Category Archives: Culture

The Case of the Rabid Vampire

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Chris Zach

Vampires are everywhere in pop culture today: books, TV, movies, and teenage girls’ dreams. Long before Robert Pattinson was sending 13 year-old girls into a state of blood lust, where did the mythology of the vampire begin? Perhaps, the myth … Continue reading →

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Short Pants and Long Stretch for “News”

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Chris Zach

Sometimes I don’t think we have a new reporting industry in the US so much as we have a news manufacturing industry. This should be good news for those bemoaning the decline of the industrial manufacturing segment of the American … Continue reading →

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When mobile banking is the ONLY banking

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Chris Zach

I recognize that recommending a TED video is one of the slam-dunks of blogging, up there in taking-the-easy-way-out with pointing a friend to someecards for a laugh. But that’s not going to stop me from linking anyway. After all, I’m … Continue reading →

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To Achieve a Local Food System, Farmers Must Be Hip

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Chris Zach

I’m not talking about hipsters wearing “ironic” John Deere baseball caps. PSFK recently posted (via Edible Brooklyn) about a nascent young farmers movement and its emerging name, Greenhorns. Growing up in Iowa, I was surrounded by farming most of my … Continue reading →

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The Irony of Ironic Hipsters

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Chris Zach

I enjoy the criticism of hipsters beyond any justifiable degree, as I have never been personally wronged by them. However, they do assault my belief in the value of individuality, as they try so hard to be different and end … Continue reading →

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