I had a black thumb right up until I started growing veggies.  I still can't manage anything ornamental, but my big takeaway from putting in a full-bore vegetable garden (with the raised beds and the big fence in my front yard) is that nature really wants stuff to grow.  If you plant enough stuff, it's hard to make…

@avclub-8487b0689da6771599d41a721015a725:disqus That is the cutest little cat house ever!

That is a fantastic system!

Good luck!!

I hear you on that.  Paper crafts always seem like they'd be fun on paper (HAHAHA!  See what I did there?), but they just have an end result of paper products.  I'm much more inclined toward projects that have fabric end results.  (My favorite mantra when making mistakes while making a quilt is, "Will it still work as…

A plastic kiddie pool!  What a clever idea!  Where do you live?  (I ask as a gardener, not as a creepy stalker…)  I'm dying to get the garden really going, but spring is taking its damn time here in central NJ.  I've got some wee lettuces coming along and pepper seedlings started under grow lights, and will be doing…

There were so many murder-basement opportunities, and none of them panned out.  Again, though — we'll be back soon.  Axe-murderers across Chicago should start sharpening their axes now!

Bookbinding!  That is so cool!!

Aww, congratulations!

Whoa — making a cat house out of t-shirt yarn?  This is intriguing and puzzling me.  What's t-shirt yarn like?  And what kind of cat house are we talking about?

Okay, now everyone's ipod is playing Faith No More but mine.  I don't ever shuffle but decided to today just for TI (::sobs::  You guys are the highlight of my week!  </pathetic>), and I literally haven't heard a single FNM song yet.  I realize I have the power to change this myself, but dammit, I will wait out my…

Indeed he does!  And Slobber Pup's album is coming out soon — I'm so excited!

The Devils seemed to have things figured out at the start of the season, but Brodeur got hurt and that meant we had to admit that Hedberg really isn't that good after all (hardly surprising), and now they suck.  But Marty's back tomorrow, so who knows.  I find that when I expect excellence the Devils blow, but when I…

I normally spell it "boc choy", but I was being polite.  ;)

Sounds quick and easy!  Now I just need to will the cilantro in my garden to grow…

Seriously.  I felt like I didn't have a single non-alcoholic drink for the entire four days, but, strangely, never felt drunk.  My sister and I congratulated ourselves on apparently finally getting hollow legs.  (Although I woke up every morning wondering why my tongue felt like it was made of sand.  Oh well — nothing…

"…are cheese".

This is terrible news!

That's fantastic news!  Good luck!

Congratulations!!