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i have read in the bathtub for decades and only ever dunked 1 book. it was not a library book, thank goodness. i don't think it needs special tools or skills.

however, i love the kid's creative process. yay for problem solving.

While there is not a great and painless way to work on a laptop in bed, there are better laptop stands that can help. My household owns several if the iLap laptop stands from Rain Design. They keep the machine and your lap cool, which those cushioned laptop stands cannot do.

I've had mine for 8 or 9 years and it's still beautiful.
http://www.raindesigninc.com/ilap.html

I think @JnJ-NYC confused OK with Armi Ratia of Marimekko.

I love sweet juniper and this interview made me love the blog and the family more!

Have another baby to put in it!

I highly recommend Role Models by John Waters, read by the author. He is so good.

Also, Sarah Drew from Grey's Anatomy reads Delirium, which is a YAF novel by Lauren Oliver. I never would have guessed it, but she is amazing at reading audiobooks!

I like the idea of these houses. In that second-to-last photo (of the garden) it looks like they built a raised bed around a tree. That is so bad for the the tree, it makes me wonder what else about these houses is just green in theory.

i'm in love with the industrial wall sconce from west elm. we put one on each side of the bed - wall-mounted, no footprint, totally adjustable. love!

Where's the protein? :(

Wow. I am glad bees are getting so much attention. Maybe we can find a way to help them survive. But this design doesn't contribute to the future of bees. I'm amazed that Phillips spent money developing this!

1 -- bees build comb vertically, not diagonally. they use gravity to keep the honey in the cells.

2 -- if you smoke a beehive and then open it *inside your house* your house will be full of smoke and pissed off bees.

3 -- there's no way to add space to this hive, so you would have constant swarms (talk about happy neighbors!) and no room for honey storage.