I have problem feet. No, really! They're delicate flowers ( Read more... )

A few hours ago I had a vague notion of which toilet I wanted, and no idea at all about the bathtub. Now, I've decided on both.

Toilet

TubHow much do I love the modern world, which allowed me to explore my options and come to a decision in only a couple of hours, entirely spent sitting at my desk, while my students did their labs? I love it THIS ( Read more... )

Today's "side deal" on Groupon might be of interest to locals with toddlers: $35 for $80 worth of toddler art classes and interactive creative programs from Mama & Me. Mama & Me is in Jamaica Plain, and "toddler" apparently means anything from 6 months to 5 years.

Today's Groupon is quite the deal: a one-month family membership, $50 towards adult or youth programs, and three one-hour coaching sessions for $20 from the YMCA of Greater Boston. The deal is good at any of their locations.

Do you live in the US and sometimes have photos to print? Did you know that Costco has a lovely photo printing service that's dead cheap? Did you know that they'll mail them to you for dead cheap as well, sometimes free? And did you further know that you can create as many Costco Photo Center accounts as you want from a single Costco membershipAs a ( Read more... )

I'm going to order some of these for SOS. They allow you to take a 4x6 photo and instantly turn it into a notecard. I'm thinking of ordering four packs, and it occurred to me that with five, each pack would be $2 cheaper. Anyone want to split an order? You don't have to pick the same style, and you can either have "Original photo by $your_name" ( Read more... )

The spiffy new luggage I bought arrived. Upon inspection, I was a little disappointed with the capacity. One choice that puzzles me is that they put a piece of stiff material between the liner and the rungs of the collapsing handle, blocking the center channel between the rungs so you can't put stuff there. I'm considering cutting a slit in the ( Read more... )

(While I'm waiting for an interminable file search to complete ( Read more... )

Since I bought a plain black suitcase (albeit hardsided, so a bit less prevalent), I'm clearly going to have to decorate it with some of these. Not, however, this one, this one, or this one. And not this one, unless I want to find myself subjected to a lot of extra "random" screening. Maybe I should go with this one, as a kind of hint to anyone ( Read more... )

Luggage:

In case you're curious about which luggage someone who travels as much as I do selects, I just bought this. Of course, I didn't pay $120; I bought the last one off of Overstock.com for $84. Ironically, it's this, the original piece I was drooling over. However, I'm glad I did the research, particularly since that led me to discover ( Read more... )