Randomly, Serious Eats has a series of recipes today that all involve breakfast cereal. I was amused by the Cheerios Coated Grilled Cheese Sandwich and the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Coated Apple Stuffed French Toast, but it was the Spiced Pumpkin and Golden Grahams Cereal Trifle that had me drooling. WHY didn’t I bring back a box from the US?! *kicking myself*

Use Only as Directed | MetaFilter – Timely. This past Friday at Knit Camp, I could tell I was getting sick and feverish so I took a couple paracetamol in the evening. Then when I was helping hand out the champagne, Zena asked if I didn’t want one myself. I said, “I can’t have any, as I just took some paracetamol.” But she said that didn’t matter. So we went over to Sandra (a nurse PhD) for a second opinion. “Sandra,” I said, “Is it okay to have alcohol with paracetamol? I was always told that would destroy your liver.” “No, no,” she said chuckling. “The paracetamol is doing that anyway.” So yeah, as the TAL episode and the MetaFilter thread point out, Tylenol is a lot more dangerous than most people realise.

The Best Bike Lock | The Sweethome – U-locks are evidently the best. I could’ve guessed that.

This 4-6″ index card has all the financial advice you’ll ever need – The Washington Post – Bookmarking for reference!

Smooth Sailing E-Pattern!! | Wearing History – Ooh, a cute downloadable pattern for a 1940’s blouse! Urge to sew returning… (Link courtesy of Bex.)

MEOW Foundation Yarn Collection – LOVE IT! I can get knitting wool inspired by Petey Cat and Dr. Amy Jones! I am very tempted…

I need terrible female engineers – Women and Work – Medium – Great stuff. Yeah, I was one of the not-so-great coders, and that may well have contributed to my desire to get out of the field.

D.I.-Why?: Emily Matchar on the Allure of the “New Domesticity”￾ | The Hairpin – Interesting. We were talking about this at lunch today. I was sitting at a table with ten other women in I.T., and we realised that several of us were knitters and others were bakers. My standard explanation is that being a knowledge worker means I build things that you can’t touch, so making things is a tactile hobby that appeals to me. But I can see where the author’s theory of “New Domesticity” could also play a part in its overall trendiness.

Soylent: What Happened When I Stopped Eating For 2 Weeks – I continue to be fascinated by Monkey Chow. A guy did a two week trial on that Soylent meal replacement powder and writes about his results. You know, I’d be totally tempted to do something like that. Interestingly, it wouldn’t save us that much on meals. His pre-Soylent diet was $24 a day? Yikes! I’ve done a quick estimate of our food costs per week, and I reckon it’s maybe $10 a day. Still, Soylent would massively cut down on time spent planning, cooking, and cleaning…

Everyone Should Want to Be A Hufflepuff, Or, Stop the Hogwarts House-Hate | Tor.com – Awww. But yeah, JK, a bear would hav been much cooler than a badger. Nobody aspires to be a badger.