And for an even better deal — the leg quarters pack. 8 thigh/drumstick pieces for $5. I now get this every time I go to a potluck. The drumsticks are always a big hit with kids and parents and I keep the thigh meat for using in casseroles.

This Instructable for home-made ramen has worked well for me: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make…

I use Programmer's Notepad. It's free, manages tabs well, doesn't insert cruft so I can copy/paste to Excel or VIM with equal ease. It has editing formats for many languages, but it always starts as just a notepad. My favorite current use of it is as a "zen" notebook — I take lots of notes throughout the day and have…

That's what makes it squidgy for me. "We require a warrant issued by a judge! Therefore Safe!" Except what we've learned about the FISA court is it's often a rubber stamp. "We review and narrow the results if we can!" Sounds a lot like "We dig through all your information and turn over what we think is relevant — even…

Except that roadways exist for all transportation — not just cars.

There are some links directly to state sites available (from the page):

So while food, housing, transportation, education, and medical expenses are raised based on what corporations, lobbyists, and politicians decide is "normal", the individual is completely at the whim of his/her boss and his/her boss's bosses for the value s/he brings to the market? Talk about a rigged game...

It would also be nice (as long as we're wishing for unicorns...) to re-norm housing costs to actual median income. Since the 80's we've had generations of Realtors, real-estate agents, mortgage brokers, financial hacks, self-help gurus, and others promising that "your income will only go up!" and you should borrow to…

I think in addition to the curated history I'd like a true delete. Lite iPhone apps (and this is true of Kindle samples too) are separate files from the full install they preview and so if you do upgrade you have both copies kicking around.

Amenities for what sorts of stuff? The two office tips are: doing something "not work" over lunch and adding in some exercise during the work day. Every office I've every worked in has a space away from desks for eating at and has at least stairs and usually a sidewalk around the building for exercise.

I have a couple of friends using this and plan to put my own together next time I get to IKEA.

Michaels and Joann's are great if you're a smart phone user as they always have at least one weekly coupon in their app. The Bed Bath and Beyond app is useful mostly for making registry lists at the store — no coupons. And if you sign up for coupons they'll wait up to 5 days to send you one — to your phone.
My local…

It's worthwhile to remember that there are mental illnesses which are exacerbated by the act of measuring. OCD and eating disorders are two. A significant third isn't a clinical diagnosis but just as being happy can be helped along by concrete actions, the act of measuring everything to determine the best…

Linda Watson's "Wildly Affordable Organic" features 6-week vegetarian, all organic, or just whole foods plans for ~$4/person/day and a lot of what she does overlaps — quinoa, beans, vegetables. You'd have to substitute nuts and nut butters and diversify the beans but the two plans would inform each other well.

I used to cook this way — one giant effort. And my ex-was a trained chef. She'd cook a couple times a week and always left the sink full of dishes after. It would take us three days to get ready to cook again, and on the in-between days we often ended up eating out or carrying out. Now I mostly cook one main entree on…

I spent some time dating a woman last year who did this. One trip to one store every week. It allows her the time (and in some ways the money) to really enjoy the two kids she's raising alone.

This is the problem I have with Runner's World: it's written by a bunch of people who are addicted to exercise.

In the "close to home" category — depending on what you share on Facebook anyone who's a "Friend" can pretty easily find all the answers to the standard battery of verification questions for credit applications. These include names of siblings, parents, maiden names, cities you've lived in, schools you've attended…

For me, hanging cleaning supplies and using magnets to move spices out of cupboards is to make room for the medium-sized appliances. The other thing I've done is to leave the appliances packed from my last move. Only when I really, really can't figure out another way to do X (make toast for example) does the appliance…