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It's Seuss!

I've got a road id bracelet (with emergency contacts, address, and allergies) for when I go cycling and they've just come out with interactive ones (linked to a profile that emts, etc. can check with your medical history). I ran into a dad the other day that had the new ones for himself & all his kids- like rubberband bracelets and they loved wearing them!

I cooked with my mom growing up, but when she died suddenly when I was in high school it became glaringly obvious that I had no idea how to cook. My high school Latin teacher took me under her wing and taught me a few basics--quick tuna casserole (which tuna + noodles + veggies), chicken pesto, etc. And it really helped me like this: If you know a basic recipe, you can substitute with what you have, you can follow the same technique with new ingredients, you can make it if all else fails.

I find it incredibly ironic that @lulukittie and so many others responded to a post about comment etiquette with a comment that ignored... etiquette. Esp. @lulukittie goes out of [her/his] way to insult the competence of a stranger because s/he doesn't agree with the opinions of the OP. Way to go, all. Bias-based incompetence is totally a thing. Thanks for your 'don't be a jerk' post, OP-- the comments at AT are often the thing that put me off the whole site.

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All the hubbub about how dangerous this is seems silly. The babe's almost 2 now. They're planning on keeping this up for months if not a year if not years. And when they're using the fireplace, I imagine they (gasp) might put a gate in front of it in addition to teaching about fire safety/hot things are hot. So, you know, the kid won't get hurt. Also, the only way to teach kids not to jump into fires is by never letting them in a household where there has ever been a fire--fireplace, candle, or otherwise. Seriously, relax.

How is a [hacked] shredder or a pair of scissors and alternative to using a shredder or a pair of scissors?

This has nothing to do with poop, but here goes: I found the dress my mom wore to her highschool graduation tucked away in the top of a closet two weeks before my own. I dragged it down, figured out what it was, and got on the horn to call my grandma (since this 26 year old dress was showing some age). She recommended filling a bucket with borax water and setting it outside, let it soak for a day, rinse, repeat, and then hang it up to dry. It became snowy white! Removed all the stains of 20+ years of being in storage as well as various 20+ year old food/whatever stains. Both mom & Granny recommended borax, both mysteriously saying "It gets rid of... baby... stains."

Sometimes (especially around dinner) I'm the laziest of lazy bones! I like to cook a pot of rice (I'm not lucky enough to have a rice cooker), and when it's about halfway done I'll throw in some frozen vegetables-- Brussels sprouts or broccoli or whatever I've got-- and then about 3-5 minutes before the rice is done, I'll make a little hole in the rice and cook an egg to runny but cooked. Yum!

Mondays**