@TehBeardMan: I have two 8 inch 2x4 blocks under my desk that I use as foot rests. In order to get my chair to the right height so that my hands and arms are in the right place for my keyboard, I have to have my chair up too high for my feet to comfortably sit on the floor. So the 2x4s make up the difference. They're…

@sn1per: Swimming, biking, dancing, rowing, climbing stairs...your heart and lungs don't know the difference between various kinds of cardio activity as long as you get exertion level up.

I was really hoping that one of the services would have more than one season of Firefly. For that, I'd happily pay $10/month.

@mzito: - Boarding: It depends on the airline. American still usually boards back to front for it's non-wide bodied aircraft. I haven't seen a gate agent enforce boarding zones in a really long time. I normally have a seat near the front (zone 5 or 6 depending on the aircraft) but will board a few zones ahead of when…

Ah the joy of my zipcode. Swanky gated communities on one end, tons of mid-level apartments and a starter home neighborhood in the midde, established neighborhood full of older families and retirees on the far side. Oh yeah, and a cow pasture behind the Walmart. I have no clue how the marketing people figure out my…

@bobeyjoe: Where I live, the city bases sewer charges for the year on your water usage over a 2-3 month period, generally in the late winter/early spring. The reasoning is that during those months, you aren't going to be watering your lawn, filling your swimming pool, doing other things that use water that doesn't…

My church has a yearly rummage sale to raise money for mission trips. I often joke that the sale is where all the good stuff "rolls downhill". We have a number of wealthy families in the church and they sometimes plan their furniture, appliance and other upgrades/replacements around the sale (free removal of the old…

I got a rechargable electric mower (a Neuton) in a mower exchange program through my city a couple of yeras ago. I really, really like it. It's quiet and lightweight, mulches well, requires almost no maintenance and has no pull cord to start it.

@Richard Wachler: Depends on the type of ants. Normal, friendly neighborhood ants that kids feed stale Cheerios to, I have no problem letting live. Fire ants, the kind that get mad in a nanosecond and seek out flesh to chew on leaving nasty, swelling, painful, itchy welts...those I say "Death To You And All Your Kind!"

I'm up at 5am and at work by 6. That allows me at least 45 minutes, sometimes up to almost 90 minutes before most other people start to get to work. So I can quietly ease into the day. This also allows me to leave work a little after 4 (9x80 schedule), get to the gym and workout, get home and cleaned up and get…

@Jake712: Yep. And Gail (the goldfish's name) made regular appearance throughout the series, often with her bowl decorated with some story line appropriate prop.

Or you could just hold the nail between your fingers with your palm facing up. Yes, you still might hit your fingers, but hitting the softer, palm side of your hand hurts a whole lot less than hitting your finger nail or knuckles.

No special name for it, but I like to order a chocolate oreo shake at Chick-fil-a. Sometimes they charge $0.25 extra for the chocolate (for some reason it's always the chocolate that's the extra) but oh so worth it.

@ThePriceofEggsinMalta: I've been doing that same exercise almost every day, first thing after I stumble out of bed, since I had back pain issues about 5 years ago. Takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference. I can tell if I skip a couple of days.

@TheFu: Exactly right about not needing life insurance if you have no dependants. Although, if you have credit card, student loan or similar debt (basically anything other than car or house loan where the car or house is worth more than the loan), it's nice to have a bit of insurance so that your family isn't stuck…

@funnyjk: Speaking as an aerospace engineer, you're on the right track. Getting hands on experience in building, fixing and tinkering with things will serve you well in your career (and life).

I've had good luck asking friends who are proficient at something to teach me. Sometimes I swap lessons with people, sometimes I just teach or just learn.

I've done the math for checking bags vs shipping as my family does Christmas in a different state than where I live. Speaking strictly from a financial perspective, I've found that it's more cost effective to pay the airlines the baggage fee as long as you're only checking one bag and it is under the weight limit.

Okay, where do you get glow-in-the-dark paint? Cause I've got youth group kids coming over to my house at the end of the month and it would be amazing to have a few sheets of glow foam core hanging on the walls in the dining room and a few flashlights.

I remember using the dishwasher door as a prep/mixing surface when I was a kid. In fact, as I got bigger, I often wondered why we made oj (used the frozen and just add water kind) on the door when it was easier to make it in the sink. It a while to occur to me that Mom just had my sister and I do that because it…