Haha you LOTR nerds! Just kidding, I'm a fan too..but honestly I'm more a fan of Star Wars! One day I will name a variety 'R2D2' :P On the subject of jades, I just had a cool idea today! My roommate is always trying to get me to drink coffee from his Keurig coffee maker. He showed me the little cup of ground coffee after it was done brewing, and I realized that it would be perfect for a small plant! The little cups are about 1 inch in diameter, have a coffee filter secured in with about 1 centimeter of empty space below the filter (water can drain through) with a hole already punched in the bottom! I filled them up and put my jade leaves in there to grow. He drinks a lot of coffee so I should have more pots soon to put lots of cuttings in! I am afraid the coffee filter will rip at some point, but I wasn't able to poke my finger through it so it is pretty strong. Does anyone else use this kind of coffee maker? Check out the coffee container next time you make a brew. -Chris

From someone that lives in a "fake Victorian", though out in the country not the burbs, I think it's a beautiful home, though I'd prefer it all have all been done in stained wood. Just my preference. The kind of materials, as in quality of & sizes of solid woods, along with the quality of craftsmanship that was readily available over a hundred years ago for the "real thing" are very lacking today. If you do have a source of good quality solid woods in true to measured sizes and someone with excellent wood working skills you'll find it's cost prohibitive to most of us. Even some with buck loads of money. Boy would that be nice, though I would hope if I did I'd be philanthropic first before I built such a lavish home. My hubby and I know that our home will never stack up to the real thing. He loved me enough to build the home of my dreams. He didn't care for VICs at the beginning, though he did liked the floorplans with my changes. He also took time to learn and teach me new skills along the way to make it as beautiful as we can. Remember, most of us look at our homes differently then others do. Some see their own homes through rose colored glasses where others see many flaws. Then there are those that look at their home as lacking when others see only the beauty. If it makes the owners happy to feel they have a historical "worthy" home, then so be it. Happy is good as long as their happiness doesn't harm others.

Hey guys, This is a shameless plug but for those of you on Facebook or Twitter, we have set up the official UK page for The Lovely Bones film on both networks. Based on the bestselling book, The Lovely Bones is the brand new film which is in cinemas from 19th February. Check out Facebook as they have all sorts of fun stuff like images and videos on bit.ly/3dzA12 or follow us on twitter http://twitter.com/LovelyBonesUK Enjoy TLB

I have read about the technology used to produce many of the scenes. The director and his staff used a few new tricks and I want to see the results. Tricky technical controls were used; Two sets of cameras were slaved together on 2 different sets and each scene shot simultaneously. One set was a 'green screen' setup. Later, figures from the green scene were imposed on the other scene. Another piece of trickery was used to make the Wizard appear larger than the Hobbits even though the actors were normal sized persons. The usual way to do this by perspective could not be used; A new method was devised. I'm hoping the movie is as good as advertised. I was never a fan of the Hobbit story line, but did find it had a certain amount of charm and imagination. In the first Hobbit movie, a new technique was pioneered for the weird character, Golum. It is my understanding that the same actor was used for this remake.