Carleton! I was a chem major there - Jerry was retired by my time, but still maintained an office in Mudd up until my senior year or so. He gave me a bunch of books he didn't want anymore.

I'm late replying to this, and many point have been made already, but as long as you don't spend more than you would with your debit card, then -

I've been doing a two-minute inverted steep with fine-ground coffee, and it's working well for me. 185-degree water, though.

You will never go wrong making rice with this: http://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-Mi…

I have something kinda like this, but more cumbersome, set up through tasker. If I miss a call from any one of a list of phone numbers, my phone sends a text letting them know my phone is silenced, and that if it's an emergency they can text me "unsilence" to turn my ringer up, then call again. The "unsilence" text…

I think everyone would agree with that, yes.

Aaron Gleeman (of AaronGleeman.com) and Brandon Warne of 1500.

If it's beat reporters only, then disregard this, but if it's open to any team-oriented writers, Dave Cameron and Jeff Sullivan deserve to be in the conversation. Even if they write more quantity-wise for fangraphs, their work at USSM is pretty damn great.

It's a

I slid into third once (wearing shorts) after getting absolutely drilled square in the back running to third on a similar hit a few innings earlier.

Super minor point, but the song came out a while before the opening day performance - it debuted on *I think* one of the local sports radio stations, but definitely local radio, in December the winter before.

It's why you don't see the Mariners in the graphic - team policy is to only retire numbers of HOF players.

Re: making your own mustard,

Of course not! And there are definitely ones to stay away from. But saying "I'm cutting out chemicals" is the same thing as saying "I'm never going to eat again."

Everything is chemicals.

Butter is a mixture of triglycerides of oleic acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, lauric acid, butyric acid, caproic acid, capric acid, caprylic acid, linoleic acid, and linolenic acid, as well as carotene, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, alpha-tocopherol, folate, cholecalciferol, ergocalciferol,…

Butter is also a thick chemical soup. It's just different chemicals.

Tried to annotate, not sure if it worked.

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They're definitely peppermint; ingredients here: http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/assets/cookie_detail.asp?cookie=mtc_thinmint_lbb and here: http://www.girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/assets/cookie_detail.asp?cookie=mtc_thinmint_lbb (side note - there are two different manufacturers?!)