We have a close, but spread-out family, too (not quite BC to Quebec but South Dakota, Minnesota, southern Kansas, and Kentucky. Three of the four cousins all got married on holiday Sundays and it was great for everybody. Just make sure you throw a good party (and maybe plan an evening activity for the night before…

I kind of like holiday weekend wedding. It gives you a day to travel, a day for the wedding, and a day to travel back without having to take any vacation. On my mom's side of the family, three of the four cousins had Sunday weddings before a holiday (one Memorial Day, one Presidents' Day, one July 3rd). The fourth…

I would seriously disagree with #1 and #3.

And she would have been 17 with a chance at 5 Olympic golds had the US not boycotted the 1980 Olympics. Damn.

I know this thread is pretty much dead, but I had to add that, while I agree with the sentiment, the article completely ignores the rent factor: Basically, rents increase over time while your mortgage payment doesn't. I've crunched the numbers and found the following.

How about “We spoke to biochemists and scientists, and asked them how difficult it would be for someone to taint the sample. They said, if they were motivated, it would be extremely easy.”?

Except that the top of the website is the image at the top of this article and it links straight to the subscription page, not to anything explaining what's going on. He's intentionally trying deceive people. Stupid people, yes. But this dude's just shady.

Number of Atlantic cities in the Metropolitan Division: 6.

It largely depends on the house, but if you're going to finish, make sure you do something interesting with it. My wife and I were looking at a house in our neighborhood with the exact same floorplan as ours except they have a finished basement and we don't. When you factor in that our house is much more updated,…

For Mexico, especially, yes. The national team has played 14 friendlies in the US in the last three years and has another one in August. Hell, 9 of their last 10 friendlies have been played in the US, with the only exception being the US's win in Azteca last year.

This. All of this. Also, make sure to get a home warranty if you didn't already get your seller to purchase it. They usually run $400-600 and I'd usually have the seller pay for it, but it's so worth it. Here are the things we've had to do in the first 10 weeks (yes WEEKS) we've had our house.

Way to cherry pick something that's not actually corn meal, but a corn bread mix. And still, all that's in there is corn meal, flour, baking soda, salt, and vitamins.

...processed wheat or corn...

In other other words: the first game at the Vet was played 25 days before the Marlins' current manager was born.

If you're just living together, then I think it makes sense to keep the finances separate because, should something go wrong, there's no real legal method (like divorce) to determine what's his and what's hers.

What an eloquent way of demonstrating the backward bending labor curve.

My inlaws love Cincinnati Chili, though I found it awful at first. I find, if you think of it less as "chili" and more as "Mediterranean Spaghetti," it's a lot better. Because it really is just spaghetti with Mediterranean (not Italian) spices.

As a stew, it should really be irrelevant what's in chili, so long as you have chili spices. That's what really matters.

"How to Cut Your Spending"

Not only is the audience less likely to have cable, but people who do have it aren't likely to peruse these types of articles.