Description:Total energy consumption in the United States by sector.  Vertical gray lines represent periodsof recession.Data:http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/index.cfm#consumptionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_Uni...

It used to be stuffed animals everywhere. These days, it's those annoyingly small lego pieces. Toys in the house have a certain Tribble quality to them. They propagate during some designated time in the middle of the night and in the morning, they are ...