Now admittedly, more medical professionals should take a little time to explain in a better way what they're looking for, or at least ask follow-up questions if they think things are awry. But I suspect they also get their share of "oh yeah, my pain's a 10, can I have some good (name-brand, so I can sell it later…

They're looking not only for your rating but also a change in rating while you're there, to figure out if you're getting worse/better or if what they're doing is helping at all. So if you think you've had exceptional pain, just explain "well, the worst I've ever felt is when I had my spleen ripped out by a bear", but…

Good point. Going from the devil you know to the one you don't.

But the next sentence says it was bought out in 2012, so shouldn't that be different now?

International link: https://www.google.com/doodles/valent…

It's hard to see in the cropped photo above, but all ingredients were packed together in a plastic food container.

See, I'm such a bad liar I get called out on the truth!

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.