I knew capsaicin as the active ingredient in hot peppers. I had to go look it up to find out why anyone would use a cream! Turns out it is supposed to be good for arthritis. But don't get it anywhere near an orifice or even dry skin!

I wish I had a cellar like this! Mine has a half-concrete, half dirt floor, a wooden bench, and cinder blocks to hold shelves.

I put sponges and scrubbies in the dishwasher. Dishwasher detergent usually contains enough bleach to freshen them right up.

These photos would be in the public domain.

Something is very wrong with this story. How could this woman not know about any of the resources available to help children in the US, and why didn't she even try to find out HOW to do a legal disruption? I know people who have given up legal rights to their BIOLOGICAL children in order to get them the therapy they needed, after trying all other avenues. The FIRST place she should have called was her adoption agency, because they've seen this kind of thing before. The story didn't mention if the boy had his American citizenship, but her agency could have helped her one way or another.

She's got a leg up on graduate school.

http://www.neatorama.com/2008/11/30/dancing-scientists-on-youtube/

In the movie, Semde's father will be played by James Earl Jones.

Aha!

That is obviously an instrument of torture.

They probably came across all those "cross a zebra with something else" posts we did a couple of years ago!

I've taken stranger courses, but for a major or a graduate degree I wonder what kind of career this is supposed to lead to.

Really? I'm on more social networks than I can even remember, and I don't have a spam problem. Maybe I just have good filters.

2. I have never seen Lost, but I still don't have any free time! What does that make me?

No, I haven't read Stephanie Meyer's books, although I read many of the Tarzan novels. I was willing to sink to great depth's to get my kids to read anything. However, I have Burroughs, Rudyard Kipling, and Kurt Vonnegut waiting for them.

Once I convinced my oldest to read A Wrinkle in Time, she became an avid reader. My youngest had read all the Twilight books and is now reading To Kill A Mockingbird.

Um, you didn't say, but are you giving something away to everyone who comments? Are you out of your mind? If you are, I'd like a vampire fangs t-shirt in small for my youngest.