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I don't even consider the two comparable. This is like choosing between eating a banana and eating a piece of banana candy. Both may be good and while they are nominally related, they're nothing alike! I love boxed store-bought mac-n-cheese, probably only because it holds a lot of nostalgia. To my mind, it's not even related to real homemade mac-n-cheese, which is as sublime and grown-up and decadent and amazing as anything I can imagine. But to compare the two? The tastes, textures, and experience are 100% different, IMHO.

I saw "party's" and "your" (instead of "you're") right off the bat - first line in my Google reader. Shudder.

I'll have to have one of these drinks to recover! ;)

@KittyAtlanta, glad you've found a way to keep your floors clean! This is exactly what's missing in this list, to me. I just moved to a new place in L.A. that's been completely re-done, including new dark hardwood floors. If I don't sweep and dust-mop everything at least once daily, it looks like I haven't cleaned in a week or more. Mopping should be done at least once a week, if not more often... between that and cleaning after cooking, if I did this list my daily cleaning time would be at least double what this article says. And it probably is! Also, as others have noted, it really depends on how big your place is, how many people and/or animals live there, and I'd add to that your climate - how much dirt makes its way in naturally!

I ate granola bars pretty much every day, but they were the soft/chewy kind, usually, and not the crunchy kind - because of crumbs, not really noise. In grad school we ate in every class, sometimes whole meals - it was understood and ok as we were all busy with other work during our "breaks" (in quotes because they didn't seem like much of a break). People often ate fruit, dried fruit, nuts, yogurt, pretzels, and chips. Noisy wasn't generally a problem (although really noisy candy wrappers or chips could be) - just make sure you don't bring something stinky. No one did, usually. All in all, social workers are a polite bunch. :)

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Mhirsch, as of 2 months ago, there was a fabulous coffee shop in Raleigh called Turkish Delight, owned by two sisters from Turkey. They serve coffee and homemade pastries in addition to smoothies and ice cream to cater to the students in the neighborhood, and the shop is adorned in all manner of Turkish goods - all of which, of course, are for sale. Here's the website: http://www.turkishdelightsusa.com/ - I moved back to Atlanta but I assume that they are still open. And if you're looking for Rosewater you can head to Neomonde deli/bakery/cafe in Raleigh, too!

Just made this and it is delicious! I hadn't planned on it, but picked up my CSA box and had a bunch of beets to do something with. I used quinoa instead of the barley because that's what I had on hand, and I added some finely chopped dill - delicious! Thank you!

I agree with the comments above - I do not expect to see photos - much less stories - like this one on AT. It seems to me that the AT philosophy is about streamlining your possessions and your mental clutter, keeping only those things that are healthy and add something to your life. I make decisions every day about what kind if media _not_ to look at so that I minimize exposure to the bombardment of misogynist and sizeist stories such as the ones above...not something I expect from AT, and something that would definitely keep me from coming back if repeated often.

There's a picture in the slideshow of their bookshelf, thankfully, not arranged by color - and with plenty of books.

I agree with the faucet trick, but even if I have only 5 minutes I usually try to clean the bathroom - at least wipe down the surfaces, stow the dirty bathmat (guests don't need it), and make sure there's toilet paper. I make the bed, fluff up the couch cushions and stows the inevitable stacks of papers. But of the course the real trick is to try to clean just a little bit every day! Sometimes my friends will do a "pop in" - which isn't my favorite, but does keep me motivated even when I think I'm all alone.

that should be could NOT get through it.