Yup. And I'm an introvert and a bad liar, yet I drew it in the "extrovert" way.

Oh, that infographic isn't very clear, as it doesn't mention adding water... I think I've seen it mostly recommended as a dew collector sort of apparatus, or if suspended over water, for water that you're only unsure of the biologics.

Sure, sand and charcoal works to a great extent (google around for plans for these filters), but if you have those sitting around the house you may be ahead of most people in preparedness. :) I was trying to stick to the "average household items" theme in the article.

Just adding a couple things:

If you're worried about VOCs from plastic wrap that's a more long-term concern than immediate survival... but how on earth would you get amoebic dysentery from water condensed from air? I mean, I get that boiling and bleach are better, though you're still left with most chemicals that water may have if it's a…

No rice bran oil? A number of chefs recommend it for high-heat cooking.

Well damn, I didn't have an escalator phobia before, but I think I do now!

I'm thinking it'd be easier (for certain definitions of that word) to have it as a two-part cleaner - mix everything in the spray bottle except the baking soda, sprinkle the baking soda lightly on the stain, then spray on the rest and watch the fizzing happen. If you make up a big batch of the whole cleaner, I'd…

No, those are different. Dry erase come off just by rubbing the ink, which can be bad for a container that will be handled. Wet erase require a damp cloth or tissue to remove the ink.

Excellent, thank you!

The "80% off educational Kindle books" link for me only goes to a listing for the O'Reilly book "Learning PHP, MySQL, Javascript, and CSS". Is there a better link for the whole list of deals?

Yep, my husband loves his ceramic knives, but they do have these tiny chips along the blade. Not cool.

Mine is the Airmail version; I get a lot of compliments on it.

The hospital where I work had a pregnant woman (and fetus) die from H1N1 complications. We take flu precautions seriously - and yes, unless there are definite medical considerations (and pregnant women are encouraged to get the vaccine, so that doesn't count!), employees must get the shot. Those who can't have to be…

Coworker of my husband did that a few years back. Bought a crazy-expensive truck for his wife. Wife flipped out because of cost. He decided his best solution was to re-up in the military so he could get more money than what he was making at his current job, and so he went and did that, then surprised her with that…

Similarly, I had a college roommate who would try every generic/store/off-label brand of mac-n-cheese possible in order to save money over the Kraft brand, but none of them met his standards. (Me, I was OK with Golden Grain brand, but it definitely wasn't Kraft.)

The New Year's celebration is only a week later, and that's true every year. So "Happy Holidays" is still quite useful unless it's December 24 or 25 and you're acknowledging the currently-going celebration of Christmas.

Just means they're too lazy to document that and their process. Of course, having ignored it forever makes it harder to turn that around unless you do a huge ass-covering paper trail of "hey, heads-up we're doing X, Y, Z, and oh, we're also going to be serious about clock-in times, really..." first with plenty of…

Really? You're actually trying to argue that no one complains about female degradation in porn? Really?!

Another suggested song for the tempo is "Another One Bites the Dust" but that's not quite so upbeat as the usual "Staying Alive" suggestion.