Norwegian Wood

Here's an amazing New York Times article on a Norwegian television event about firewood--four hours of documentary about firewood followed by eight hours of a real-time fireplace. Priceless.

“We received about 60 text messages from people complaining about the stacking in the program,” said Lars Mytting, whose best-selling book “Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood — and the Soul of Wood-Burning” inspired the broadcast. “Fifty percent complained that the bark was facing up, and the rest complained that the bark was facing down.”