Why I Watch Horror Movies to Relieve My Anxiety
You can feel your chest tighten, your breathing becomes choppy, and your hands start to sweat. For most people, this could describe the physical experience […]
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Once I helped a man look for his wedding ring in knee-deep snow, in the dark, in the wilderness of Iceland. While we were sifting […]
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We are firmly in the middle of a bad winter , a part of the year that is cold, damp and gray, with no warm […]
Continue reading »Hacks for Parents That Backfired
As someone who actively searches for and writes about parenting tricks every day, I’m always looking for shortcuts and tricks that will make your life […]
Continue reading »Schedule Your Computer to Shut Down at a Specific Time With This Windows App
Shutting down or restarting your computer from time to time is good. It can even fix minor performance issues by clearing out temporary files and […]
Continue reading »What to Do If Malware Appears on Your Budget Android Phone
There is nothing wrong with sending the US government’s ” Bridge of Life ” aid program. This allows those on substantially low incomes – 135 […]
Continue reading »How to Watch Today’s Wolf Lunar Eclipse From Your Desk
The first full moon of the year rises today, January 10th, which also brings the first lunar eclipse of the year. The term “wolf moon” […]
Continue reading »What to Do With All the Cables and Cords You Have Accumulated
In the Wall Street Journal, writer Katherine Bindley asked us to admit one thing: somewhere in the back of the closet or in the attic, […]
Continue reading »It’s Time to Tackle the Ab Wheel
Ready for the first fitness challenge of 2020? We’re going to get to know the infamous press wheel, better known as “Hey, what’s this? I […]
Continue reading »How to Curb Your Twitter Addiction
Every year, for at least the past four years, I’ve decided to spend less time on Twitter. After trying and testing many different ways to […]
Continue reading »You Can Get a Huge Southwest Airlines Chase Credit Card Check-in Bonus Now
Southwest recently canceled its Rapid Rewards Points program. And now his joint credit card with Chase offers the opportunity to accumulate a huge pile of […]
Continue reading »Age 3 Is Actually the Best Age
Parents of young children often say that the Terrible Twos have nothing at the age of three. When they turn three, we start calling them […]
Continue reading »Best Time to Book Flights in 2020
If you’re looking for a great flight deal, it’s a hell of a game of guessing when to pull the trigger, given the daily and […]
Continue reading »Am I Screwing up If I Don’t Update Windows 7 Before January 15th?
The deadlines are scary. I know . And Microsoft has given Windows 7 users a major challenge: Upgrade to a more modern operating system by […]
Continue reading »Block Misleading Political Ads on Facebook With This Browser Extension
2020 is going to be a crazy year for US politics, but while the presidential debate and the protracted impeachment of President Trump may be […]
Continue reading »For Better Wedge Salads, Improve Your Salad
The wedge salad is often referred to as nothing more than a medium for making blue cheese and crispy pork chunks. I don’t think there’s […]
Continue reading »Seasonal Depression Can Occur at Any Time of the Year
If I look up from my office computer in southeast Portland, I see a patchwork quilt of brick buildings interspersed with evergreen patches of forest, […]
Continue reading »How to Stream Jeopardy’s ‘The Greatest of All Time’ Tournament Wirelessly
Danger! This week hosts a tournament between three of its greatest players: Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhaur. An event called Jeopardy! Greatest of […]
Continue reading »Protect Your Child From Foreign Germs With a Do Not Touch Sign
This is what happens when a person sees a new person. Their hands, which literally a moment before they completely controlled, turn into large magnets […]
Continue reading »How to Watch the News When You Don’t Have a Cable
2020 kicks off with an incredibly shitty start – with devastating wildfires in Australia , rising tensions between the US and Iran, and continuing earthquakes […]
Continue reading »Find the Best Hotel Deals With the New Google Travel Tools
As fun as a vacation is, planning your trip can be exhausting and stressful. Sure, an all-inclusive package or travel agent can make this process […]
Continue reading »Update Firefox Now to Fix This Zero-Day Vulnerability
Even if you probably just updated your Firefox desktop browser to version 72 (released on Tuesday), make sure you run another update to pull off […]
Continue reading »What Kind of Baby Equipment Is Better to Rent Than Buy?
Having a baby is expensive. The cost of health care and the cost of preparing for the first year of a child’s life is very […]
Continue reading »What to Do If Someone Opens a Credit Card in Your Name
Getting a new credit card in the mail can seem like a big win. You’ve studied the cards, picked the one that suits your needs, […]
Continue reading »How to Break the Holiday Shopping Habit
If you’ve spent the past few months on everything from gifts to new clothes and more expensive options for your favorite foods, getting back to […]
Continue reading »To Get up Early, Admit It Sucks.
If you find it difficult to wake up early, it is worth accepting one simple fact: getting out of bed the first early morning is […]
Continue reading »How to Help the Puerto Rico Earthquake Relief Efforts
On Tuesday, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Puerto Rico, causing a series of tremors that led to the demolition of houses and […]
Continue reading »Partial Potatoes for Cooking in an Instant Pot
One of the toughest challenges in meal planning is predicting what kind of future you’re going to eat. I’m very bad at this because my […]
Continue reading »How to Find the Best Who Are You? Instagram Filters
What Disney character are you? What is your font? What kind of office character are you? I know Instagram Stories are overflowing with filter quizzes. […]
Continue reading »How Actually #DeleteFacebook
It almost looks like a tradition at this point. Every couple of months, Facebook is caught up in one or another scandal . It is […]
Continue reading »What Every Good Breastfeeding Room Should Have
Chatting on Slack the other day about this pumping hack , a couple of my colleagues talked about what to do and what not to […]
Continue reading »Chase Sapphire Reserve’s Annual Commission Increases
Have you ever thought that the high bonuses and huge perks offered by the Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card sound too good to be true? […]
Continue reading »Test Your Knowledge of Trivia Using This Jeopardy! Questions
Tournament “greatest of all time» Jeopardy! In full swing. And if you haven’t had the opportunity to take part in the show yet, now you […]
Continue reading »How to Create a Fitness Workout Log for 2020
Workout apps are great, but I strongly believe in the old-fashioned workout diary . Since last spring, I’ve been jotting down my workouts in a […]
Continue reading »Make SPAM in a Waffle Iron
I’ve always been suspicious of artists who claimed they couldn’t create anything of value while sober. I never thought my drunk writing was better than […]
Continue reading »This Is the New Overtime Pay Threshold for 2020 [updated]
If you work overtime, you should get paid for it, right? How about getting them one and a half time? The good news is that […]
Continue reading »How to Prevent Hacks Like the TikTok Hack
Cybersecurity firm Check Point Research recently published a rather judgmental article on the TikTok vulnerabilities that gave hackers a great way to break into user […]
Continue reading »How to Spot Fake News on Social Media
The news is getting more troubling with wildfires in Australia , earthquakes in Puerto Rico and the situation with a powder keg in Iran , […]
Continue reading »Store Breast Pump Parts in the Refrigerator Between Sessions
Breastfeeding and pumping requires a lot of logistics. You need time, you need space, you need equipment. Sometimes, after a pumping session, you just don’t […]
Continue reading »Save Data From Your Applications to a Spreadsheet
I use many different tools and apps to manage both my workflow and personal life: Airtable for scheduling, Toggl for time tracking, YNAB for budgeting, […]
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