I went triple-dog lazy with my fruit fly trap. After one fly landed in my wine glass I stirred in some soap, covered the glass with a bit of foil and used a fork to make a lot of small holes in the...

I'd buy it. And I'd probably try to find out about the victim -- who was she? What was she doing in San Francisco? Maybe because my mother was a young woman in San Francisco in 1966 and my only rea...

Rivendell (http://www.rivbike.com) was carrying the Sigg boxes for a while but stopped. I want a sandwich sized one.

I love it, but having just seen my (suddenly so old) parents off to the airport it does make me nervous. They'd never be able to navigate them, not without a hand rail.

I love it. I think the point is that if you want to reign in spending (or anything, really: drinking, overeating, procrastinating) you have to figure out a system that is going to work for you.

I can't bring myself to spring for an ANT either, though my better half does have one (and he rides it daily), but when I decide to spend big bucks on something really beautiful, I try to find some...

My family spent many years digging holes in the back of our yard and filling them, slowly, with doo and sawdust. They've reorganized and got flowers thriving back there now. I don't remember how o...

Well, since you pretty much have to get your hands on some BIN (they should pay me to plug them like this, but they don't. Hone...

I keep gifts around. Little bitty thanks for having us gifts, kids gifts, and sometimes (okay, always) wedding presents that I've bought while travelling. After I came home from Turkey with exactly...

Loads of blood filled test tubes, and you are supposed to wash it how?

Fresh back from the Bear Mountain Inn's stone cabins which are dusty, institutional and smell like the kind of room deodorizer usually reserved for well used public restrooms, I'm wondering if anyo...

I guess that I'd like to be able to be a little more anonymous. I don't comment as much since the profiles turned up where people can see every past comment I've made. I haven't thought it through ...

howsabout, my house is overrun with construction dust from competing work sites (across the street, a kind and gracious crew after I gave them an earful about the whistling at women before noon; ou...

Two years ago I took a rattling fan to an old machine shop on 25th between 6th and 7th Aves, north side of the street, lots of clocks in the window. He took it apart, showed me how to oil it, put i...

The pillow is nice, though.

No comment on the paint/no paint debate. I'd want to see some serious closeups to assess the quality of the piece. It is possible that the naysayers are right. However, if you are comm...

I pulled up six layers of old linoleum in my last apartment, and got down to plank subflooring that wasn't hardwood, but was better than the linoleum. I oiled it with linseed oil, which came out to...

I second the vote for pulling up the carpet (eventually, at least) but that can wait if you're rushing to get some renters in for the summer. When you do get to that point, do your homework. Bamboo...

Dish brush, and hot , soapy water for dishes. Hot enough that it isn't comfortable to stick your hands in without gloves. A dish cloth for counters and tables, wrung out periodi...

I don't think crayon nubs are toxic waste, but that doesn't mean they can't be recycled.