Ours is "Ivan the Huggable" see how his eyes are dilated? No? me either. :)

Yeah, I agree. As a couch potato, when I read "100 miles a month" I see "oh my god, that's a lot of running" but you're right, it's not marathon (3+ hours at a time) running. I found a blog post (here) that walks through the whole study (rather nicely) and basically says "some people who exercise to the extreme get…

Congrats for sticking it out, as someone who hasn't (yet), I can appreciate the inner strength it took to not quit. If you're going to continue running as much as 100 miles/month, you might want to read this. It's a recent study that found excessive exercise can cause quite a bit of damage to your heart. http://www.…

My wife is looking for work, but doesn't want to stay in the industry she's in (she manages a front desk at a hotel/lodge and does a lot of financial reporting for the general manager). What suggestions do you have to help her figure out what skills she has are transferable and/or looking for a job that isn't an…

It's episode 3 of this year.

Aha! I was talking about this one. They tested whether paper towels were more effective than air dryers (paper won). During the episode, they showed discussed where bacteria ends up during hand washing (at least to some degree).

I didn't realize my comment went into the "psychotic" threshold. It was just a comment. Where did you mention Toast in your comment?

Why do you say rinse with warm water? The temperature of the water has no negative impact on living organisms until it gets way past the "burned your skin" phase. Warm won't impact bacteria at all.

You need to watch the mythbusters episode. There's really not an "atomized spray of the entire contents of the toilet" covering the room. Washing your hands works.

4 steps to opening an envelope? I have a little retractable box cutter at my desk, makes a great letter opener (one step). When that's not available, my index finger works in the same (though a little more messy) one step fashion.

Oh yeah, already had an engineer inspect the place and create an engineering drawing with all the specifics and indications where changes needed to be made to bring it up to code. Then I had the local inspector come out and take a look. He agreed with all the changes the engineer made (and missed some of the stuff…

having the furnace in the attic or upstairs is pretty common here so that's not a concern. Agreed on the "which is most economical". Just need to figure out which one is which.

Yes, the walls inside were never actually finished (and barn is just a loose term we're using for (really big big building never used for more than storage). Studs inside, completely unfinished space. So, given that, I have the opportunity to go with ducts or the product in described here. Might as well look at…

Merriam-Webster (and dictionary.com) disagree

Good point, thanks. Fortunately, not too much of a concern. We're putting my mother in the 1st floor as her house and the upstairs will be my "work from home" office.

Thanks! It's a 2 story 30'x40' barn. We envision a 1 bedroom, 1 bath layout on the 1st floor (kitchen, living room etc. is a big open space). Upstairs is an office/bedroom and one end of the building walled off for a bathroom and "infrastructure" room (hot water heater, etc.)

I'm going to be converting a barn (used for storage, sitting on a cement pad) from unfinished to a single bedroom home. Any thoughts on how well Ductless systems compare to traditional A/C systems? Since I'm nearly in a "new construction" point, I can go either way.

This looks to me like the driver is giving his buddy a ride to show him what the course is like (give him a little racing experience). The buddy is just messing around. Neither one of them appear to be all that serious about it, indicating it's either not a race at all (maybe a practice session) or the driver's so…

Yeah, I've always been just a bit skeptical of that concept. battery failure equals no access to vehicle, yuck.

You couldn't get into the trunk without a physical key or through the backseat? Odd design.