Its obvious that government handouts have devauled the photon, and people like you complain about having to work & gather debris from collapsing stars. You know what?! If it wasn't for taxpayers like me, there wouldn't BE any collapsing stars for you to scavenge. SOCIALIST!!!

Wait a moment, you're Doctor Manhattan?

@gStein:
I thought that both were acceptable. I see both a lot and alot, often.

Often better? LoL.

You win. Thanks! Me and my terrible spelling. :S

I always thought "alot" meant to earmark something for someone. Perhaps used in wills.

Eg: I alot my kitten, muffins, to my dear husband who is allergic to him.

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Goes to show you that we are truly a lowest-common-denominator society, where it's better to be popular than right.

Store bought scraps? LUXURY!!

I have to make all my clothes from bits of paper and plastic I get out of the dumpster.

Here's the rule of thumb I use with the laundry: Gentle cycle with Woolite for The Beloved's fancier stuff; Purex + regular cycle for most else; Purex + hot water for whites. And nary a dry cleaner in sight...

We don't drop $300 on one new blouse, though...

@Hate_Brian_Club_I'mNotOnlyThePresidentI'mAClient: You BUY your clothes? That's for lazy suckers. I make my own out of scraps that I buy at So-Fro, and they're cheaper and better than anything available in stores.

In case you were wondering I also make my own pizza and it's sublime.

I have long hated the "dry clean only" labels on so many clothes. I do it if I must, but I truly believe in 2009 this is scam to keep the dry cleaning industry in business.

Modern washers have so many settings on them, you must be able to laundry 70% of what says "dry clean"

RIP Mitch Hedberg.

i find most garment leather can be washed by rubbing with saddle soap and then lathering it up with a damp cloth. then i soak it carefully with limited agitation in a bathtub or sink [depending on the size of the piece] with white vinegar and room temperature water for a couple of hours. if it's got a funky smell i add some febreze.

then drain, add more room temperature water to rinse. then hang to drip dry for a while. while still damp, i drape it over something like a garment drying rack - make sure no pieces are overlapping or making contact, no sharp creases, they WILL set permanently. close it in the bathroom with a space heater on low for a couple of days. yes, i said days. if you dry leather quickly it will crack as the different layers of the skin dry at different rates.

you may at this point want to oil the leather if it's especially old or flaking.

drying leather this way also works for your rained on leather coats and such. for handbags and boots add crumpled newspaper to keep the sides from touching and to hold the item's shape. depending on the finish of the leather it can stick to itself when drying.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Evil Evil Scientology, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Eke.

Love the picture. Alot of spelling mistakes. And they really want you to not bleach nor bleech it.