I watched this series and movie for the first time over the past few weeks, and loved it. I wish I had seen it when it first came out, and it had continued.

One of my colleagues isn’t enamoured by veggies of any kind. We call him a “vegetable rights activist”.

No, not burnt. Just slightly dried out. There’s way too much turnover to have “burnt” ones. I forget the number of minutes before it becomes “chili meat”, but it’s looooooong before “burnt”.

When I am the passenger, I sometimes become the navigator and follow the map as we go, but I usually don’t use turn-by-turn GPS. I look at Google Maps and figger it out myself. If I get turned around, I stop, look it up again and head back out.

paper maps are going the way of the Dodo bird

I’m not fond of this method, if I have a choice. Yes, there are a few things that reading-while-listening is appropriate or helpful, but not when I’m reading for enjoyment, that’s for sure.

I think it’s important to just start somewhere and learn how to cook one thing till you’ve got it down. Then do that 2 more times. Once you know how to cook 3 things comfortably, you will have 3 nights you’re definitely not buying dinner out. From there, you can widen your abilities, but start with one or two or three…

Like Wallflower, Dollar Stores are my go-to places for potluck serving utensils. If i leave one of them behind, I don’t have to worry about grieving for the loss of one of my expensive, stainless steel serving spoons. I also get their table covers for picnics. They’re not terribly sturdy, but they’re good enough for…

10+ years of soapmaking here.

Every year, we hire a tax professional. Her family owns the business, she is awesome in what she knows, and we always look forward to our appointments. We could get our taxes done for free online, but every time we go to see her, we learn something that we could not have possibly learned had we done this the…

I’ve thickened soups/stews with flour, cornstarch, even potato flour. I mostly prefer using cornstarch the way grandma taught me ;-). It thickens with more clarity - less cloudy, and it changes the taste less as it does the job.

I call the Highway Patrol in my state for Hwy matters. Their recording includes “If you need to report a roadway hazard” in their message, so that’s who I call. If it’s not that way in your state, the HP could at least give you the proper number for later use, and/or even port your call over to them.

One of the numbers I keep in my phone is Highway Patrol. It’s not unusual for us to be driving down the road and to see driving hazards in the road (blocks of wood, HUGE dead dog, once a 2 story aluminum ladder, etc.). If I the passenger, I’ll make the call.

I am a vegetarian. I avoid Subway's "Veggie Delight" because there 's no delight in it. It's simply a Shredded Lettuce Sandwich with Occasional Other Veggies - absolutely no taste at all. And don't get me started on the veggie patty. That veggie patty is a Gardenburger patty shaped to fit a sub roll. Gardenburger…

3) Organised it (or at least agreed on everything ourselves) before we told people (including family) we were getting married. Any pressure to include anything we'd dropped in 1) or 2) could be met with a simple, "Sorry, it's all planned already".

I use my oven with a ~1 minute heat up.

I just make my own. It's not that hard.

I just make my own. It's not that hard.

Me, too. I use a 4-4.5 inch mouse (a notebook mouse) as my daily workhorse. I'd love me a Note, but they're just toooooo big. Two phones in the past fit perfectly in my hand. The Palm Pre (absolutely perfect) and the Droid Razr (almost absolutely perfect). My current phone is a Samsung S4, but it's just about an inch…

I bought a cast iron pizza pan. It's lovely.

Absolutely! Just buzz it. If you have half a personality, people will still like you and respect you for it. If you don't have half a personality, a combover won't help.