Vote: The Joy Of Cooking

At this point, with multiple cats, a soon-to-be toddler, and probably a future dog coming, I’ve resorted to just buying cheap furniture and planning to keep buying replacement slipcovers for it all.

I moved to a standard leather and haven’t looked back. Hair wipes off clean, nothing stains and neither of my dogs were terribly interested in it. I did get a few claw scuff marks, but as mentioned in the article they buff out easily. No idea on suede - had a dog that liked to lick so I didn’t want to go that route.…

This must depend on the microfiber... I had a microfiber couch that attracted pet hair like a magnet and it ended up stuck in the weave. While easy to clean stains, getting hair out was next to impossible so I was glad to see it go when I moved.

That (along with the two minute rule) is one of the pillars of David Allen’s GTD process — make this decision immediately with each new thing that hits your inbox, then forget about it until it’s time to work on it.

How does rice flour thicken as compared to corn starch?

Also, “if any investigation, forfeit your personal device over to the investigating body. They will read EVERYTHING they have access to”

Weren’t there any kind of orientation on the first day for that employee letting them know that anything on the laptop is the property of said employer. If and when they are fired/laid off they won’t get anything on it back?

This is also so so true.

Haha, something similar happened with my bank. I got an email that looked like a scam so I called my local branch and it was actually legit. I just assume everything is a scam nowadays.

I’d gladly tip the cable guy if he showed up on time and actually fixed the problem.

Sometimes with certain vegetable soups, you can use a portion of the soup and blend it smooth and stir it back in to act as a thickener. Cauliflower or potato soups come to mind off the bat.

Belated happy birthday, Melanie. And don’t worry about 50, because believe it or not, that’s even easier, or so I found.

At 40 (hell, at 50 or 60, or 70, etc.), one is not old: one is old-er than before. Since evidence is mounting that the younger one feels, as in if one feels or thinks about themselves as a young-er person or as a young person, longevity increases. I stopped using ageist language when I realized it was coloring my…

Nah, 60’s the new 40.

I’m guessing it’s because the range of fees is greater for IRAs than for 401ks.

I really feel for young people chasing a job, I have no problem ending an interview and saying, “I am not a good fit, have a nice day” and have done it several times within 5 minutes, One place I did it before the interview from how I saw two managers treating the receptionist. If they treat the receptionist like…