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Target has had organic cotton sheets for years:
http://www.target.com/Home-Organic-Cotton-Sheet-Set/dp/B003340MGM/ref=br_1_2?ie=UTF8&id=Home%20Organic%20Cotton%20Sheet%20Set&node=341519011&searchSize=30&searchView=list&searchPage=1&sr=1-2&qid=1294603348&rh=&searchBinNameList=target_com_category-bin,target_com_size-bin,target_com_primary_color-bin,pattern_name-bin,price&searchRank=salesrank&frombrowse=1

I would add The Accidental Wine Company:

http://www.accidentalwine.com/

From their website:

A bottle breaks and stains its neighbors, a new label design replaces an old established one, or a winery just closes its doors. A soiled, retired, or discontinued label is suddenly and simply less valuable.

Ah, but the contents remain perfect. Whether it is ruby or straw colored, it still has its legs, and its fruit and perfume. The character and charm remain in tact and by golly, it still commands passion and presence. And, wow, what wonderful taste.

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They send me three bottles a month at a decent price point, and I have never been disappointed. I don't mind the occasional stained label, and I feel that I can "punch above my weight", as it were. Plus, awesome customer service.

At 6'2", I'm tall but not NBA tall. More often than not, when I get in my seat and I'm sitting up straight, my knees are already up against the seat in front of me, even before the person in front of my has decided she just _has_ to recline, just to stake out territory. Even worse, the thick wire in the seat pocket always seems to hit me right in the knee cap, and rarely do I get off the plane without some small bruises.

For all those, yes, hippies out there who say "we just need to start talking with strangers": nine times out of ten when I take this approach, I get snarled at. And parents with children are even worse about this. If you suggest, politely, that maybe 10-year old Timmy, whose feet don't even reach the floor, doesn't need to recline the seat to be comfortable, especially as he is doing damage to my knees, you would think I had suggested throwing him off the plane.

So, yes, knee defenders are a solution I can get behind. It's every man for himself back in coach. Technology to the rescue.

I, too, had tried this recipe and was disappointed. I'm not letting it get me down, though, as there are still plenty of recipes out there to try. You can't win 'em all.

The Fair Trade label is only available to a small subset of growers, those in co-ops, and is not available to larger land owners, no matter how much they pay their workers, so it does nothing to encourage a better living for the vast majority of farm workers. The conditions on organic farms tend to be better than average, and the Rainforest Alliance does a great job of vetting the growers who get their label.

I've had the same vacuum cleaner since college (20 years). I think I'm allowed to get a new one now, right?

A classic look!

I'd like to learn how to make my own dulce de leche ice cream, so that I can break my Haagen Dazs addiction.

Beef!

Blueberry - when they're so plentiful, it seems a shame not to.