Mini-utensils are wonderful!

My packing list.

These hanging toiletry bags are great, but it does help to get one with a structured base. I once found myself in a hotel bathroom that lacked any surfaces you could hang the bag from, and the bag itself was so “flopsy” that it kept sliding off the (minimal) horizonal surface that was available. A bag that can also sit…

Skip the wrapping paper. The Japanese traditionally used furoshiki - wrapping cloths - to wrap gifts in. These square cloths can be ironed and reused repeatedly.

Another tip for those travelling with a companion is to pack one change of clothes in the other person’s luggage. That way, if person 1's luggage is lost, they can at least get a change of clothes from person 2. (Assuming both sets of luggage aren’t lost -- but that’s very rare.)

This person seems to be suggesting that there’s no middle ground between “shit-eating grin” and “expressing my inner miseryguts”. Of course there is.

On iPhone, the voice command “Hey Siri. Turn on/off Invert Colors” also works nicely. (This toggles the Smart Invert setting on and off — not the Classic Invert.)

The problem is that extroversion/extraversion is defined differently according to system. The “Big Five” (from what I’ve seen) appears to use it to mean gregariousness, the quality of being outgoing, while in MBTI it has to do with recouping energy via stimulation (including social activity) rather than withdrawal and…

This isn’t exactly what you were talking about, but — I used to scoop up decent savings on eBay items using searches with eccentric misspellings. My favourite was a tenmoku tokkuri (sake pourer) made by a prominent Japanese potter that was labelled as a “Black sock pitcher, maybe a socki jug”.

Your girlfriend’s deductions will result in her drawing the Canada Pension someday based on those earnings. It also means that she’s eligible for employment insurance based on those earnings, should she be laid off. And if she has salaried benefits, that usually translates to extended medical and dental coverage,…

Well yeah, the CPP and EI references gave that away also.

Came here to recommend this. I keep this information in my password manager, including emergency “lost card” phone numbers and photos of the cards themselves. Ditto with passport and other key identity documents. Everything’s protected by 2-factor authentication, and my master password is long and difficult, so I feel…

I once worked for a small software company that went to a Myers-Briggs workshop. The (male) partners, NT to a man, jeered at it throughout, much to the distress of the instructor. 90% of the staff were tested as INTx, including me. There were 2 individuals identified as “feeling types”: one NF (the sole female…

I’m both hot- and cold-natured. Most of the time I lean on the chilled side, but let the temperature edge over some difficult-to-define line, and I’m sweating buckets. Of course, this is my problem, not anyone else’s. Here are some solutions that work for me when I’m restaurant-cold and the usual “layer up!” advice…

Seriously? That’s the ONLY issue you care to vote on... that a small number of people abuse the system?

Must be nice, to be so indifferent to all the other issues swirling around in this election, and so careless of their complexity.

Your buddy can be anyone—and there are apps you can use, too

Just a quick question, is PCP (Primary Care Physician) actually an acronym people use? In daily life?

“Mon Dieu, êtes-vous né[e] dans une grange?” would probably work.

Reminds me of the time I went (alone) into a local restaurant at 1:15 PM (closing time was 2:00 PM) and asked to sit by the window. The restaurant was almost empty, and there was ample seating by the window as well as throughout the restaurant.

I don’t understand why people would want to risk taking concentrated extracts when the tea itself is so delicious -- and safe!