@moe52: And if she's chewing on your shoes, don't yell at her, because she won't understand what she's done wrong. Instead, just take the shoes away and redirect her to something else, like a chew toy or a bully stick, and make sure you praise her when she does what you want.

@ambimom: Ha, that was one of those things that I'd heard and have always just done because someone once told me to do it that way.

@anniekate76: Once your pan is well seasoned, you don't need to do that stuff as long as you care for it well. Don't use metal utensils or soaps/detergents, avoid leaving acidic foods in it for too long, things like that.

@lostarchitect: Why does a female have to tell her?

I made my own butcherblock cutting board out of hardwood scraps. If you have a clamp, a plane, a handsaw, and a sander, it's easy, quick, and you can make it exactly the size and dimensions you need. And if you don't already have the wood lying around, you can usually get scraps at a home improvement or hardware store…

I love how DIY articles always seem to make about about half the commenters here pop their monocles.

I can't reply for some reason, but I agree with Navin R. Johnson. I've been through two major industry meltdowns (two different industries), so most of the times I've left a job, it was because of major layoffs or a company going under entirely.

I used to have problems with one of my cats sitting on top of my old CRT monitor and clogging up the vents in the top, so I got a bunch of those little plastic army men with the bayonets and glued them all around on the top of the monitor. Fashionable and functional!

@Rhayader: As I understand it, it's not the corrections themselves, but pointing them out in comments rather than email, and including patronizing little "grammar" lessons. (Which rarely involve actual grammar.)

@Mediokra:

@galaxina:

@sumerfish: That's so far from accurate, it took me a little while to convince myself you'd replied to the right person.

@insomniacmeg: I'm pretty sure they have had men on, but it's very rare, and you really can't deny that both the show and its message are primarily aimed at women.

I hate seeing this show being praised just because they don't criticize women's bodies.

A while back, I started getting kind of self conscious about dressing my age. I'm almost 45 now, and just wanted to make sure that I wasn't looking like one of those people who is trying to be 'hep' or whatever.

@DisposableInterloper:

@SatyaLelex: That doesn't jibe with the fact that the presence of salad made people order fries more often.

@Deprong Mori: Yay you.

It looks like most of the symptoms on there are potentially serious ones, so it's reasonable that they usually recommend seeing a vet. I didn't look at everything there, but I wouldn't even bother checking a website if my dog was having a seizure, lameness, difficulty breathing, heavy bleeding, severe pain, etc. I'd…

For better drip coffee, an inexpensive Chemex brewer and your existing water kettle makes much better coffee than a standard electric coffeemaker.