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That fishtank is amazing! And I like the way you've created a separate space for the kitchen. Do you and your husband like to cook, and do you find it difficult to work in such a narrow space?

@Sarah8 - I actually do something a little similar to that. Two of the rooms in my apartment were basically interchangable as a living room and bedroom, and I ended up using the room with the closet as the "living room." Partially because the color (it's a rental, so painting is difficult) went better with my living room furniture than with the bedroom furniture, and partially because of its location within the apartment and building in general. Though the closet is in the living room, I don't "get dressed" there, I just go grab my clothes and bring them back to the bedroom to get dressed. But I live alone, so I figured I can do whatever crazy layout I like.

A houseboat, HOORAY! I am absolutely fascinated by houseboats.

@Renovoter - you never know - my boss told me about an apartment she was shown in Rochester, NY where in order to get to the kitchen from the rest of the apartment, no joke, you had to go out onto the fire escape and climb in through the kitchen window! (No, I'm sure it wasn't legal, but it was apparently really cheap.)

I've noticed a particular user's comments seem to have a trend of nitpicking on little things (like telling people where they should keep their scrub brushes, or the user's personal dislike of lucite and the color pink). Not terribly constructive overall.

I almost need to favorite you just for that lovely selection of William Gibson!

3rd&Brown, that was really interesting! Thanks so much for sharing all that info for those of us who aren't as familiar with trinities.

I've NEVER heard of eggs being dyed red in remembrance of Christ's blood. Not saying it doesn't happen, just not the first historical idea I associate with Easter eggs. Many Easter traditions borrow heavily from the Pagan origins with which they were originally associated. (Same goes for a lot of holidays.) These sorts of conversations always remind me of Eddie Izzard's bit about Easter and Christmas-- if you haven't seen it, check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJfRzNOJNE

Oh, The Daily Fail. Newspaper of special snowflakes the world over.

@Yakkodot and DBroder1: Acne is a Swedish design collective, it stands for "Ambition to Create Novel Expression." Acne Studio is their fashion label. I'd imagine the word "acne" doesn't mean the same thing in Swedish as it does in English. ;)