I personally would go a little bigger for a do-it-all hammer but that is a personal preference on my part. 10-12 oz doesn't do much for demo and requires a lot of work to drive an 8d or 16d nail in (imo) compared to something a little heavier. The downside is that a heavy hammer can ruin those little picture nails…

He was about 12, and The Prisoner of Azkaban had just been published. I was about 19. HP was just getting famous in the US. I bought the books for him, but he refused to read them. I picked the first one up myself and started reading it myself. I loved them, and the next evening after dinner I literally dragged him to…

My 6 year old just started reading and we are screwed. No more secret codes spelled out. Watch what you text. The whole deal. Life will not be the same. He's always decoding. It's a disaster.

I don't agree with you there. My modus operandi has been to watch them when they are talking, but when it's my turn to talk, look into the camera and do that. I've found that when the other party does that with me, I'm more engaged with the screen because it looks like they're looking at me, not at their computer.…

Start taking any second generation antihistamine a week of two before your usual allergy season. They work much better if you don't have to dose load after your symptoms hit. That way they can deal with the increase in histamine as it rises and you don't have to wait for it to kick in through a runny nose and red eyes.

Claritin, Allegra, and Zyrtec: These "second generation" antihistamines (Loratadine/Claritin, fexofenadine/Allegra, cetirizine/Zyrtec) are the most popular antihistamines available, largely because they're the most effective in the most people. They last longer than other allergy medicines, and they don't cause…

I still use RSS heavily but I fear for the future of the medium. Most of my friends either don't know what it is or have left it for social media. And I don't get it. RSS is the most flexible and open means of keeping up with everything on the web. But lots of newer blogs don't even offer RSS feeds anymore, opting…