Robert Redford to Take Bill Bryson's Walk in the Woods


Updated 06/18/10 2:37 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 17 comments

Robert Redford to Take Bill Bryson's Walk in the Woods

There's a lot of great post-Sundance news out there, but this story is really making me smile: Festival founder Robert Redford has said that his next project will be an adaptation of A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson's best-selling book about an attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail. Redford plans to play Bryson, and Barry Levinson is expected to direct the film. I'm getting a kick out of the Read more

What's Buzzworthy? Great Travel Writing


Updated 07/04/07 9:09 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 6 comments

What's Buzzworthy? Great Travel Writing

If I had lots of money and lots of time, I'd spend it all traveling the world. But I don't, so instead I read travel writing. If I can't visit all the exotic destinations on my wish list, I can at least hear about other people's adventures (and misadventures) in them. Because the past week was Honeymoon Week on the Sugar Network, I started thinking about travel, and I realized I need some Read more

Why Do Forks Have Exactly Four Tines?


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Why Do Forks Have Four Tines?

You may have noticed that a fork nearly always has four tines, or prongs, on it. In the several times a day you use this eating utensil, have you ever wondered how it came to look the way it does today? This wasn't always the case. The fork actually started out in Western Europe as an agricultural tool, eventually evolving to become a kitchenware in the 1500s. Back then, early versions only Read more