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I predict a lot of broken laptops and/or dinner plates if this concept becomes reality...

One thing I'm surprised nobody's mentioned (maybe I missed it) is that becoming a cook can really change the way you take in food.

For me, I found that not overeating at dinner became way, way, easier when I was actually making dinner. I get to see all the horrible things I put in it ("ohmigaw I cannot believe I just used a whole stick of butter"), preventing me from lying to myself about how many calories it really has.

Even better than that, though, is the naturally-occurring appetite suppression that seems to come from smelling all of the ingredients, taking little tastes... Instead of sitting on the couch smelling all these tasty smells and getting MEGA-RAVENOUS, I'm in there standing up, walking around, tasting... by the time I get the meal plated, I'm pretty much over it. It's a lot easier to just serve up what I need to eat, instead of trying to push my sensory-overload buttons... they already got pushed while I was cooking!

I have nothing to add except an anecdote: when I was a kid, whenever we'd be served something with a parsley garnish on it, my Papoo (grandpa) would say:

"That stuff kills rabbits, you know!"

Every time. Every single time. So whenever I see parsley on a plate, I silently think to myself, "That stuff kills rabbits, you know!"

...But does it?

If that was my bathroom, I would TOTALLY put this print in it, framed:
http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=WON-BEARDS&Category_Code=WON

I mean, COME ON. It's perfect, even down to the blue backgrounds in the beard-portraits.

I can't believe I'm actually wishing for a blue sink!

This is cool, but it would be way cooler with a bunch of different old-timey Edison bulbs.

looks like someone forgot to close a bold tag! ;)

I don't know the artist, but the room is by Wary Meyers - perhaps you could drop them a line?

http://warymeyers.com/interiordesign.m.html

Oh yes, certainly... I love my gold For Like Ever poster, but I cringe whenever I see it in a House Tour.

But then I remind myself that everyone I know shops for furniture at Walmart so.... no big.

I snorted a little coffee up when I read the title. Awesome. I think Ikea's missing the boat by not inventing awesome click-lock herringbone laminate.

Another vote for the Sony PRS-505 - make sure you look for the 505 specifically! It's the one with no backlight, and it really does make a huge difference (the backlight makes the e-ink look washed-out and crappy).

The Kindle is nice, but I want to own the books I buy. And if Amazon goes out of business, that will be a very expensive paperweight. The Sony reader will continue to take any PDF you can feed it until the end of time.