenience of a bottle of fine wine with the classiness of a drink pouch.

Dave Hall, how would they have spent more money? Have the moms shoot live ammo at the cameras?

Also, notice the extremely smooth slo-mo: they're using a badass camera.

I tried that Seventh Generation dish soap while housesitting for a friend. My hands felt like they were burning and the dishes didn't get clean.

I've wanted a Backwards Watch for years!

Despite having grown up in Florida, I've never been to Weeki Wachee. It's on my list though, and I've been thinking about taking a road trip that way this summer.