@Michael Hudak: For what it’s worth, my Wells Fargo accounts all link well to Mint. Sounds like some tech support is in order.

@MercerCh00x: While a lot of food items will remain safe to eat for over 6 months, "safe" is not the same as "yummy." Items like cereal, flour, shelf-stable soups, crackers, and spices will last for years but lose quality and flavor. Frozen food will degrade in just a few months. Most canned food is pretty…

The simple 50mm (or as some call it, the "nifty fifty") is a great choice. I have other lenses but when I want my sharpest results, I go fifty. It has the best low-light performance. It's also the most compact lens I have and the least expensive.

Wow, nice job. Much more comprehensive than the usual LH fare.

One important bit of advice is to stay off the roof unless you know what you are doing. Use binoculars from the ground.

@Gotlactose: LOL!! iPhone's revolutionary "hold-touch gesture" allows you to hang up with just a shift of the hand!

Whoa, calmness all around. Say ommmmmm.

Pursue excellence, not perfection.

@The Lab: Dangerous? Jumping to a conclusion there. They have millions of iPhones withh glass fronts and while I have seen some broken ones, no one is suggesting it's dangerous. And the iPhone 4 glass is not window glass.

Outfit a toilet bowl with this and you have something your dog will love and a conversation piece!

@gfetters: It's true. Harold McGee ("On Food and Cooking") proved it.

@Xagest: !!! That's funny! I never thought about that - but you're right, cartoon banana peels always are bottom-peeled.

@Zundfolge: They teach that in drafting (or did, when drafting was on paper)!

@bornonbord: They teach the two stroke method because if you draw it like an S, it tends to look like an S, unless you take the care to make the top left corner look like a corner.

@jw.shirts: A hotel or restaurant will accept a card number without the physical card?

@Robb Nunya: What they call "indirect cooking" on a grill is basically an oven. You stack the coals on one side, food on the other, and close the lid. For a gas grill, you use one buner and position the food on the other side. Usually it runs around 350 degrees.

The bright blue masking tape (paint section of the hardware store) works well. Many tapes don't work well at freezer temperatures, the blue tape does. Write on it with a Sharpie.

A pressure washer is the greatest tool for cleaning the grill. Even an inexpensive electric pressure washer (buy or borrow) does wonders.

@RabidTurtl: Depends on the airline but even cash-strapped United has them in the seat pockets for free.

Do any airlines still not offer conventional jacks? Wondering if I ever need to carry the old fashioned two prong adapter.