Socks are a great idea! I still have a couple pairs I got in Finland over 10 years ago.

Magnets are my go-to. The cheesier, weirder, touristy magnet the better. On my fridge, I’ve got a London red telephone booth, a sun from the Grand Canyon, Moomins from Finland, a cool mojito magnet from PR, and my favorite spooky…

QAnon is supportive of Trump. They think he’s some savior sent to stop the sex trafficking rings run by Hollywood, democrats, and financial elites (e.g. Jews). 

This is brilliant! Thanks!

I checked and I’m on a couple terrible lists I’d like to be off of and block the creator. But the list link goes nowhere, and no creator is not listed. Did I maybe already block them? 

Skip Ogunquit, Maine (massive tourist trap— Mainers don’t go there), and travel Route 1 up the cost to a smaller town like Bath or Boothbay Harbor.

In NJ driving there is NO WAY I don’t do a shoulder check. My Dad, who is a great driver in a state where everyone drives SLOW, tried to tell me my mirrors should mean I don’t have to do a shoulder check. Nope. In this state, I use the mirrors AND turn my head. 

Basically you can dilute ALL cleaning products with water by half, and they still work. We do this with Mrs Meyer’s products— hand soap, dish soap, and spray cleaners. With hand soap, we reuse a foaming hand soap pump by adding like 1/3 soap and 2/3 water.

Foaming hand soap is a HUGE ripoff if you don’t do this. You’re…

Ok, I have a burning question about silicone pans. I tried using a silicone muffin pan once, and the muffins tasted like rubber. I also bought a highly rated silicone ice cube tray, and had to return it bc the ice cubes tasted like -- you guessed it— rubber.

So... am I buying bad quality silicone? Or are people ok…

Ok, I have a burning question about silicone pans. I tried using a silicone muffin pan once, and the muffins tasted…

Never thought of Night of the Hunter as a holiday film, but it is one of the BEST films ever made. Better than the overrated Citizen Kane, I believe (yeah, yeah, that’s blasphemous for some but my partner is a film critic so I’ll fight you on it).

I’d also throw Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas onto this list as well.

Try one of the ~$35 fitbit knockoffs like the Lintelek Fitness Tracker. Totally works great, and not a huge deal if the kid loses it! 

I had an Alta for 2 years and when the battery finally died, I bought a $35 Lintelek Fitness Tracker with a color screen, sleep tracker, and HR monitor. It’s completely waterproof, AND has a built in charger instead of a silly dongle to lose and break. It does text alerts (including from FB messenger and whatsapp)…

This is similar to what I do when I need to remember to bring my computer charger home with me. I clip my car keys to it. 

My partner has CVID (an immunodeficiency). The flu could kill her.

PLEASE GET YOUR DAMNED FLU SHOT.

Thank you.

This has always been the dealbreaker that keeps me from using Safari. Until I can have favicons in my bookmarks bar, I’m sticking with Chrome. 

Smart professors are onto all these tricks.

We were students once, too, you know. And often for a MUCH longer time!

didn’t that exist already?

And it’s SAFER for women to mix up their running route and times often, bc women runners have to deal with annoyances like possibly getting flashed (happened to me), or catcalled (or times than I can count), or worse, stalked, followed, assaulted, etc. Why? Because men can be gross.

Skip the tourist trap areas of Maine and head to my beautiful hometown of Bath. Take Route 1 up the coast, for a gorgeous drive through Freeport (LL Bean), etc.

Clearly you folks have never eaten in NYC (or any major city, for that matter).

You can just use Google Scholar to pretty much do the same thing. Search for the article, then look for either the “[PDF]” or “[html]” versions in the right hand column, or click under the abstract where it says “all 3 versions” or “all 12 versions” etc.

If you can’t find it that way, check the professor’s personal…

The best variation on grilled cheese is something we call “josephines” in my family.