@Amphetamine Crown: Thanks, I agree. You do need them professionally honed every so often. You should sharpen them yourself before each use, of course.

Here's a tip I'd like to find out about: The best way to find a good knife-sharper (professional) in your area and when you should have your kitchen knives professionally resharpened.

How do you lock it?

I just joined a vegetable co-op so it's on my list of things to do this summer. I was thinking of taking a course with the local adult education group (they teach all sorts of nifty classes) in order to feel more comfortable with the process.

We pretty much do everything ourselves. My limit is intense electrical rewiring, such as installing new outlets or plumbing. We may install a washer/dryer in a closet in my bedroom if we stay in the condo long enough to have a kid (it's allowed by condo regs and we won't have to share with the other residents). …

The finance program I use, Moneydance, lets me set up nested accounts natively, without me having to physically open new accounts with the bank. When reconciling, you just need to include subaccounts.

I've cut my daily Americano down to a 1/2 caff. It does the job and I stopped getting headaches if I skipped my cup.

Interestingly, I took a pay CUT to take my current job. Less benefits, less salary, less vacation. This was in 2007.

@Amanda Schaefer: And yet, sold in my local Stop & Shop. Someone must fall for buying them rather than loose potatoes...

Unless you want your coffee to taste like the refrigerator, you should never store it there. Also, freezing the beans damages them.

@tinpot: BJs occassionally sells a meat pack for $35 or so. It contains a large pot roast (about 4 lbs and I grind half into hamburger), 2 lbs stew meat and about 5 steaks.

@jackburnt: Shop off a list. If it's not on the list, don't buy it.

@uncle moe: You forget the $1.50 you'll pay for a single, shrinked-wrapped (with instructions on how to microwave it) potato.

@dchall8: They miss the Consumerist

Because that's healthy. Just think about the sodium levels on this 'diet'...

Everytime I try to run the program, it lets me know that the connection is busy. Apparently it's not ready for many users.

@Sterling Anderson: That's another reason for me to stick with Moneydance.

@whiteflea: I think I paid a $30 shareware fee for it years (5 - 8) ago. License is perpetual through upgrades and you can have it on multiple computers in your home. I was happy to donate a little to the developer.

The only concern I have about moving off my offline, platform independent, Moneydance program to an online program is if I have an Internet outage I won't be able to do my weekly budget... unless.. is there any offline syncing with these tools for Mac?

@HansGadison: Already have the McGee book bookmarked (came up as a suggestion when I bookmarked the 2 in the article) as well as the Alton Brown books. Interestingly, I also found This in English. Not sure if the posted below meant that book: