Inspired  by the expired
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Life & style: Old beans, lost figs and a forgotten packet of porcini ... Nigel Slater forages in the dark corners of his larder to create an unexpected feast
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Reader Sameer Shaikh sends us a picture.
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When a group of Earth-conscious gastronomes gather for a holiday meal made only from ingredients produced within 100 miles of the home, the constraints of the task birth some creative results. By Paul Adams. Plus:
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Is there anything left in the world that hasn't been defaced by a corporate logo or cheapened by a vulgar sales pitch? Maybe, but it's getting harder to find. Commentary by Tony Long.
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Okay, I&#8217;m sorry. I just had to comment. This was such a fun strip to draw. I&#8217;m going to allow myself to savor how bad-ass it is before I descend into my normal bag of insecurities and start finding all the mistakes. I&#8217;ll hate it by year&#8217;s end, but today I feel like a cartooning [...]
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun.
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This season collections had a wide range of inspirations, from 18th century painters to 1980s hipsters
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Reader Richa Agarwal sends us a picture.
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You don't want it to end. You want it to be 2004 forever, or at least a few more days. It's too soon to give it up. Not yet. Can't it be 2004 just a little longer?
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Time is running out for advertisers who are a lighter shade of green, as eco-cliches fall out of fashion.
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Tycho: Some of you have probably already heard it, since I put it up yesterday - but we're trying new hosting for the podcast, and I wanted to make sure everything made sense before I dropped it on the front page. The podcast is for Wednesday's strip, "The Ungift, Part Two." You can download it here, or subscribe to the feed here. The levels are a little crazy in a couple spots, for which I apologize. I think we've got those ironed out, now. (CW)TB
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Okay, if the mind is powerful, how is your mind making you feel today? It's worth thinking about -- with the stock market down this year, every day worse than the last, many of us are losing lots of money, I know I am, and it's not a good feeling.  I keep arguing with myself, even though I'm losing money at a huge rate, I'm still in good shape financially, I have a nice house, I can pay the bills. But it doesn't help. Inside I feel unsettled, poor, I'm having trouble concentrating. Does it help that I've been through this before? The crash of 1987 was much worse than this downturn, and then I had no cushion, nothing to fall back on, I wasn't even employed when it happened. I was a lot closer to being broke around the turn of the century, even though the market was doing very well. But it doesn't help. No matter how many times I've been through it, I've always known that it's cyclic, that the outlook will likely improve, but knowing isn't the same as feeling. The feeling is much stronger, it can't be counteracted with logic. I can't reason with the feeling, you might say it's un-reasonable. Then I heard that a friend of mine, much younger, with a lot less at stake in the market, is having trouble sleeping because of this feeling. I realize I'm not alone, probably millions of people have a heightened sense of insecurity right now. Does that make it better? Not really... Anyway, I thought, let's post something and find out how others feel about the economy and how much of an impact is it having on our state of mind.
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A selection of the best images from the last twelve months
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A first look at the much-delayed film's poster.
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I&#8217;ve been sitting on this for a week now, not sure how to properly frame or present it. Paul Southworth described it as &#8220;&#8230;like getting a Valentine from God.&#8221; Today it came in the mail and I decided the best thing to do was just photograph the unboxing. This office is now hallowed ground. I [...]
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Tycho:   One of the questions during a a panel at PAX had to do with the italicised line at the end of each day's post.  They're almost always song lyrics, and back before we were paying for bandwidth (and before RIAA rape gangs were prowling the web) these lines used to link directly to the MP3.  I maintained the practice afterward because it's sort of like a song of the day, and I like the idea that someone might be struck by a strange turn of phrase and seek out a piece of music.  It also serves as a gauge of my mental state at the moment.  Today's song, for example, is Stan Rodgers' incredible live version of the sea shanty "Rolling Down To Old Maui," which Pandora kicked out after about a week of tuning the station.  I've listened to it about thirty times today.    The person who asked the question at the con complimented my musical tastes, and I accepted the compliment, but I'm almost always late to the scene.  I just bought Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights," for chrissakes.  I'm mostly lucky to know people who do have unique library.  I told him I would mention a few of my favorite bands on the site, but then I forgot.  Essentially, it's music that cool people were listening to a decade ago (where applicable).  I am a musical carrion bird.    He wanted me to list off a few bands, and I said I would last week, but then I forgot.  These are the first ten albums I could think of.    "Starless" by Shiner
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Looking at the steam coming off the mail in my inbox this week, I definitely need a place to lay low for a while. One reader kindly recommended Geek Cruises, where I could work on my tan and my Perl programming skills at the same time. He also thought it would help my love life but I'm not so sure. The brochures are full of guys with goatees and laptops -- not exactly my idea of The Love Boat.