The plumber we hired to come out and fix our water heater drove up in an old ambulance. He'd taken the lights and any markings off, of course.

I love stress balls! Peeling stickers is good, too.

Call of Duty. Battlefield. Medal of Honor. Many of the biggest-selling series in video game history are all about putting players in the midst of wars that could be happening right outside their windows. But the politics and consequences surrounding these international armed conflicts often get sidelined amongst the…

Gaaaah! Even the back of its head is looking at me!

I used to think that I'd never get an e-reader. Old books have a fantastic musty smell and there's something about holding a book that satisfies my tactile senses. On the other hand, my volume of all 5 Douglas Adams books is enormous. I can carry it around on my nook all day, no problem. I don't have to worry about…

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That's too organized for me! Usually I lay out my clothes the night before so I don't have to hunt for anything in the dark. Weekends are whatever jeans look cleanest and a shirt off the drying rack because I haven't found time during the week to fold them. On second thought, maybe I should look up some laundry hacks.

It's definitely faster. My catch-all is usually my Downloads folder.

What you should do: Close whatever applications you don't need to be staring at so that you don't have to get called out for it by your office visitor. Prioritize the tasks you do work on over the course of the day so that you're not doing 100 things at once and crushing your system memory, either.

What's the benefit of letting the hiring manager make the first offer? I just got offered a new position in the same company. They know exactly how much I make now and have informed me of the pay scale they follow, so I can see exactly how much I should be making.

Ice bucket challenge? In the summer heat? Do it in the middle of winter and then we'll talk.

We do this in preschool and when I was in college, it was taught as something that should be done with all of our students. Whether it actually happens in elementary school, I can't say.

Being a speed reader doesn't make you a genius or necessarily help you truly comprehend books more than everyone else, but speed reading techniques can still be useful to know. Techniques like skimming, for example, to get a preview of a book before you dig in, and clustering the words you read to get the overall gist…

I usually crochet during my lunch. It's a great break from the day and I have something tangible after a week or so.

I'm pretty sure something like this was in the NY subway recently...

Next time:-)

It's true! I went to a cookout for a friend's graduation. The cake they had for him looked awesome, but the real hit of the cookout was the strawberry-rhubarb pie with homemade ice cream.

"You've been counting all the days off

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