Olives have always vexed me - they are a strange food - I have no idea why they are popular, but I suspect that it has something to do with ...

The chili pepper is the Math-a-lete off the food world - and the tomato is definitely on the football team - this one goes out to all those ...

I know a lot of people love eggplants, but I find them frankly creepy and unnerving. If they were allowed to drive, the would definitely be...

Pineapples are just bad ass - in the fruit and vegetable community, they would be the ones riding old triumph motorcycles, wearing leather j...

Humans share remarkable sequence homology with among other things, bananas (something like 50-60%). The similarities are even higher when w...

We rarely get to choose our families - but imagine being stuck at the hip on a vine with the crazy uncle who always creeps everyone out....F...

With the highly variable temperatures (it was something like 55 a few days ago, and then suddenly, snow storm - 20 degree weather, and gener...

The amazing thing about the Wu is the breath of their appeal. There are a non-trivial number of suburban kids who are huge fans....in some ...

On 36 chambers is the great track " Da Mysteries of Chessboxin " which was apparently inspired by (and samples) the classic kung f...

Although 36 Chambers has a really raw feel to it, there is one track that is decidedly different and exudes a kind of contemplative quality ...

One of the standout solo albums for Wu was GZA's Legend of the Liquid Sword. The intro, which is pretty hard to find on youtube...can b...

Ghostface's 1996 Ironman and Supreme Clientele were both the kind of albums that cemented Wu members' staying power as solo acts. T...

RZA is apparently a huge chess fan, and wikipedia tells me he is actively involved in the hip-hop chess federation . Something about this p...

This week is devoted to one of my favorite hip hop acts of all time - Wu Tang Clan - 36 chambers was their first release (1993) and inspir...

One of the best showns on TV, Psych has a great episode where the main character, Shawn, "crashes" a corporate retreat - his intro...