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Anti-bacterial hand gel works by causing swelling and bursting of the cell membrane (lysing) and therefore the bacteria cannot build up any resistance to it. Lysol (see the connection now?) actually works the same way. It's only the antibiotics that cause any resistance really, unless there is some really random and powerful mutation that occurs.

Don't really see the need to superclean unless you're sharing your space with people. Or unless it is dirty. Seems a bit paranoid and yes, OCD, since most of these diseases are pretty harmless to most people. Annoying, nonproductive yes, but overall not too bad. As with most excessive cleaning methods, I would rather be spending my time doing something else.

Finals (comprehensive course ones) and midterms throw me off. In my program, we usually have 12 exams within a three week period in addition to seeing patients. That half an hour to cook something good is very precious, and my planned diet tends to fall by the wayside for convenience.

Also, there is the fact that i try to keep slow food around the house. This is a challenge when I'm starving or have limited time to prepare food, because things need to boil or soak or roast, or require fifteen minutes of preparation and cooking.

We went to an apple orchard here and were sorely disappointed. The harvests in Nebraska were rather dismal due to the early frost/snowfall. Most orchards were shut down the 2nd to last week in October I think.

Love myself the sweet/savory combo. I guess it's the hedonistic part of me that believes the more taste buds and olfactory receptors I can stimulate, the better (in a pleasing combination of course).

I didn't use to like sweet and savory combos, but I kind of grew out of my aversion of it. I like the alternation between the two with every bite.

I do feel that it is very possible to eat healthier (and possibly cheaper) on a celiac diet so long as you change your eating lifestyle. You may not be able to eat muffins, bread, cake, and pasta, but there are plenty of other delicious things to eat.
I have a wheat, dairy, and corn intolerance (although not gluten) which manifests itself in extreme bowel pain, rash and itchy skin, and susceptibility to respiratory infections, but I haven't really had too much of a problem either transitioning or paying for a wheat/dairy/corn-free diet. You have to give up certain foods, but in retrospect all the heavy carb and sugar foods weren't that healthy for me anyway.

I love the self-irrigated planters. They make my job so much easier, and provide a good constant source of irrigation for my plants. My mint and basil are already exploding out of their boxes.

I just made dandelion jelly this past week
http://freedom.theswartfamily.com/2008/05/dandelion-jelly/

It is delicious, let me tell you, with almost a honey-ish flavour to it, very light and subtle.

For anyone who tries harvesting the dandelion petals, make sure you don't get the green part (it is very bitter). The easiest way I found was to break the flower in half and run my fingernail along the base of the petals to detach the petals from the sepal.

Also, be careful for those of you who have hayfever. I didn't have problems eating it, but after working bare-handed with the dandelion petals for an extended period of time I developed a contact dermatitis on my fingers.

I can't wait either!!

I think this is kind of unappealing because of the fact that snow is first formed high up in the atmosphere around small nuclei of sand, dirt and other crap that may or may not come from questionable sources. Call me paranoid, but you may be slurping down something rather unappetizing along with your snow ice cream.

And no, don't use yellow snow!! :)

I am young and don't drink, and I have fun at sober and drunken functions. Frankly, some of the functions could have allowed for some people to drink, and others could have reigned in the alcohol a little bit more.
What drives me nuts is when the only activity is getting drunk - most college parties. If I have good friends and maybe some dancing or other activities I'm good, but otherwise I'm just bored out of my mind.