A friend of mine made pot-based beer 20 years ago - it was awesome, there was 'earthy' undertones to it but it was damn good beer and a kick like a mule. I'm not sure what it would do to the taste of wine though!?

I get update notices for my 'aurora' version of FF that check for what add-ons it breaks; I click later until the latest update doesn't break them.

Billings is my favorite Montana town - I went to college there and lived there for a couple years after I got out of the service. Loved that place to death but since I left in 1972 most of the people I knew died (mostly from drugs or drug related violence). Did a lot of acid, smoked my first pot - heck I was the…

Have you considered a Roomba - get one of those and it will randomly chase your kitty around.

I have adult ADD and swing from totally flaked-off to tightly focused tunnel vision; I exhaust myself. I juggle when I flake-out and stand and move when I get too focused. I work customer service and really suck at call-handle time - once I start helping someone, I forget everything else.

At my worksite, we have powered desks that rise and lower with the push of a button - it is GREAT!

Where I work, you have to prove that you can handle one of those balls - people (newbs) kept falling off them and hurting themselves. Heh,heh - never saw it happen but I remember my first couple times on one.

I am going to vote for Cron-o-meter also - I created an account after @Slatz_Grobnik's post and was able to get started immediately. It thinks of everything.

The newer McMansions now have a small garage w/door attached to the garage for the ATV toys.

You can make your own garlic salt using the same process which implies you can make your onion salt or any other flavored salt you want.

Actually, only the Inuits prefer that name; the rest prefer Eskimo to Inuit - "there are two main groups that are referred to as Eskimo: Yupik and Inuit. A third group, the Aleut, is related. Because of the linguistic, ethnic, and cultural differences between Yupik and Inuit peoples there is uncertainty as to the…

Or, as Stony Stevenson said, "Everything was beautiful. Nothing hurt."

I think that is the way science works - you take the current data, make a working hypothesis, keep checking against new data. When you get new data that contradicts the working hypothesis, modify the hypothesis to fit the new data, eventually, it is satisfactory enough and it becomes a theory - but even then, when…

Moral of story addendum: put it out of sight - if they can't see it, they won't be tempted to break in.

This trick is a little harder to do now with all the spaghetti under the hood but you can attach an old milk can behind the radiator, fill it with water, and have warm water for washing up on long car trips; you can also attach roasting pan to the engine and cook a pot roast for the same long trip (Montana is a lot of…

The other reason to rinse your rice is to remove the 'extra protein' - bugs and/or bug eggs. We buy our rice in 20 pound bags or more and store a couple pounds in smaller containers; we put the small container in the freezer overnight. We may be overly concerned but our rice never looks back at us.

Eew! you overcooked it - just kidding. Choose a steak that is at least 1 inch thick if you like your steak rare to medium rare. I like the thumb test:

My mom rubs the salad bowl with fresh garlic first then puts the lettuce in followed by a couple tablespoons with salt and pepper whisked over the salad topped with olive oil with pepper whisked over the salad. Toss and enjoy - mom (who is French, duh!) also drinks/eats the last of the salad after everyone leaves the…

Just what I need (not sarcastic) - I am on furlough; looking for work but knowing that I will be called back in January (actually I just got a call that I am on the short list for a 3 week call back at the end of the month - I am 54th on a list of 280). My days get blurred together and I can walk past tasks for…

I am on the Paleo-dietl meat, leaves, nuts, water - no alcohol or anything else not on the list. I have been at least a 3 drink per week for 49 year. Before that I was a pass out drunk all through high school and up throo most of college. Both grandfathers lived over 90, my mother is slouching her way to 90 and I…