Yes! Let the airing of grievances commence!

Huh. I had never considered vinyl shower liners to be optional, except when the curtain itself is vinyl. But apparently, from reading the link, they are. But, yeah, I'm with you.

I agree. But only because I can see the rudder in the video. ;)

No. How awesome would that be? But I can knit one out of yarn scraps, which would be no different from, say buying a scrap of plexiglass. So... yeah... it's still not that different.

He didn't use the scrap instead of throwing it away. He went out and bought it. But, sure, go on with your indignant and totally out of place rage. I was just stating my opinion, after all. How dare I.

Mmmmm.... Sexy butter lettuce parties...

So, if I knit or crochet an afghan, rather than buying one, that would be a lifehack? Sorry, don't think so. Just because it's DIY doesn't mean it's a lifehack, which – IMO –is all about making life easier, more efficient, or just plain better. Cheaper or cooler may also qualify, but that still doesn't make this a…

Seriously, it's five to seven bucks at Amazon.

I hunted around for a while recently. The best I found for my needs is BigOven, but there is a (tiny) subscription for the premium features.

Considering that a big part of creating games is arbitrary constrictions (you can only move this piece in that direction; you can't play a spade if you have another play, etc.) then it seems like this would work because it's a bit of gamification. Not a bad idea.

Are you my brother/sister?

ranhalt's talking about the SECOND it's, as in "...to require it is own program?"

The example given is indeed a sentence which would benefit from the addition of an Oxford comma in order to clarify that it isn't an appositive. The proper sentence is: "…highlights of his [Peter Ustinov's] global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod, and a dildo collector." Without the…

Oh, that's just cruel. CRUEL!

That's exactly the relationship I point out to my students, and I believe it helps. Possessive pronouns NEVER have apostrophes. You wouldn't write hi's or her's, so don't write it's unless it's a contraction. It can also help with whose vs. who's.

As a teacher: If you use the Oxford comma, you are correct. If you choose to not use the Oxford comma, you are not incorrect. It's a subtle difference, but it's there. (And, no, I don't actually verbalize this to my students, but it's the belief I hold.)

Um, yeah. I'm a teacher. If I had been browsing LH on my lunch break today, and I had any students in the room, things could have been very, very bad.

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Hil. ar. i. ous.

But what if I want water that tastes like coffee-flavored water?