I don't use many volumetric recipes these days because weighing flour is so much more accurate. Fortunately King Arthur, Cooks Illustrated and Alton Brown (my three favorite recipe sources - in that order) all use weight based flour measurements.

Ah Nosferatu! Not Murnau's best film (I think Sunrise takes that honor) but an excellent choice (though the film is 4:3 and not 16:9 as in the picture)

After seeing your "episode" (webisode?) yesterday I've been thinking a lot about my wallet and how to downsize it and how to possibly change it up. I'm thinking maybe finding a nice passport wallet and instead of sticking my passport in it, put in a Moleskine Cahier so instead of carrying around a Moleskine and my…

I'm saying it because Mortal Kombat is a broken fighter that's not fun to play unless you love gore.

Indeed, that's the plan. If e-books hadn't taken off like they did we'd probably have started a book store.

Meh, I'd just buy one of these and dig out the controllers and call it a day.

Yeah, perhaps some sort of good sealant. It does look to have contact paper on the top but I doubt this would hold up to many drink spills.

You aren't supposed to fight trolls with logic.

That's what I'm trying to do with my fiancee. We'll probably not be able to do the investment thing but we are trying to live frugally. My parents by contrast never had great jobs (non-union in education pays dick) and had a lot of hard luck over the years. It makes their complaining about a lack of raises (when their…

That looks shopped. I can tell by the pixels and have seen a few shops in my day.

Quite frankly I think they should raise it on my in-laws to 62 like everyone else in the world. I don't fault them for taking it but at the same time, I don't think they deserve the deal they got. You're right about the younger workers getting more realistic job pay and retirement but the job security for the…

Don't read Sherlock Holmes, then.

My in-laws are all geared up to retire at 55. Helps when you have a cushy worthless state job as an overpaid pencil pusher.

Indeed. It's perhaps the best Adver-game ever! The only other game that comes close is M.C. Kids.

People play Mortal Kombat when they'd much rather be playing Street Fighter. MK has always been about gore and bad publicity first and actual balanced gameplay far down on the priority list.

Yeah, I have a prism and can't do contacts. :( I wish I could just get Lasik and be done with it!

True and what with the kids wearing the lens-less glasses (ya know, to look cool or something) I'm sure one could find parts. Still, it's a great source for parts (screws, nose pads etc.)

I think your math is off but even if that were the case, I'd pick up a pizza at the local pizzeria for $10 and have delicious leftovers.

Alton Brown can do it better than I can. Of course, I confess that most of the time I just farm out my dough making to the local grocery store. Heck, your local pizzeria might even be willing to sell you a ball of dough for a couple dollars.

Here's a tip for you LH'ers. Last week I broke my glasses. The arm (a.k.a. bow) snapped clean in half. Normally I'd take them back to the local eyeglass shop I bought them from as they were 100% warrantied but now I live about 2.5 gallons of gas away. So the free warranty repair would really be something more like $10…