Carolyn H.’s Recent Comments

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  I'll second that, JMG

  My father-in-law has one of those, and I liked it so much he bought me one last Christmas.  That popper works extremely well, and you do get a lot of uses out of the disk that goes in the bottom. Just wish I knew what the heck it was. If they came up with a re-usable version you could wash, that would be excellent.

  One of my good friends was just commenting that everyone eating the stuff out of the microwave bags had no idea what they are missing. He is a die-hard popcorn fan. At his urging I tried the stove method and just couldn't get the hang of it, plus I prefer not to add too much oil to my diet.

  Now, if anyone can recommend good kernels... all my grocery has is Orville in plastic.On Why conventional popcorn sucks, and what you can do about it posted 10 months, 1 week ago 20 Responses

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  Convenience junky

  I, for one, am a very busy person (full-time work and full-time grad school) with little time for family, never mind to do laundry.  Some day I aspire to the level of keeping my house clean and being able to do so with bits of self-made rag (I have said rags - a load's worth - that have been waiting to be laundered for at least month) and the above-mentioned staples. In the meantime, I am happy that there are products such as Method's bathroom wipes, that make it easy for me to actually get some cleaning done with less impact than the alternative.

  Better to have these products on the market so we can slowly get all of us doing our part. They are the things that get our friends and parents and siblings thinking green. Baby-steps folks.

  As for the product effectiveness, I've had mixed results. The daily shower spray has not reduced my scrubs.  Consumer Reports just reviewed some of these and liked Clorox's green cleaner.  Clorox? Seriously?  Anyone know how green THAT one is?On Umbra on Method cleansers posted 1 year, 3 months ago 23 Responses

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  Bizarre gaming side benifits?

  I'll admit it - I like looking at nature but not traipsing through it too much. We spend a lot of hours in my house playing games.

  In the winter we are bundled into our New England home so this usually takes the form of console games and there is a quirky side effect: console as space heater. We can keep our central heating system down low because the electronics keep our den nice and warm and it is the only room we occupy during those hours. When we are done for the night, we just run into the bedroom and get under the covers. Our KW usage has actually gone down since we got the new generation of consoles.

  In the summer, that room gets a really nice cross-breeze so it stays comfortable for many hours. If we do get too hot, we stop playing and let everything cool off. Its a good signal that we've been spending too much time in there and should hang out with some friends.On Umbra on video games saving the world posted 1 year, 7 months ago 10 Responses