Hey, come to think of it, we've never looked at domestic geese on this blog. This is my fault entirely; there simply hasn't been a ...

I do not talk about it frequently on this blog, but every Monday, I go down to Greektown (Chicago) and volunteer at the Hellenic Museum. Th...

Did you know you might have wild carrots growing in your backyard? It's true. Most flower guides, however, will not mention that the pl...

Whew, back on track! For the record, me collapsing on Monday nights is indeed normal. Luckily, this week promises to be fun. It's a who...

Just to prove that I don't play favorites, the U.S. has some pretty gross foods, too. The crowning achievement, as of late, has to be D...

"It's a magical Liopleurodon!" If you live on the internet, the above phrase should be strikingly familiar to you. It ...

There was once a little horror story called Year of the Angry Rabbit . It was a flop for one very obvious reason: the monsters featured the...

We do not have many traditional foods at Christmas in my household. This is largely due to my own dislike of Polish (we can't get czarn...

Sometimes, something makes it onto this column because it is gross. Still other times, it is simply our narrow definition of "food...

It definitely feels like fall here in Chicago. Things are getting colder. Leaves are falling. Halloween stuff is available in stores everyw...

Life has away of situating itself where we least expect it. There are bacteria in literally every environment.  Tiger mosquitoes came to us...

A lot of people seem to think that humans have weak stomachs.We hear that wolves can eat things that have been dead for weeks and go "o...

You're probably thinking that this entry is some sort of bad joke. I already did an entry on eating dogs, after all. This was just my c...

But it isn't like this. No, this was a lucky photo I snapped with my phone. Styx conveniently decided a frying pan was a good place...

Ah, spring. OK, it's going into summer, but the weather is warm, the air is fresh, and the birds are still singing. Red-winged blackbir...

"Arugula?" Well, the name certainly sounds exotic enough. It's also called "rocket," which can cause some befuddlem...

And now for something completely the same: A duck with four legs.  Wait a second. Yesterday's entry was on hokey taxidermy; this ...

It is a proven fact that people will buy pets based on what they see in the movies. It is slightly less provable that Harry Potter fan...

So, after my workout today, I caught a commercial for Geico car insurance. I love that little gecko. He has yet to sucker me into buying car...

If you have ever read/watched a non-Disney version of Alice in Wonderland , you might have heard of a little something called "turtle s...