I studied to be an audiologist till my budding career was cut short by the birth of my daughter. We were taught how to do this and it's exactly as you described it. I doubt the cost of the expertise plus the materials is even as much as $35, much less $350, but then anything to do with ears costs way more than it…

Ooo, I better make a run to my favorite Pasadena restaurant that still carries this. And no, I'm not telling you guys where that is.

Darn. I was hoping they'd announce a big price drop on the Mini since nobody's buying them, so I could walk my receipt back into the store and ask for a refund.

There are several people who paint like this on the Santa Monica Pier.

Just get MailWasher or MailWasher Pro. One click fake bounce.

"It was a beautiful song but it ran too long, if you're gonna have a hit you've gotta make it fit, so they cut it down to 3:05." —Billy Joel

Get a razor-blade scraping tool. Scrape that stuff right off. Follow up with a cleaning with a vinegar based cleaner.

Sorry for the double reply. The comment editing failed multiple times. I like to spell things properly the second time around if not the first.

Costco sells Macs? Are you serious?

Cosco sells Macs? Are you serious?

Hmm. I don't have dumbbells (well, the inanimate kind, anyway) but I do have a set of ankle weights I haven't used since who knows when. I could wrap those around my wrists instead.

Of course, Apple always has stuff on sale. Not.

I don't need an app. I've got a 17 year old cat who expects me to figure out what it is he wants.

"hock" = take it to a pawnshop

If you don't like the taste of alcohol, there really is NOTHING that can hide it. Your friends will always swear that you can't taste the alcohol in whatever swill they're trying to get you to swallow, and they will always be dead wrong.

I dated a chemist. 1/3 pure ethanol from the lab, 1/3 Hawaiian Punch, 1/3 ginger ale. Guaranteed to have most people under the table after about two cups.

We got the kids a red cassette player circa 1980. I think it was a Panasonic, but it wasn't shaped like that. I still have some recordings of the kids' voices from that era.

I used to use a Bodum coffee press, and I still have it (with neoprene wrap to keep the contents warm and the beaker unbroken). But since I got an Aeropress the Bodum's been gathering dust on a shelf.

Won't work at the Burbank airport, where there are no separate areas and the patrols are vigilant about anyone stopping if they're not going to drop someone off. Go have something to eat at one of the restaurants in the little shopping center outside the main airport entrance and have the person you're picking up…

I wish it were that easy. It's impossible to help someone who can't tell the difference between what they want today and what they need tomorrow, aka "I'm having such a hard time that I DESERVE to spend $100 on concert tickets because that will make me happy."