Dietsch Watches A Pig Butchering Mike Dietsch attends a demo of breaking down a pig into cuts and documents the entire process.

The Quake Family Tree Wonderland links to this family tree of Quake and its descendants.

Are Popular Wines Better? Eric Asimov takes a recent "you don't need to be an expert to know good wine" book to task for its straw-man arguments and its conflation of popularity with quality.

Rules Of Thumb A universe of "Rules Of Thumb" at your fingertips.

WBW 45 Announced The 45th Wine Blogging Wednesday features Old World Riesling as a theme. Gosh, I hope I can find some ...

L.A.'s Daily Journal Closes Down Copy Desk The Los Angeles Daily Journal has laid off its entire staff of copyeditors.

Joss'd: A Podcast About Joss Whedon Find out what's happening in the Whedonverse.