The table top is a piece of melamine which used to be part of a large router table top. It had numerous screw holes in it that I filled with putty. The dimensions are 36" by 20", not including the sides. The sides are 3/4" plywood that was ripped into 2 1/2 inch wide pieces.

January 17, 2010: The Australian Open, Which launches the quartet of Grand Slam tennis events for 2010 arrives Jan. 18 with a multitude of personal tales to unfold and challenges to be met. Also it comes as a victim of the economic times. Since the 2009 event, major sponsors longer available as Qantas, MasterCard, GE Money and Garnier L'Oreal have ended Their Australian Open alliances.

On a warm summer day two years ago, a 16 year old girl put on a skirt and headed to the SuperTarget in her hometown of Tulsa, Okla. As she shopped the air conditioned aisles, a man knelt behind her, carefully slid a camera in between her bare legs and snapped a photo of her underwear. Police arrested the 34 year old man, but the charges were ultimately dropped on the grounds that the girl did not, as required by the state Peeping Tom law, have right to a reasonable expectation of privacy, given the public location. In non legalese: Wear a skirt in public, and you might just get a camera in the crotch.

Freshly cut Love in the Mist flowers look excellent in cut flower arrangements. The dried seedpods look stunning in dried flower arrangements. The seeds have a peppery oregano flavor, which has been used to season some foods. Simply break open the seedpod and collect the seeds within. Do this over a container of some kind so as not to lose the seeds. Clean the seeds and store in a dry dark place until ready to plant.

Large electronic stores can charge customers up to 15 percent to restock a returned item. But most membership stores have a 90 day return policy with no fee. BJ's has a shorter window returns, for example computers must be returned within 14 days.