That would be fantastic...cheaper, and much easier to get home than a 6x8 piece of sheet steel. Have you used it? Does it work well with standard fridge magnets?

Ha! Fair point. But in my house, it'd be covered by unintelligible scribbling, mostly at knee level :)

Ah, read the Bargain Hoot link, but not the Nimble Union one. Thanks for replying with the relevant bit! That seems like a major risk...one well-intentioned person could wreck the thing by trying to be helpful when my back is turned.

What would happen if one did try cleaning the surface with Windex? Would it bubble up or soak through or something?

Exactly this. I don't understand why any random who sends me an email needs to be informed that I'm "backpacking in the Alps" (as in the linked article's example). The only necessary information is that I'm out, I'm making myself inaccessible, when I'll be back (or when I'll respond to emails & voicemails, if I plan…

In Chicago (within city limits, at least), both Trader Joe's and Whole Foods sell organic milk for $5.99/gal. The only better deal is Mariano's (better known by it's parent company's name, Roundy's, in Wisconsin), where it's $4.99/gal. It might also be cheap at Walmart Neighborhood/Express stores, but I haven't…

You know, I used to put on the "Ooh, these are delicious, where'd you say they are? In that case over there? Great, I'm gonna go grab one now...lemme just grab one more of these...thanks!" charades, but then I realized that they don't care who grabs what, and aren't even looking most of the time. Now I grab a second…

Anytime, you smug, well-rested, disposable-income-having bastard ;)

I'm married, have 2 kids, and work full time...none of that stops me from having "storderves" (I dig that word too) for lunch during my every-other-weekend solo trips to Costco. Those glorious two hours are like a vacation for me.

What got me with the X3 (and still does, once in a while) is that the filler door is tied to the passenger door locks, not the driver's door...so you're required to unlock all the doors in order to open the filler door. Then you have to unlock all the doors in order to close the filler door. I'm not a fan of that…

I know I shouldn't laugh at this, but, alas, here we are.

Very much so. It's a damn shame the short-sighted bean counters decided to assemble this thing out of the Grand Am spare parts bin...it could have been a badass car if done right.

Actually, that's a pre-2000 Corniche. Not the worst-looking Rolls of that era by a long shot...that honor goes to this LeBaron with a fancy grille, a.k.a. the Mark I (1980-1989) Silver Spirit:

Does Jasmine support casting to smart TVs/set-top boxes the way the YouTube app does?

Because of that I have always taught my kids that even if they disobey or break rules.. if they are in a harmful situation I will always have their back.

Anyone with a properly outfitted kitchen already owns at least one spatula (preferably silicone, so it's more heat resistant for use in a hot pan).

That's because you were looking down at your chest as you typed.

I do exactly the opposite of this advice: I get to our "big" (though laughably small relative to what a city the size of Chicago should have) farmers market at 6:50 (10 minutes before it's scheduled to open) along with a lot of the local chefs. Fortunately all but a couple vendors are ready to go at that time, so I…

The red dish thing is a $2,700 red Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay A9 AirPlay speaker with the cloth grill cover removed. You know, a cheap, "everyman" way to blast tunes at the worksite.

Ah, good move - go somewhere that's way too established & "mainstream" to be taken over by hipsters. I did the same thing...I'm down the street from you in Lakeview East.