$172 seems like too much to have to build it myself, but it seems like it would work great in a clothing store.

Vacation!!

"I don't fully agree with the notion of washing hands" - this sentence makes me nervous. I hope that includes every time you use the bathroom or touch raw meat. Not everyone you touch is perfectly healthy- with some people (infants, elderly, sick people, people with allergies) fighting off the bugs that don't phase…

This is awesome. Now if I can just get my dog to carry it. . .

Interesting thought, thanks!

You can also do melatonin and a few sleeping pills on the flight during the new country's night. I spent the first week in Australia feeling sort of half-drunk and having horrible trouble sleeping, so I did this on the way back. I slept until 5 or 6 am my first night back. Alternatively, it's usually much easier to…

Me too, except "moving across the country." I'm going to need an apartment. . . a whole bunch of furniture. . . some friends would be nice. . . I need health insurance, and I need to get my stuff there somehow. Gosh, I hope someone gives me a job. You know, I feel pretty darn confident in my baby abilities. Trade??

Wait, so you're not sticking it between the couch cushions before you turn on the system? :-/

Yeah, my brain went RATS RATS RATS RATS!!

I second iPhone. Or, if I change my vote to a used iPod, it's actually price competitive as something you would buy specifically for the purpose. Bonus points if you velcro it to the wall. The app for my satellite box isn't great, but the one for my Roku is better than the actual remote.

Cold water does cause much less bleeding, but washing all your stuff together will still result in dingy whites over time. Also, new garments sometimes release a lot of dye the first time they're washed, cold water or not.

I. actually. did. it. The thought festered and grew roots and before long it consumed me. I just actually wrote the words "I resign. . . " and signed them and handed them to my supervisor. Is it normal that the unmitigated joy I've been feeling for the last few weeks has been replaced with abject terror and…

I second these rules. Some people remember that there's a person on the other end, and email can be used as a faster alternative to talking. Most people are more demanding and rash and less considerate on email than they are if they look you in the eye. I can't even tell you how many times I've stopped by people's…

That was an interesting read. I didn't know about local steroid injections into the sinuses. I wonder if it's ever used for people who don't get sinus infections but just have bad allergies.

I like this too. When I lived in a dorm and had tons of hot water, I would turn the shower on hot to steam up the bathroom, then do it. It was so nice.

I'm not following you. I've fried tortillas and baked them. Sometimes until chewy, sometimes until crunchy, depending on what I wanted.

I've cut them into triangles and baked them to get tortilla chips, so I can't imagine this wouldn't work.

I think the conference or whatever where this was delivered was geared towards people with 9-5 jobs. I don't think it matters though- if you have a set schedule, it applies. My dad is a building contractor, and will tell me at the end of a 10 hour day, he finds himself making mistakes. So even if you don't have a set…

Ha! Love it.

I don't have a splurge budget, but I do a couple of the things on the list. I sometimes impose a waiting period, if I think something might be an impulse buy. A close relative of the waiting period is to ask myself how long I've wanted it. My splurges are pretty much always at least somewhat useful, so I also ask…