The crows started it. I noticed that they often played in the puddle that formed in a rock garden next door when it rained. I like the crows; they’ve rewarded my frequent conversation attempts with keeping my roof moss and twig free, and when they’r…
Lees meerWhen you leave a company–whether or not it’s on your own terms—you might panic about what happens to your employer-sponsored retirement account. While you have a few options for handling an old 401(k), some strategies are better than others.Read mor…
Lees meerThough it’s unlikely we’ll soon truly be seeing the last of the Guardians of the Galaxy, trailers for the third film in the franchise are promising us “one last ride” with the band of spacefaring misfits—a conclusion, perhaps, to the Marvel Cinemati…
Lees meerOccasionally, I’ll flee the warm embrace of Pacific Northwest rain to visit friends in the desert and hang poolside (and be a boastful dick about it on Instagram). Most people are about the sights when they visit another town–the vistas, the museums…
Lees meerTwitter ain’t what it used to be. If you’re tired of seeing your “For you” feed fall apart, and you want to get away from the latest blue check drama, Twitter clones await your membership. One of those clones, however, is actually a bit like Twitter…
Lees meerAn international coterie of physicists have determined the ultimate technique for using a playground swing, and I’m happy to report you have probably been doing things correctly your entire life.Read more...
Lees meerIf you can’t hear what’s going on when watching modern shows and movies on your TV, you’re not alone. It can be damn near impossible to understand what characters are saying these days, to the point that many of us to exclusively watch with subtitle…
Lees meerThose little cardboard drink holders you get when you make a coffee run for the office are so convenient in the moment for exactly what you need them for—but as soon as you pull the cups out, they too quickly seem to have fulfilled their destiny. Bu…
Lees meerFermented foods are often among the top nutritional suggestions for gut health, since they contain probiotic bacteria that are believed to have beneficial effects on the microbes in our guts. But what counts as a fermented food, and how do you know …
Lees meerNo matter how hard you try to manage your time, you will probably end up being late on an assignment at some point in your academic (or professional) career. In times of stress and panic, your initial reaction may be to lie or go one the defense. It…
Lees meerBy third grade (circa the early 1980s), I was regularly sleeping over at friends’ houses. Birthday slumber parties were common, as well as random Friday nights watching VHS tapes in dark dens until our eyes burned. At one friend’s house, we choreogr…
Lees meerRetirement is one of those life stages that seems inevitable. From an early age, it’s pounded into us: You have to save for retirement, and you have to plan for retirement, which pretty much implies that you have to retire. And after a few decades s…
Lees meerWelcome to Fake Spring, a time of high anxiety for gardeners all across the U.S. We’ve spent the winter consuming seed catalogs like porn, stalking garden centers like pervs, and now we are jonesing for one thing: fifty degree soil. Read more...
Lees meerLast weekend was a very social one. I met my gym friends for lunch, then walked to one of Portland’s bougiest grocers (Providore) to pick up snacks for my next engagement. My original plan was to make Russian nachos with plain potato chips, caviar, …
Lees meerWhen you think about the expensive vegetables at the store, you know, the really sexy ones that have “a season,” you’re usually thinking of perennial vegetables. Somewhat ironically, they’re the most chill. Plant them once, kick back, and wait for t…
Lees meerBefore you sit down to study or get started on a big project for work, you might want to consider hitting the gym or taking a brisk walk. Besides just generally being good for your health, research also shows it can actually help with cognition. And…
Lees meerAtom, an app and website where you can buy movie tickets, really wants you to head out to theaters to see a new release movie this weekend and next. The company is giving out a free extra tickets to two upcoming films when you buy one. This weekend,…
Lees meerAs a taxpayer, you get a federal refund whenever it turns you overpaid taxes throughout the year or had withheld from your paychecks more than what you ultimately owe. If you enjoyed getting a few nice, big refunds in recent years, you might have be…
Lees meerInstagram is the land of self-promotion, but it doesn’t allow you to easily share links in a post. If you have links you want people to see (and click), you can make them convenient to access from your bio. Well, as convenient as possible, anyway: H…
Lees meerInevitably, almost every conversation I have with anyone I meet turns into a food conversation. Maybe 80% of those are about eggs. It wasn’t until a recent egg conversation with Mashable Editor-in-Chief Alesha Williams Boyd that I understood that no…
Lees meerAs the quote goes, “Born too late to explore earth, born too early to explore space.” It’s true: Barring some monumental development, our kind is destined to live the rest of our lives on Earth, leaving space exploration to some future generation th…
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