splatgirl's Profile

I used to buy them online

+1 for the homegoods/marshalls version for cheap.

Am I the only one who is feeling slightly sketchy about Asian import foods these days? The seemingly endless parade reports about what gross things are done to/found in Chinese (or other) food products has me rethinking my love for Asian market ingredients.

Sorry, but one study is just one study, not the definitive truth. I would never believe that honey in and of itself, used incidentally, is a magic bullet for allergies, but I think it's definitely part of a bigger, less allergic picture.

Seems like there is a tendency of honey-eaters (and local food enthusiasts) to be healthier eaters in general. Since allergies are an immune reaction and the immune system has a HUGE gut-mediated component, a healthier eater (honey included or not) has less allergies because their diet cultivates vs. supresses a healthy gut. They are likely to have a stronger, more prodigious native flora vs. junk food junkies with weaker, leakier gut.

Honey and stuff bees make has been used therapeutically since about the beginning of dirt. If it didn't work, that history wouldn't exist.

technically, it gives you slightly less than a 6" x 12" piece, because you lose a bit to the width of the cut.
Whether the cut edges have an acceptable look as field tiles depends mostly on the style and finish of the tile. Some tile material cuts a lot nicer and easier than others.
Also keep in mind that rented tile saws usually have crappy, abused blades which makes for crappy looking cuts.

I'm skeeved out by the plunger thing, but the other ideas are great. I do love me some round mirrors.

p.s. the post right below this one is a perfect example of the combination of spa blue, brown, greens and orange...

There is nothing a bit of creativity and talent can't solve. This is super cool.

Using marker on the walls is a way underappreciated route to coolness.

FWIW to the naysayers, a bit of Kilz primer and that wall is good as new.

The BEST thing about open shelving is that it does make one more organized and selective about what kind of stuff to have or buy. And why not be super selective about stuff you probably use every day? The fact that its carefully chosen makes me appreciate it more that if it were just a random jumble of accumulation. Beauty and art in everyday things.
The dusting (in my case, mostly from constant baking) is kind of a pain, yes, but it's totally a worthwhile trade for me.

My first motorcycle in the house event was when I was 18--my bike lived in my basement apartment bedroom for the winter. Getting it back up the stairs in the Spring was NOT fun.

I designed my current home in no small part around the concept of an indoor bike room and workshop.
Right now that room holds our two street bikes, two trackbikes and a vintage Z50. Extra bodywork, leathers, helmets and anything else visually interesting gets hung for display. In my upstairs foyer, the decor includes a race rep pocketbike.

Stinky is a Harley/vintage problem.
I'd go as far as to say that sportbikes don't leak or stink, but anything Italian and all bets are off.