If you visit www.residua.com, my sister website, as it were, you will learn that the non-profit organization behind it, Residua, is concerned with sustainable waste management. “Ditto,” I almost exclaimed when I discovered the site, thinking of my Residua. What better way to introduce my own website, www.residua.org?!

Addendum (September 3, 2016)

This appears to be a spoof of sorts, but it decidedly is not. To this day, I take the sister website most seriously. Only the waste differs somewhat, but its sustainable management is the common cause. Which is why this piece brings me much joy whenever I come across it on one of my uncharted journeys through my writings. This would hardly be the case with a mere spoof, it goes without saying. Perish the thought. In chemistry, residua are remains of evaporation, combustion, distillation, and so on. In literature, they are remains of education, exploration, reflection, and so forth. In both cases, these remains are next to impossible to eradicate, but they are susceptible to prudent management. Otherwise, they can be quite dangerous, and on occasion even deadly. Ditto for true.