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I've been making this recipe by Nigella for years. I can say that these taste amazing and are foolproof. It's so easy and fast. When I first made it, I had just moved out on my own for the first time, as in non-dorm/cafeteria. So anyone can make it.

I like the Nespresso coffee capsules idea. I think it would look really nice. Although my first reaction is why would you need to re-purpose a vase....

The environmental damage from even millions of little plastic cups pales in comparison to the millions of other types of waste. Have you ever worked retail? Every single product sold in a clothing store comes in individually wrapped plastic bag. Imagine a huge chain with hundreds of products in multiple sizes and colors in one season. That's way worse.

That said, I prefer to use a french press or just drip coffee for regular cup since its not complicated. But the Nespresso looks like a good option for espresso based drinks. If you consider the drive to Starbucks (or even a local cafe) in your environmental impact, one plastic cup is not so bad.

I'm not a fan of oreos but I want to try the flavored straws. Those look cool. And even my dad eats straws and wafers and he doesn't really eat anything snack wise.

You are talking about LTE Advanced speeds which is not deployed anywhere as its so new, it's only finalized this year.

What At&T etc. are implementing is regular LTE which peaks at something like 300Mb/s download and 75Mb/s upload (NOT officially 4G as 4G actually defined as peak 1Gb/s speed). LTE and LTE Advanced are not the same thing.

Actually all these are basically 3.5G...But they probably can't charge as much for that.

I would love the Carrie closet or Jenna Lyon's (#2) room but I just have a regular closet. I have been the same size for over 10 years. I have a lot of clothes and I love fashion. It would make me happy to be able to see my clothes/shoes/bags in place that really makes them look even better.

"I see gigantic closets like this and I wonder about people who aren't happy unless they have gigantic, expensive wardrobes to match. I've known quite a few people who are completely obsessed by clothes and shopping, and drool over closets like these. That kind of obsessions seems very shallow to me." These kinds of comments really annoy me. I like designer clothes and I like beautiful things. Often designer clothes are beautiful things. I make enough money/save up to buy it. That makes me no more shallow than some who spends tons of money on A/V equipment, MCM furniture, skis or multiple vacations to the same Mexico resort to have margaritas each year. Have you been to the Alexander McQueen exhibit or the Bata shoe museum? Fashion is quite most similar to interior design, architecture and furniture. It has to have creativity, design and function.

Opening a secondary gmail account is a bad idea imo. Say you set up automatical log-in to your google calendar or reader or gmail, then you will have to log out to get to your "junk" (aka groupon, hotel, gilte etc emails) account. Then you have to re-log in to your main acct etc.

And don't forget encylopedias on CD-rom (which I thought was so cool for schoolwork)! Or those math question games on floppy disc where you type in the answer before the math equation hits the bottom of the screen.

"where has the western low fat diet got us? obesity, diabetes, chronic disease." Let's be realistic, people who are obese, have diabetes and chronic diseases are not on a low fat diet. Just because two situations co-exist does not mean they are related or causal. If people were to faithfully follow any diet, they will lose weight and eliminate many health issues. Problem is that no diet lasts forever.

Also, people seem to forget that the life expectancy 100 years ago was far shorter than it is now. You couldn't get a lot of diseases because no one lived long enough to get it (from google: in 1911 men lived to 50 and women to 54). Plus who is going to diagnose that sick people had clogged arteries?

I think its good to use everything in moderation. I cook with butter, canola oil, olive oil and grape seed oil (tried it recently and liked it). Don't have too much of any of them. Also, where would a person get avocado oil? It sounds interesting...and expensive. Avocados are $1.50+ each where I live.

I wish I had gone back to see the show a second time. It is amazing. I have also been to the Superheroes exhibit and it does not compare to this one.

I really recommend getting the book even if you did not visit the exhibit. It is well worth it. I got the membership email that discussed how they printed so many test runs for each page. The Met wanted to ensure that each image is true to the original by using different inks and papers until they achieved a true picture when printed on a mass scale.

make at home + store-bought ice cream + scoops at ice cream/gelato shops

I don't see any reason to limit this.