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This looks great but I find it hard to believe that it is cheaper than granite. (Getting my granite countertop was cheaper than formica from Home Depot.) And granite is not overrated.

This proves the more important point: it is truly unnatural to share one's bad with dogs or humans.

Target's Rice Paper EVA Shower Curtain is quite lovely and only $19.99.

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Not exactly a cooking mistake but .. .The Russian deli up here in Washington Heights sells pitted sour cherries in large plastic containers. Yummy. I bought one, took it home. In the middle of the night, I wanted a snack of partially defrosted sour cherries. Put some in bowl, nuked it in the microwave for only 19 seconds. Took a mouthful. Tasted sorta funny.

Turns out that the Russian deli sells chicken hearts right next to the sour cherries. Bleh.

In Melbourne, I picked up the habit of not peeling kiwi. The first time it's a bit weird. Then it isn't.

I recently had a nice gyoza made with tofu, a bit of pork and a LOT of dill. The Chinese export mucho crayfish to Sweden and the Swedes have obviously now left their mark on Chinese cuisine.

Re: "the books might be concealed behind cabinet doors."

I think it was Mies van der Rohe who once said that any interior design that could not incorporate books was innately boring at best and frightening at worst.

This is a great topic.

Any breakfast idea for diabetics?

I can't imagine using this Dyson in a truly small Japanese apartment --say 9 mats or so. In my own smallish Manhattan apartment, I am very satisfied with my little green cordless Shark.

Yes, please--the couch!

And. . . it comfortable?

Thanks!