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Worried that your Thanksgiving grocery bill is getting fatter while the meal is getting leaner? Last year, the cost for the foods to prepare the typical Thanksgiving dinner went up nearly 6 percent, and prices are steadily rising. But even if you re watching every penny, you don t have to cut corners on the big holiday dinner with help from Walmart!

[See post to watch Flash video] Watch in high quality (right click to save) Chris and Jon bring you tips on videography, they discuss the Everest Trek and talk about fake logos on real hats. Show Links: The Rest of Everest Everest Trek 2010 » Get the show for free in iTunes » Get the show for free using RSS

See a demonstration of the Super FMT from Leigh Industries

This short video shows you how the clever Star Tools Marking gauge works. Plans will be available in the February 2010 Popular Woodworking.

If you were looking for talent would you look at the gym, the bank or in church? SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. One of the more popular definitions of the word talent at Urbandictionary relates to a young woman’s looks. Checking out the local talent is an expression dating from the days of the grandparents of most Urbandictionary users and was adopted in the 1940s. But etymologically, appreciating the talents of members of the opposite sex might actually relate to whether they are overweight or not; or perhaps how rich they are. The word comes from Greek where it referred to a scale or balance as well as the weight that might be placed on that balance. Then it was applied to a specific weight, although that varied from place to place and time to time sometimes being 30 kilograms, sometimes 40, other times, other weights. Since scales or balances were mainly used in financial transactions a talent later became a unit of currency and it’s with these two meanings that the word it first entered Old English. The Old English talent had come via Latin and being Latin the word arrived again through French after the Norman Conquest this time with a new meaning that had developed as French was emerging out of its Latin roots. This new talent meant a person’s “will” or “state of mind” but this meaning too was swept away in the currents of time when the word began appearing in English translations of the Bible. In those translations a talent was again a piece of money since the Bible story harkened back to times when that was in fact the case. But Bible stories are told for their allegorical value and the Parable of the Talents was one of these. In that story a master gives his three servants some talents—being pieces of money—which two of them invest and earn interest but the third effectively hides under his mattress. The moral of the story being that you’ve got to use the talents you’ve been given in this life—which is what gave the word talent the meaning we understand today.

Last week we discussed using polymer clay to make all kinds of mosaic artwork. This week, Ilysa shows you what that looks like! Enjoy.

Hendrik is back again for the month of November and this time we're discussing his second DVD released this year, titled "Wood Science & Design". This title is packed with a lot of science about the in's and out's of wood movement, reading grain directions and a great tutorial on the different cuts of lumber and how you may want to use them in designing your projects. As always with Hendrik we have a ton of information in the show, but even more in the DVD. So take a listen to today's show and you'll get a great sneak peek at what you'll find in it. To learn more about Hendrik or to order one of his four DVD titles, including the one being discussed today visit his website at www.passionforwood.com. As you'll hear in the show, for the month of December instead of a regular show. We'll be doing a live chat show where you'll be able to join us in the chat room and listen live as we open up the discussion to you the audience. We're planning on December 16th at 8PM so mark your calendar now. And if you can't make it, but you'd like to ask Hendrik a question drop us a line and we'll be sure to answer it on the show. Questions aren't limited to topics we've already discussed, so if you'd like Hendrik's opinion on something don't hesitate. Also, don't forget to enter for the schwag drawings. And please help support the show by visiting our advertisers! Download MP3 File Download Video File Help Support Matt's Basement Workshop by visiting our sponsors!

MONROE, Mich. (Nov. 17, 2009) - Eat the right foods. Exercise regularly. Wear sunscreen. Most of us know these basic components to a healthy lifestyle, but now, doctors have some welcome advice for those who are stressed out about being healthy: take a deep breath, head to your recliner and relax! More on La-Z-Boy and the Health Benefits of Reclining

With more Americans cooking at home, rather than dining out or ordering in, we are always looking for quick tips, new recipes and simple techniques to create healthful meals for the family on the go. Whatever the amount of time you have, there s a delicious recipe that will fit your schedule. In his latest cookbook, Emeril: 20-40-60: FRESH FOOD FAST, Lagasse divides his recipes into three sections based on the amount of time they will take you to prepare. More on Emeril: 20-40-60 Fresh Food Fast

Being disoriented didn’t used to mean being confused. SPONSOR: GotoMeeting Hold your meetings online for just $49/mo. Try GoToMeeting FREE for 30 days. To orient oneself is to figure out how or where you are in relation to other things. Orienteering involves using a compass to navigate across the landscape. To become disoriented is to become confused; you’ve lost your bearings. These words orient, orienteering and disoriented don’t appear on the surface to be related to the orient in oriental rug, but in fact they are. The ancestor word of our word orient is from Latin and meant “to arise” or “to be born”.  According to the OED, in 1375, orient arose into the English language born out of the pen of one Geoffrey Chaucer who used the word more than once with both the meanings of the lands to the east and the east itself. In his Knight’s Tale he writes And fiery Phoebus rises up so bright That all the orient is laughing with the light, And with his streamers dries, among the greves, The silver droplets hanging on the leaves. So the connection is that the sun arises or is born every morning in the east.  Hence the Far East was called the Orient and the compass point east called orient ever since Chaucer’s time in English but even longer in French and Latin. By the early 1700s church architects would say that their sanctuaries were oriented because they faced east. By the mid 1800s other things as well as people could be oriented which by this point didn’t always have to mean that they faced toward the east. In a time when orient meant “east” disoriented meant to “leave the east” or to “turn from the east” but as orient morphed to mean other directions to be disoriented followed along meaning not only that one had lost their direction but extending to mean confused generally.

Some might suggest it s the one holiday that s all about food. No gifts, no religious services, just family and a really big meal. Thanksgiving is the Super Bowl of family entertaining. And because you ll have a crowd of people to feed all weekend long, you may feel captive in the kitchen. But, Sandra Lee has tips to help keep it simple and make the holiday weekend more enjoyable - even for the cook in your family.More on Sandra Lee s Round 2 Recipes and tips for your holiday weekend

The shoe company Nike takes its name from a Greek goddess. SPONSOR Get a FREE audiobook and 14-day trial today by signing up at www.audiblepodcast.com/podictionary When I first became aware of the shoe company it wasn’t entirely clear that its name should be pronounced with that ending “e” but knowing that the ancient Greeks had a particularly high regard for a goddess named Nike who was the goddess of victory helps sort out this little pronunciation question. In ancient depictions she is shown as a particularly fast moving goddess despite all the drapery and has wings on her back though no sports shoes on her feet. One of the more famous images of her is a headless, armless winged statue at the Louvre in Paris. This was unearthed on a Greek island in 1863 and underlines the association between Nike and victory because the statue is known as The Winged Victory of Samothrace (Samothrace being the place it was discovered). The shoe company was first called Blue Ribbon Sports and took on the Nike name when Jeff Johnson dreamed about the Greek goddess and suggested her name first for a model of soccer cleat. That was 1971, the same year the swoosh design was dreamed up. Ten years later Nike introduced a basketball shoe called Air Force 1 which also introduced their air cushioned soles. But it seems to me that being a company that is namesake to a winged goddess they already had air somehow mixed into their identity. After all what are wings for? And then there’s the swoosh. The swoosh is that little checkmarky symbol Nike uses. You knew that’s what I meant when I said “swoosh.” But swoosh itself has to do with air. The first citation for the word swoosh is from 1867 when it referred to the sound of a fishing rod moving through the air as the fisherman cast his line. Although vigorous exercise involves a lot of gulping of air I don’t know that Nike has ever tried to weave that into its marketing. It was 1988 when they first came out with the slogan “just do it.”

Plow planes are nothing new, they've been a mainstay in hand tool shops for centuries. In fact the plow plane was and still is a tool that defined the craftsman. Whether it was an all wooden bodied plane with ebony inlays and beautiful brass components for a master woodworker. Are a simple boxwood or beech bodied plane for the journeyman, plow planes were vital to furniture construction. Today's version, made by Veritas, is a beautiful example of a modern plow plane that is completely functional and also quite capable of giving a router or a dado stack a run for its money. With a wide assortment of blade widths, ranging from 1/8" to 3/8", the Veritas small plow plane can make quick work of laying out a groove of varying depths without the scream of a motor or sawdust and chips being thrown back in your face. And that's only the obvious benefit of using it! Download MP3 File Download Video File Help Support Matt's Basement Workshop by visiting our sponsors!

#202-The Sound of Silence Our Pack’s campout, flag retirement, our November Roundtable, Cub Scout 2010 Program Helps, new Webelos Den Leaders, Pinewood derby tracks, and snacks at meetings are online tonight. Links: http://ww2.scouting.org/100years/100years/CubScouts.aspx -http://ww2.scouting.org/100years/100years/CubScouts.aspx Den 5 Meeting Plan-http://www.ptcmedia.net/files/Den5mtgplan%20(2009).doc PATROL EMBLEM SUBMISSION FORM-http://www.ptcmedia.net/files/PATROL%20EMBLEM%20SUBMISSION%20FORM.doc How It’s Done-http://www.pbjadvertising.com/howitsdone/ Tonight s show sponsored by Badge Magic Join the forum discussion on this post - (1) Posts Share and Enjoy: