The first official cartoon in the Popeye the Sailor series, I Yam What I Yam, was released by Paramount Pictures in 1933. Around that same time a campaign began which promoted the development of orange-fleshed varieties of sweet potatoes and marketed them as "yams" to distinguish them from drier, standard sweet potatoes. The campaign worked so well that confusion about yams has persisted. more ›

Kim is shooting from the hip this weekend (papow!). The only solid plan is her friend's weekly L Word watching party on Sunday. Between now and then, she'll probably go see Shenandoah Davis at 2020 Cycle with Your Heart Breaks and KHV. Maybe there'll be a delicious meal culled from our local farmers markets. Maybe she'll hop on a train and go to Portland. Anything could happen, people. Anything. more ›