Look up how they build their mixes for Square Foot Gardening, I haven't tried it myself, but the logic seems sound. In general they use vermiculite/perlite, peat moss, and multiple (five or so) different "brands" of storebought compost. The multiple types of compost is to cover the likelihood that a given bag of compost is only made from a limited number of ingredients. Since compost is only as good as its ingredients, better to have large sample size to cover the bases.

Haven't tried the calamari at Noah's. I love chicken livers and every time I tried them I was disappointed. We used to go to the Monterey all the time and then we discovered Los Laureles. Much better in my opinion. MIL doesn't like it because too many Mexican's eat there. A good sign to me! We have eaten at Babe's once before they closed and never at Anjo's. Tried Tumea and Son's the other day for the first time and it was very good. Off to try some German culinary delights tomorrow. Going to visit family in Berlin.

Maybe you should widen your horizons, watch CNN, go snowboarding etc. You don't have to stare at your monitor all day!!

<Maybe the thing that's more annoying than February and March are the people who don't live in that climate and don't even know what you mean> Must be talking about me. I love February and March - my birthday is in February, and my only complaint is if it rains. I very often forget what month it is. My complaint about March is that we are going to Cabo next week for my brother's birthday, and the water will be too cold to go snorkeling without a wetsuit, and mine doesn't fit anymore.