Get AmazonBasics' rechargeable batteries and a smart charger for said batteries. A lifetime supply of AA power from 8 batteries for <$30 (last time I checked the prices)

Still other peoples' mail. It's really annoying to be receiving it, since the previous tenant was clearly on just about every marketing mailing list you can imagine. I'm inundated with craploads of junk mail sent to her every day or two.

Any idea what level of success this method might have in getting the companies to stop mailing catalogs and special offers to my apartment?

What about your faucets, bathtub spigot, and showerhead sputtering when turned to any gradation of hot water? Is that the hot water heater? For reference, I live in an apartment and have forced hot water through sideboard (right term?) heating and I do notice the problem more often when the weather is on the colder…

so, I can just write "Return to Sender" and something about it not being deliverable to the old tenant, then drop it back in the mail?

Any recommendations for somebody who lives in an apartment and gets tons of junk mail and catalogs addressed to previous tenants?

Boston seems like a pretty safe city to live in. Nice.

Tumblr feminists would've been better. Find The Feminist and Find The Vegan are two of my favorite Tumblr gags.

To be fair, the ESPN bit in the hockey fans thing is pretty accurate. A SportsCenter anchor once had to "apologize" for skipping hockey highlights during a live edition of the show to go to some "breaking news" (probably Lebron learning how to use a thermos for the first time in his life) and he said "Well, it's okay…

Cannot exceed a 50% reduction in the listed price of the exact drinks if purchases separately and totaled up. So, 2 for the price of 1 is the best you can do.

Pretty sure that's exceeding the 50% discount rule. If you changed the recipe somewhat, however, for each drink and had both recipes available at different prices, you could theoretically get away with this.

Unfortunately, you cannot exceed a 2:1 ratio for buy one, get X drink specials and you cannot discount drinks more than 50%. A great deal would be just to have a two slightly different recipes for each drink, one that costs the price of the unlimited special and one that costs 1 cent but only becomes available for…

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind man. Sarcasm is fun :)

Vonn*

Technically, anyone from North or South America can call themselves Americans but that is used for people of the United States of America. Are you also suggesting that we now refer to Americans as United States of Americans?

Sochi 2014: Sport Competition for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Putinstan!

Do y'all get Tetherball coverage up there? Tyler Brody kicked ass in that back in 2008!

ACTUALLY, "Big Block of Cheese Day" happened twice. Season 1, Episode 5 "The Crackpots and These Women" was the first instance, featuring CJ meeting with a group of environmentalists pitching the idea of a wolves-only highway to help the wolves migrate without fear of actual roadways and the dangers they present. Fun…

"Rusty, why aren't you wearing the Griswold Family Olympic Sweater that your mother knit for you?"

Excuse me, his name is Earvin.