April 2 here. #747

I should have been more specific in my answer. In re-reading the question it looks like I was referring only to the safety issue. By "not hot enough to cook the meat right" I was in part referring to the unpleasant way ground beef turns out when boiled without browning first. I still would never put raw hamburger in a crock pot, no matter how safe it is. It will be rubbery and floating in fat.

The island was first mapped in the late 1700's by Mr Puget and Mr Whidbey of the royal navy. Things are named based on sailing around them. Useless bay is called that because it is useless and deception pass is deceptive.

You are a good guy for trying to take care of her. Your choices are all bad and my advice to you doesn't make it any easier. Good luck.

It is a great question and you are smart to not take it lightly. You should really talk to her about it though.

Advair changed my life! It is nothing less than a miracle of modern science.

My mother is from Coeur d'Alene and as a child we had a cabin there. The family has been in idaho since the 1800s and it has always been "name then lake"

Google maps gets it right for Coeur d'Alene lake but wrong for Hayden lake (we all remember the Aryan nation camp at Hayden Lake, right?)

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%22Coeur+d%27Alene+Lake%22&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=8OzkTtSVHonliAKvuv2vBg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=3&ved=0CB8Q_AUoAg

I think that one is an artist or one is not. Doing if for a living is no different than doing it for fun. you don't have to sell records to be a talented singer or musician. From my perspective it is who you are. I also think that you are selling yourself short when you dismiss you color sense and then describe your natural affinity for color and art.

You are being too rigid here. Just because we are talking about color doesn't suggest that is the only natural ability that helps artists.

Being an artist is like being gay. Few people would choose it. If you are predisposed to the skills that make a good artist you are more likely to go into that field. I could train all my life and never be a good athlete or physicist but my inherent skill-set did attract me to a career in the art field.

I grew up in an artist community and got my first job in an art department at 18. After a lifetime around them, the one thing I can say about artists is that training can only improve what people bring to the job. Artists are born and not made. No, not all visual artist have great color sense but those who do are more inclined to pursue art as hobby or career.

So you are saying that

1) artists do not trend towards having inherently better color sense.

2) you have an inherently better color sense.

3) you are driven to be artistic and enjoy creating things with color

how is this not contradictory? Is it because you are not a professional artist or because you don't paint or are you just unique in combining a love of color with craft?

Perhaps I misinterpreted the original question as being strictly about professional artists.