I’ve done this with corn tortillas and had success. They don’t come out as beautiful as store-bought ones, but I’m far more likely to have corn tortillas on hand than taco shells, and I don’t mind the way these turn out.

Is anyone else bothered by the way he is holding those veggies. I always thought it was best to keep your fingernails out front so that if you accidentally catch one, you don’t lose a finger tip. The way he was holding those veggies made me cringe.

Also, you can cut celery far quicker using the back end of the blade,…

I second this. I’m always surprised at how I seem to make progress on the weeks that I don’t even go to the gym (as long as I don’t do it too often). I think that’s my body playing catch-up.

I think then you would have to compare how much life you could get out of $X in repairs vs. Spending the $X on a replacement car, which isn't such an easy thing to estimate.

Yes. I don’t think you will often find that your repair costs exceed the cost of car payments on a brand new car. But if we are talking about a ‘new’ used car for $15,000, then it may make sense to stop pouring money into your clunker.

I think you are reading this wrong. It says “are annual repair costs greater than car payments”, not assuming you have both. It's saying that if you can spend $1500 per year on your current car, but you would end up spending $3,000 on car payments with a new one, you should keep the new one.

“The worst thing you can do is overanalyze your workout.”

I do. I try to just pay for everything with a credit card, and then once a month, I’ll go through and enter it all in on a spreadsheet. I have one tab for all of the data, with about a dozen categories (income, rent, food, utilities, and other basic ordinary expenses, as well as extraordinary such as travel, major car…

Note that the article doesn’t say that paying off ANY debt is a better ROI than investing. Only that credit card debt is almost guaranteed to have a better ROI than any practical investment.

“Investing and paying off debt have the same effect on your net worth: they make it go up. Some debt might not cost you as much…

I would say no carbs are ‘bad’. It’s all in how you use them. Plenty of athletes use ‘bad’ carbs to replenish glycogen stores after a hard workout, because they are more quickly digested and processed than, say, brown rice or quinoa. Now I’m not saying they should necessarily be eaten as a regular part of your diet,…

I’ll have to give this a try. I’ve found over the years that I do not learn well just from reading a book cover to cover or following instructions word-for-word. I learn by coming up with questions and then seeking answers to them. So reading a non-fiction book cover to cover has never been that useful for me. This…

Dick, I think that's a solid answer. And to LuckyMc44, Logan Yott and Moon, that is just what I was wondering. Thank you guys for the responses!

" I can tell you that while I don't worry so much about my looks anymore..."

That's exactly what I was wondering. I think you are absolutely right that people should exercise to be healthy, not to be happier, but I was also curious whether people who are less than content with their physical appearance can actually…

Not at all. I'm referring only to those people that this paragraph seems to refer to:

" Being perfectly content saves up an astounding amount of mental energy. Gone are the worries, doubts and obsessions about diet, weight and all other issues pertaining to reaching your goal. The itch is gone. No need to scratch it anymore."

Guinea Pig... It was home-cooked for me when I lived in Peru. It tasted okay (I'm not sure how it was cooked), and the sauce on it was pretty good, but the bones were so small, and it was so much work to eat.

Also, grilled cow intestine... 'Tripa Mishki' is the Quechua name (ate it in Ecuador), which means 'sweet…

They don't nest MUCH. I have two of the 4-cup size bowls, and they nest about halfway (since they are only slightly tapered and made of thick glass), meaning each one takes probably 1 to 1 1/2 inches of vertical space.

They don't nest MUCH. I have two of the 4-cup size bowls, and they nest about halfway (since they are only slightly…

I agree about using them in the microwave. I have a couple of these (4 cup size, I believe) that I take my lunch in all of the time. The lids seemed to have hardened over a few years of microwaving them, and they no longer fit snugly. Also, I left one sitting on top of the container when I microwaved it, and then left…

I agree about using them in the microwave. I have a couple of these (4 cup size, I believe) that I take my lunch in…

I think the idea is that earnings is sign of demand. If someone can get paid $150k to be a programmer, then people must really need programmers. But as you say, it is a bit shortsighted, because current earnings don't indicate future demand, only current demand.

My wife's dad said something along the lines of "happiness is the distance between your expectations and reality". Like you said, many people find the idea of 'lowering your expectations to find happiness' to be a depressing idea. But I think the point is figuring out which of your expectations are realistic, and…