I lived with my hubby's parents twice. The first time was for 7 months while I got out of a bad living situation with my own parent — they offered to put me up, rent-free while I found myself a job in a new state, got myself a junker car, and a place to live. It took me about five months to find a job that paid more…

I think the distinction comes because the dinner knife is generally called a 'butter knife' nowadays, even though that's not the correct term. So no longer do we have a dinner knife and a butter knife on the table, we have a butter knife and a butter spreader... as unintuitive as that sounds.

This is a liiitle off-topic, but what about getting into a hobby like freshwater planted aquariums? Once you've gotten a spot for the aquarium, the rest of the hobby is contained to that space; You can buy new plants and move them around, get rid of old ones and plant new ones, put in some hardscape or take some away,…

This is one of the few things that makes me regret having moved from Texas. The BigE just doesn't compare.

Usually one - two. But that's only because we eat one - two meals a day. My husband & I are not big on breakfast, and since he works until midnight or later most nights we skip. Lunches are generally something small and since I'm generally at home for lunch I can make something right then and there — a sandwich, or…

Check out places like Goodwill or Savers for a secondhand crock-pot/slow cooker. I've seen some as low as 10$ and while they look fugly, the increase in food diversity is worth it.

We actually were invited to Christmas Dinner at my landlord's place. He and his wife cooked us all a traditional Italian meal (several courses, and dessert, and alcohol), thanking us for helping out around the property (he suffered a fall that year and broke his arm, and was looking at a knee replacement, too). Yeah,…

I had a very similar scenario when I rented my first place — most places in my price range were dumps. I ended up going through a realtor while trying to find apartments, and he showed me a real gem: 650sq feet 3rd floor 1b/1ba with a HUGE picture window in the living room and a skylight in the kitchen. His asking…

Component cables are fine, but I'm hoping you didn't run the power cable inside the wall, too. That's against code just about everywhere. If your place goes up in flames and the insurance company finds out you ran a power cord in your wall, they can deny your claim based on that (just in case anyone reading doesn't…

I just went in for an interview that ran nearly three hours... Was interviewed by five different people, back-to-back. The first hour or so was easy. The next hour, not so much. The final hour? It was all I could do to seem interested and enthusiastic, but all I could think about was how exhausting it all was. That,…

I don't know that being a child of the 60's has anything to do with it — I'm a child of the 80's and terrified of cancer, too. For at least three generations in my family it's been rampant and destructive. I'm convinced it's not a matter of if but when and what type I'll end up with.

I generally take the attitude of "be aware". There's nothing wrong in stopping to help someone, just be aware of your surroundings. Chances are they genuinely need help. Send someone a text, if the situation allows for it; something like "stopped on hwy 101, near exit 14, helping broken down car". If something doesn't…

I've finally settled down into a compromise: Paper books when I'm at home or using reference manuals, and digital books when I'm out and about or traveling/will be away from home for awhile. This way I don't have to worry about storing a bunch of books but I get the tactile feedback, and I don't have to carry 2 - 3…

Agreed. I have the nook w/ glowlight because of the buttons and I would love a paperwhite with one. I was holding out, hoping eventually I'd get my wish, but I guess not...

Disagree. I've had the tablet-style nook (no hardware buttons) and the nook glowlight version (with hardware buttons) and I vastly prefer the one with buttons. It's nice to swipe-to-turn if I need to, but if I get comfortable and my hands are comfy just where they are, having the buttons there is a good thing.

Fairly easy. I did a few "prototypes" with cardboard and scrap paper first to get a feel for the techniques, and then made some for real.

I think it depends on what I'm doing. When I was taking a lot of math-heavy courses in college, I found that I'd almost exclusively listen to soundtrack music (without vocals). The same thing happens when I'm programming: soundtrack music really helps me focus and get in the groove or the mindset (or whatever else…

I haven't tried the JP binding, but it's on my TODO list. :) I've told myself I need to use up the notebooks I already have before I go making more. Or, if I do make one, I have to give it away.

The coptic stitching is more likely to lie flat (but depending on how much paper you add, not always); the more traditional…

There's two different methods I use. Coptic stitching (http://www.tortagialla.com/2010/08/16/cha…) and the more traditional method (http://imgur.com/a/VuG1S). Neither of those tutorials are mine, but they're where I got started.

Pretty sure the sliders only work on the NYC Grid site, not giz.