Ms Lauren apparently found this offensive mushroom, Mutinus caninus (dog stinkhorn), in her lavender bed.

Did you know mushrooms could save the world?

Watch an 8-minute TedTalk presentation by Paul Stamets and learn how fantastic fungi can be.

Rands writes a post more akin to a love letter to, than comparison of, notebooks. One excerpt that matches me completely:

… when I see a store with notebooks for sale, I always stop. I examine. I flip the pages and figure out if there is anything new. I do this regardless of current company, country, or convenience. I am a social introvert, but will stop a complete stranger on the street if they’re sporting an unknown notebook.

Will you resent me for this website? Absolutely. And I have spent hours and days and months of my life considering this, weighing your resentment against the good that can come from being open and honest about what it’s like to be your mother, the good for you, the good for me, and the good [...]

Americans Who Tell the Truth Artist Robert Shetterly has painted portraits of over 100 individuals who have impacted the US political scene throughout history up to the present day. The website features an image of each portrait along with a short biographical sketch of the person. The portraits and biographies have been made into a [...]

Robin Morgan has an excellent essay posted at The Women’s Media Center regarding the Clinton/Obama debates, Goodbye To All That (#2). Goodbye to the double standard . . . [...] Goodbye to the toxic viciousness . . . Carl Bernstein’s disgust at Hillary’s “thick ankles.” Nixon-trickster Roger Stone’s new Hillary-hating 527 group, “Citizens United Not [...]