I finally got a salad spinner – the OXO Mini Salad and Herb Spinner which Ugly Green Chair tipped me off to ages ago. It’s superteriffic – it is pump action and has a brake, and even has a rubber bottom for traction. Much less dangerous than the big red one I grew up with, that thing would get going so fast it would fly off the counter if it slipped out of your wet hands — and there was no way to stop it, you just had to hold on until it slowed down. I think this is little salad love.