Make sure you are registered to vote and have a specific, concrete plan to vote Nov. 6. If you are a U.S. citizen over the age of 18 and are not registered to vote, it honestly doesn’t matter how “politically engaged” you are. It doesn’t matter how many marches you go to, how many pink hats you knit; the single most…

I’m not taking letter writer’s claim “they’re ruined” for granted. Red wine stains are very treatable with lots of options.  I also noticed that she said her pants/sweater are “dry clean only” but she didn’t say that she actually took them to the cleaners. I get the impression she didn’t even bother to try remove the…

I was thinking precisely of a scene from Parks & Rec where Ron Swanson explains what the difference between what schlimeal and a schlimazel are.

Oils in skincare is kind of like oils in foods/diets, for a long time they were unfairly maligned. Now we know oil in skincare didn’t actually mean more oil on your skin, and more oil in food didn’t actually mean more oil/fat in your body. But oil isn’t the end-all-be-all for skin moisturizing. Some oils (like coconut…

I read that too, and admit to smirking at all the pearl-clutching scandalized “coconut oil cures every ill” crowd who stuff themselves with “fat-bomb keto balls” which (I think) are poorly flavored blobs of pure coconut oil.  Is it really “pure poison”? no.  But keto’s 70-80% fat calories maybe isn’t a good choice for…

Thanks for these tips. My “apartment co-op” experience wasn’t successful, with one vegetarian and two picky non-vegetarians, we didn’t have a good list of “acceptable to all” menus. But in the future, if I were living with friends, and we were all home dinnertime-ish, it would seem appropriate to have a common meal.

And how do you get the toothpaste tube clean without cutting it open? You’re going to end up with a lot of toothpaste-scent & taste cola gelatin.

Pinterest’s app suuuucks.

And follow it up by taking time TODAY to make sure you’re registered to vote, and know where to vote, when to vote, and have a plan to vote. Are you going to be gone in November, or can imagine that you won’t want to stand in line at the polls? Request your absentee ballot TODAY. If you are going to vote at your…

I was wondering about the family as well, if they were caught or arrested for being helping a handmaid (or even just being muslim), you’d think guardians or eyes would have searched the house. Maybe that implies they ran off themselves.

I was looking up how to spell Jahangir Kahn, and it’s the name of a real Pakistani cricket player from the 30's/40's. But we never found out what the gay flower code list was that the gardener gave him.

Is there an easy way to tell how much of an spf-cosmestic (foundation, powder, mineral veil, blush, etc.) or moisturizer needs to be applied to get the full spf benefits? or should we assume that we’re getting only a fraction of the protection from applying too lightly and blending too aggressively?

Please don’t make me the only one out there who’s going to mention the Hulu show “Dirty Sexy Money” wherein Donald Southerland plays an eerily similar eclectic self-made industrialist who’s richer than God but shamelessly cheap with dissapointing drug addicted children...and also a giant pet cat.

How do they track your returns if you pay with cash and don’t give them your phone number/reward card?

Question: can we call it “Dunch”?

Now I’m wondering if I’ve been living a too-watery butter life. My own da-bomb (well...it’s mostly Cook’s Illustrated) cookie recipe relies on brown butter...which removes a lot of water in the process. Maybe less water-y butter in other applications is what my life is missing.

I, too, have had to eat my share of mixed rice disasters. Also: regular and whole wheat pasta mixtures (less disastrous than the rice, but whole wheat pasta is bleh) And white/wheat flour mix baked goods (actually amazeballs fresh out of the oven)

Are these the same flame retardants that are put on baby sleepwear? Print flannel fabric that you buy at fabric stores always has this threatening language printed on the edge that is NOT suitable for children sleepwear because it is NOT fire retardant, which has always made me curious about the regulations for…

I have yet to master a chicken stock recipe worth making in bulk for freezing or even pressure canning. I have done the “boil leftover carcass and random veg scraps in large pot”, but honestly, it’s only lightly flavored chicken water at best, and not really worth the hassle or clean-up. I want more information on…

A little fear can be a totally normal part of any disciplinary strategy. It’s entirely possible that a kid would be much more fearful of having his superhero action figure taken away than getting his behind swatted. Just because a parent doesn’t threaten a spanking doesn’t guarantee that he won’t cause any fear in…