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I was raised with the mentality that people food is people food, and animal food is animal food. (Save "human food" prepped specifically for the dogs.) No animal was to be fed from a human plate.

My in-laws constantly give their dogs (over the years) "tastes" of people food: from plain chicken to cookie nibbles. It has made me crazy because it's turned every dog they had into a relentless beggar. You can't have any type of food without the dog in your face, wanting a "taste." I think I'd be less annoyed by it if it was occasionally, but with them, every single piece of food that they've eaten has ended up being shared by the dog. I refuse to feed their dogs any of my food. Over the years, the dogs learned that I'm not someone they can beg food from.

It's a peeve of mine, clearly, and the SO and I haven't gotten any pets because of this divide in pet-parenting styles.

I have several skulls (bear, wolf, badger, beaver, fox), lots of minerals (selenite, iron pyrite, copper ore, quartz, etc.), and some fossils in my collection. I love every "weird" curiosity I have in my collection, and love all the comments (positive, negative, neutral) I get on them!

4. eBooks are positioned as disposable, but aren’t priced that way.

When I can buy a book on half.com for $3 that is still running on the Kindle for $9.99, it's not cost effective for me to buy the e-book.

I've decided that I will not buy an e-reader until there is a Netflix-like program for e-books. That, to me, is cost efficiency.

Food pyramid, food plate...it all means nothing if we're not educating people about nutrition in a separate program that is not influenced by food lobbyists!

I can't help but feel that posts like these are meant to not only increase buzz and page hits, but to also to continue to foster an irresponsible consumerism in readers.

Because no, I don't dream about owning my own personal scuba craft: I dream that one day I won't have to worry about not having enough money to pay the rent, the grocery bill and make my student loan payment in the same week.

Sharon, you did a beautiful job!

If you're ever wandering through Ohio, go to their store. It's in the heart of Ohio Amish country, and it's really, really neat to walk through.

They have a cafeteria, too, that the local Mennonite women cook for, and holy crap - the food is amazing.

I cannot stand eating outside at restaurants for two reasons: wind and sun right in my eyes. It always seems to happen when I'm eating out for lunch, but never at a barbecue. So generally, I avoid eating outside if I can.

If you have a GFS in the area, I still recommend the 8, 16, and 32 oz deli containers. They just can't be beat: you can fill them, seal them, and stack them in the freezer. When you're ready to re-heat, you can nuke them a little, slide the contents into a pot/saucepan, and finish heating the rest of the way through.

I have my beloved late grandmother's pie bird, which I always hope will infuse her baking magic into my pies.