For product decisions, I have two words: The Wirecutter.

Most of my notes start off easy to read because I’m paying particular attention to my handwriting. But the longer I’m writing, the worse my handwriting gets as muscle memory kicks in.

This is the overall concept of lifestyle creep distilled to just coffee.

I’m terrified for Minneapolis. That city is not ready for this.

Shout-out to Caribou for a better Starbucks or Kwik Trip (Kwik Star in Iowa) for a better Gas Staion coffee.

Since I’ve utterly failed to do this for my first two kids, now toddlers, how do I convince them that getting face in the water is no big deal? I struggle even explaining how to hold your breath. How do you teach a kid to stop doing the thing they barely even were aware they are doing?

More than once I would notice that if a kid had a really rough night, the next day they would show marked improvements in some physical or mental skill. Seems like their brain was just working too hard at processing and connecting up what it needed to do the next big thing that it prevented sleep.

Play-dough always seemed like a great gift. I fondly remembered playing with Play-dough as a kid.

THE picture already on the fridge. That’s cute. This weekend we just went through his pile of artwork “Hoarders”-style and he had to tell me which ones he wanted to keep forever or throw away.

I doubt you’ll have to wait long for Magic Treehouse. My 4.5 year old is super into them. He seems to follow along pretty well, and the conflicts and suspense of most of the stories aren’t too scary.

Throwing away an empty toilet paper or paper towel roll is strictly forbidden in our household. Or at least, the kids think so... but after the 5th one is saved and decorated, we sneakily trash the rest. Saving junk can only go so far.

They’re actually at Target now for $3. I wonder which one is better quality. I have one of these from the same manufacturer, and it’s not the best. Not broken, but it doesn’t spin for 5 minutes like others might claim.

They’re actually at Target now for $3. I wonder which one is better quality. I have one of these from the same…

I may be a minor use case, but a comment made on the Kickstarter mentions that the earbuds can only be used in “mono” mode on the right earbud. That makes this a non-starter for me. I like listening to mono or low-fidelity audio like Audiobooks or Podcasts using one earbud. Then when that inevitably dies too soon, I…

I may be a minor use case, but a comment made on the Kickstarter mentions that the earbuds can only be used in…

Alton Brown once did a little experiment on Good Eats for thawing: cold water vs warm water vs cold water with a tiny tiny trickle running into the water bowl.

They posted a deal around the end of March. I ordered it and got an estimated delivery date of May 5, which changed after that to May 11, then removed the tracker altogether. That’s when I requested and got my refund.

They posted a deal around the end of March. I ordered it and got an estimated delivery date of May 5, which changed…

Never received the $2 one you posted a couple of months ago. Now that I’ve finally got a refund, I’ll give this one a shot instead.

Never received the $2 one you posted a couple of months ago. Now that I’ve finally got a refund, I’ll give this one…

The book seems very divisive. The vast majority of people seem to love it, but I wasn’t impressed. Great characters, an interesting overall story, but it felt like Shadow didn’t really do anything, just get dragged around from location to location. It’s a hard main character to follow, who just reacts to all this…

That Photoshop Though...

That Photoshop Though...

OH. I get it now. I thought it was some jab at how amazing it is that a game is cross-released on Android and iOS.

So, I ordered one of these (probably from a different fly-by-night seller in a completely different department of Amazon) the last time you posted a $2 spinner....... still waiting for it. I ordered it at the end of March, expected delivery, May 5.

So, I ordered one of these (probably from a different fly-by-night seller in a completely different department of…