He has all of the first editions for both Tolkien and Jack London.

My older brother left a first edition Silmarilion when he went off to college. I cautiously sounded him out about the book, and his opinion being, "The thing about LOTR is that you can't put it down. The thing about The Sil. is that if you do put it down, it's hard to pick up again," I felt no twinge of conscience appropriating it. I consider it a finder's fee for guarding his comic book collection so that he could reclaim it after his stint in the army.

ION, I have a small bag of Munchos, which are my OT processed potato product.

We're going greener and it's not even hard!

I continue to heart you. Now if I could only drag my own lazy ass to our Saturday market.

Aw, thank you! But like I said, not even hard!

I think we may have to do this with bi-weekly trips to the Farmer's Market near downtown.

Speaking of going green, I have now made my NY resolution for six months straight. The resolution was to only have to put out my trash can for garbage day one time every two months. I aggressively recycle, reuse and compost, so I have been making this goal pretty easily. The only reason I don't try for three months is the dog poop.

We are doing a CSA this year, and I love it!

java, that's a fabulous resolution. Congrats on keeping it!

DJ, not hard, but worthy and it'll make a difference to you -- and if you support it regularly, it'll only get easier to get fresh local food in places other than fancy suburbs. It doesn't have to be hard to be good, amiright? (I know I'd have a lot harder time participating in my CSA if there weren't a dropoff point on campus, and it's amazingly privilegy to even have that; but at the same time, having it has completely turned around both our way of eating and our relationship to the local food production economy.)

Hey, smonster. Want some veggies? Amyth's not splitting our share this week, as she doesn't think she can eat any of it before she leaves. I have cabbage, green onions, and, even with the addition of sauteeing, some of the summer squash that I'd love to share.

Thanks, amych. I have gotten to the point where I actually wince when having to throw something away. I give a little spiel before all of my parties (megan can attest) that basically says: compost goes there, plastic utensils go in the sink, etc. People are pretty good about complying. And some of my friends actually cheer during the spiel; they're so cute.

Happy anniversary, Shari!

That said, the stand on the right, walk on the left thing is STRICTLY followed. I’ve never seen anyone not do it. Don’t know what would happen if it did.

Pain, death, apocalypse. Really really.

P-C, which book is your Death quote (I'm assuming!) from? I'm getting behind on my Pratchett reading!

You guys are reminding me I need to Bookcrossing some stuff.

I have two books labelled up and ready to go Bookcrossing. I still have a hard time giving books away, despite the fun.

Aaand bedtime.

P-C, which book is your Death quote (I'm assuming!) from? I'm getting behind on my Pratchett reading!

Ha, it is not from Discworld, actually. It's from this xkcd.

But! I have been wanting to change it, and I am reading Discworld right now, so perhaps I will find a good Death quote (or anyone quote) to use.