I don't get snow but on rainy days I love to braise things. Baking is always nice, too, but then I end up eating all of it in a sitting. Canning, if you froze smashed berries in summ...

I was under the impression that double key locks weren't up to code because of the issue that Joshman brought up. There's one at my sister's house that has the key soldered in for that reason.

Squirrely, do they come off of a manzinita-looking bush/tree that has clusters of bell-shaped flowers? It might be a strawberry tree.

Emma, an hour, really? I usually have to let my 4 pound birds go for at least an hour and a half, sometimes more like two and I've never managed to find a 3-4 pound bird in the grocery store.

I wish I was surprised by the fact that, aside from Honolulu, all of the USA cities were in California. I figure I'll rent for the rest of my life (which, don't get me wrong, has a huge number of ...

I cook mine in a little bit of butter in a non-stick skillet and put a lid on them for part of the time. I do flip my eggs, though; I figure out how to do it sans spatula by tossing it with the pa...

Quiltmaster, my cats STILL hate each other even after five years. If the youngest walks up to the oldest, the oldest will hiss, swipe at her and then get up and leave. Some cats just don't get al...

@Saddler, I don't care how sharp your knife is, after 3 pounds of onions you just want to not be worrying about where your fingers are in relation to the blade. The mandoline is faster and I can u...

Every time I make the recipe that calls for three pounds of onions I break out the mandoline. I can't even see straight after a single onion, three pounds would kill me. Three pounds ...

Screw it, use a smaller plate in the first place. Then you can freeze or refrigerate the leftovers and not waste anything. And it's not wasting it to eat the last bite if you're enj...

My solution is a chair for not-clean-but-not-dirty clothes and laundry baskets in my bedroom and my bathroom so that there's one present wherever I happen to be changing. It's still not perfect an...

ICThomas, I like ramen with an egg in it, too! My go-to dish for the "OMG, no time to cook!" nights is pasta with butter, parmasean and an over-easy egg. I've been eating that a lot...

I really need to do this, or rather, have them bagged and ready to go since I go to the gym first thing and change there. I'm just very rarely that "with it".

I think the Utne Reader and several other sites I've seen probably have it right: people like books as a physical object. The content will end up in all sorts of formats, but the object is irrepla...

@JaneLane you're not strange, I hate sleeping in someone's arms, too. I overheat really easily and tend towards sleeping sprawled out on my stomach anyway so it just works better to not sleep ON o...

@Kateri You are not alone on the diet soda! I'm a Diet Coke fiend. I keep trying to kick the habit in a half-hearted way but it just tastes so good: cool, not-too-sweet and refreshing. If you g...

I tried some recipes from the Ad Hoc cookbook. Pickled red onions: winner! These are OH SO GOOD. wine soaked raisins: nice burst of sweet anise flavor for salads. Roast chicken...

Plain yogurt, if I'm at work. At home it might be a few bites of leftovers or some cheese and an apple. Cheese and dried apricots is a good snack too.

I'm a fan of folders on a harddrive that's regularly backed up and the best of them posted to Flicker in sets labled "Hanging out", "Travel", etc. I tend to lose disks.

Aquariums in a bedroom yes, but what about a bedroom in an aquarium? That's more what you're talking about here. Cool.