The problem with trying to use Vaseline for this purpose is that EVERYTHING sticks to it, and pretty soon you've got a solid line of disgusting dirt everwhere you've smeared it. Which, by the way, the ants will just merrily waltz across. And it's a bitch to get off painted surfaces.

She.

If you've got an extra iPad, save yourself some work and send it to me. :)

It wouldn't work for us—one cat is 18 years old and can barely jump up on the bed.

This.

Los Angeles tap water is dismal. Water delivery is big business around here. And you don't need a gizmo on your fridge to get bottled water delivered to your door (probably a lot less expensive than Evian, too). We get 5-gallon bottles of purified drinking water delivered twice a month.

It's a very rare public library that doesn't have free wi-fi these days. And who knows, you might actually find something nonelectronic to read there. :)

Why not just get a cat water fountain with a large tank? That's what our cats drink out of.

Grocery stores put special lights over the produce section to keep the produce from looking like the faded, tasteless cardboard that it is. Hold your shopping list over the produce or look at it again in some other part of the store to see what you're really buying.

I have a meat grinder attachment for my Kitchenaid stand mixer. It does a great job. I usually run the meat through it twice to blend in the fat a little better.

We've all seen the photo of LBJ taking the oath of office on Air Force One. What's almost never seen is a photo taken immediately afterwards, when it's clear that Johnson is grinning at one of his buddies on the plane, and his buddy is grinning back.

I'm proud to say that we subscribe to a newspaper.

I do go to "booth" places from time to time (as I said, not often—not many of those shows worth the time and effort to get to any more). I don't buy products based on who wears the skanky outfits, though.

And the list of non-celebrities who think this actually matters......

This is not the food I was looking for. You can go about my business. Move along.

Get rid of the damn high heels and start hiring booth boys instead of booth babes. Not that I often go where booth babes roam, but fair is fair.

Swiss Army MiniChamp. That's what's in my pocket right now. I switched its original needlenose tweezers for a toothpick, though.

Just buy a Chef's Choice sharpener. My husband the second genereation Eagle Scout (father of our son the third generation Eagle Scout) bought ours and we've never had a dull knife, pocket or otherwise, since.

Mirror: Take the damp towel you just used on your hair and rub down the mirror. Problem solved.

I'm still trying to convince my husband that a food processor gets the job done a lot faster than slicing all those veggies with a knife or chopping nuts in a wooden bowl with a mezzaluna.