My latest article is up over at How Stuff Works — How Radiation Works. This one was really hard to write. Science was never my strong suit and this topic was extremely broad.

If any of you were wondering how it’s going with our farm share — pretty great! We’re managing to eat most of what we get each week, and sometimes Lisa or my parents take the extra. Right now we have a ton of zucchini and squash. I’m going to make zucchini muffins or something today, I think. I’ve enjoyed trying new things. Found out I really like bok choy. I’d also never eaten beets before. My dad told me to roast them, so I did, with a little bit of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. An hour in the oven at 400 — delicious! Along with roasted beets, dinner last night was sauteed chard and onion, with a bit of olive oil and lemon juice. Really good. We have a bunch of frying peppers this week, and we are thinking of grilling up some sausage and peppers when we visit with friends tomorrow afternoon.

Looking forward to the upcoming tomato harvest!

So last night we saw The Dark Knight. It was very good. It was. But it didn’t blow me away. I don’t know why. It felt a bit long to me…that’s a long time for so much darkness. Ledger’s Joker was remarkable and really added some bizarre notes of levity to an otherwise very heavy flick. At the risk of comparing apples and oranges, if I had to pick one superhero movie this summer, I’m picking Iron Man.

Thoughts? SPOILERS shall ABOUND in the comments.