I've started using as a cheap alternative for lunch at work. I use half a package at a time, and add leftover chicken or beef. I even chop up some green onions to toss in too (recipes call for 1 or 2 green onions but you have to buy a bunch that goes bad in a week)

I wonder if it would be worth it just to have a easily searchable record of a family death?

I freeze "silver dollar" sized pancakes all the time! There is always too much batter left over after breakfast. So I use it up and freeze the extra pancakes in a zip lock bag, between layers of wax paper. Squeeze out as much air as possible and then close the bag around a straw. Suck the air out with the straw…

And put up a sign that say's "Prices have been pre-haggled for your convenience"

If Gmail would let me sort by sender, this would be a lot easier.

I use sort to help mass-delete emails. For example I sort by sender to get all the A's together. Then I can scan down the 100's of emails with Advantage car rental, Ace hardware, AAA Autoclub, etc. There may be one or two that I want to keep (electronic receipts and such) but then I can delete all the rest (from…

If Gmail would give me a frigging "sort" option, I wouldn't have to do this!

I'll just leave this here

Does anyone remember this Mechanix Illustrated DIY car from the 80's? It was foam covered in fiberglass.

Lots of schools make parents sign permission slips for kids to walk or bike to school. But it's not the school that is giving permission, it's the parents. The school just want's to make sure that it's not liable when your kids leave their property without an adult.

OK, I'll be more specific.

10 days? That's a bit excessive in the middle of a school year.

I'd like to point out that the comments are 100 times more informative and researched than the above article.

In Texas, it's called the "Robin Hood Plan" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hoo…). It came about because the state of Texas (where I live) doesn't fund public schools very well. Local schools rely upon mostly property taxes. So poor areas got little money.

Well, to be fair, what I heard was that the wind chill was going to put the temperature at around zero degrees Fahrenheit. I think the idea is that most families and kids aren't prepared for that kind of weather when waiting on the bus.

A long time ago I realized that a lot of art by the masters was considered important because it was new. Picasso, Monet, etc, developed new methods of representing reality, and so they became famous for that reason. However, I find many of their paintings only mildly interesting from an aesthetic sense. One…

If you click through the link, you will find that the article is more about being specific and regular in feedback, rather than eliminating the 'sandwich'.

are tangled headphones really that much of a problem?

I thought I remembered seeing a video in school were doing something like that caused a person to have a heart attack. I'm sure other things contributed to the heart attack, but it was presented as something that really wasn't good for your body.

I disagree. Medical options for pets are a lot more available and expensive these days. It is completely possible that a pet's medical expenses could be considered 'catastrophic'.