toilet

As anyone who pays attention to the market can attest, valuation is a delicate dance. And as the recent decision to auction The Catcher in the Rye author's toilet demonstrates, this process is even more pronounced when the commodity is a commode.

Much is being written about Demi Moore's return to the screen in a major role in the neighbor-envy flick "The Joneses," but apparently the real star of the show is a toilet named "Toto" -- presumably not for Dorothy's little dog but meaning "everything" since it does most everything for you but,...

Remember when trips to the bathroom meant taking care of, um, personal business while thumbing through Sports illustrated or the Victoria's Secret catalog (just for the articles, of course)? You can wash that old-fashioned notion down the drain as you contemplate a different kind of bathroom...

Leave it to the faux news genius to make the unthinkable both plausible, politically correct and hilarious. In an interview with Robert Glennon, author of the new book "Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do About It", Stewart pops the obvious question in response to Glennon's...

Holidays are just around the corner and if there's one appliance that'd better be ready for the onslaught it's the toilet. While many household fixtures require repair or replacement, one that's getting renewed attention thanks to the collective green-living consciousness is the toilet. If yours...

Ah the humble toilet. We mindlessly rely on its function several times a day -- until it stops working or unless we can't find one, which is now the topic of an international symposium. The 8th annual World Toilet Summit (who knew?) opened Tuesday in Macau, and promises to tackle the sanitation...

This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America. By the 2000 Census the number of Americans who lacked indoor plumbing was down to 0.6%. Still, that's...

If you've been reading Walletpop for a while, you've already come across some of our tips for conserving water. However, as we face a long, hot summer with drought conditions across much of the country, this would be a good time to reconsider how much of the old H2O you use and how much it costs...

If there are any two topics which rest heavy on our minds and light on our tongues these days, those two subjects would be how to save money and how to help the planet stay healthy. One concept which is a perennial favorite in both those realms is the classic do it yourself toilet modification....