Linkage:
- recipes based largely on canned goods -- as it turns out, they're not necessarily good recipes (via Fark)
- Similarities between the United States and the Roman Empire -- interesting, and instructive (future empire builders take note) (via MeFi)
- bonus companion link:
- The Secret History of Lead -- this neurotoxin fried more than a few brains in Roman times; a couple millenia later, and it's still around (via abuddhas memes)
- an excerpt from the new Dilbert book -- more of it available to DNRC members
- a few words on motivation for writers