If you’ve ever made a cake, there’s a good chance you’ve had to fold egg whites into a batter without deflating them too much. But most people don’t go to culinary school and never learn what it actually means to fold one ingredient into another. As…
Lees meerTomorrow is March 17, also known as “St. Patrick’s Day,” “St. Paddy’s Day,” and “amateur hour.” It’s the day that people who don’t drink all that much decide to really tie one on, and it’s the absolute worst day to be at a bar.Read more...
Lees meerFor most people, traveling during the coronavirus pandemic has been strictly on an as-needed basis. That’s likely to change this summer. If you’re fully vaccinated with KN-95s in hand and ready to get the hell out of Dodge, don’t put off booking you…
Lees meerAmerica is one of the busiest countries in the world: we work more hours, take less vacation, and have more stress than just about every other industrialized nation. All that time spent working takes a toll. If you’ve ever stood up from a long day a…
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Lees meerI have never investigated 23andMe (or any similar genetic test) because I’m not particularly interested in the results. I am white. I am from Mississippi. There is no good or noble fruit to be found hanging in that particular tree.Read more...
Lees meerWarmer weather is coming. Before it’s time to literally throw caution to the wind and open the windows, it’s time to repair those torn screens that have been picked apart by birds or damaged by winter weather. Letting the fresh air in and keeping th…
Lees meerThe challenge of hiding hardware when attaching two pieces of wood can be daunting if you’re new to carpentry. If you’re not practiced in making dovetail joints and you don’t own a dado blade—or even know what those things are—making sturdy wood joi…
Lees meerDrugs, death, and depravity probably come to mind whenever you hear about the dark web. Or, is it the deep web? Is it both? You might find yourself conflating the two terms, with the assumption that both the dark web and the deep web are the same pl…
Lees meerIf you’re laid off or fired, you can feel like your world is ending. To be sure, a not-insignificant part of your life did just come to its conclusion, and that is terrifying. You can grapple with concerns over your finances—which then extend to con…
Lees meerThe iPhone SE is a great deal—a well-rounded, full-featured budget smartphone. It has the guts of an iPhone 13 in the body of an iPhone 8; minus a few bells and whistles and camera lenses, it will do most everything you need a smartphone to do. But …
Lees meerIt’s the time of year when increasingly sweaty Americans dig through desk drawers and couch cushions in search of receipts, struggle with convoluted math, and check to see when their local post office is closing. That’s right: It’s tax season, the l…
Lees meerSquats are one of the very best lower body exercises out there, and if you’ve ever worked out at all, you’ve certainly done them. But too many of us have never broadened our horizons beyond the humble air squat and barbell back squat—and if that’s y…
Lees meerApple has now added their top-of-the-line Apple silicon M1 chip for the 13-inch MacBook Air into the $599 entry-level iPad Air, which begs the question: Now that the iPad Air has the same chip as the 11-inch iPad Pro, and there are so many other sim…
Lees meerJealousy and envy aren’t quite the same thing, though both are negative feelings that relate to how we feel when somebody else seems to be getting something we want. Are you jealous or envious of your friend’s flawless hair, your co-worker’s promoti…
Lees meerIf you’ve ever heard anyone mention the morning star(s) and the evening star(s) and didn’t know what they meant, here’s what’s really going on up there in the heavens. First off, the names are misleading. “Morning star” and “evening star” both origi…
Lees meerIt’s March 14, and the average cost for a gallon of gas in the U.S. is $4.325, up from $3.488 one month ago, and slightly down from the record-setting $4.331 last week. The good news: According to the latest report from AAA Gas Prices, this trend “m…
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Lees meerIf you’re one of the estimated 60 million Americans living with allergic rhinitis—also known as “hay fever”—you probably want to do whatever you can to avoid the sneezing, runny nose, itchy eyes, headaches, and other annoying and disruptive symptoms…
Lees meerYouTube Vanced was a popular modded version of the YouTube app that gave us access to features the free version of the YouTube app wouldn’t (not to mention a few fun extras, like themes and swipe controls). Mainly though, it was popular because it h…
Lees meerMeat eaters are not a monolith. Some seem to relish in the visceral aspects of eating animals, even going so far as to butcher their own, while others prefer to purchase sterile, shrink-wrapped packages of tenders and/or boneless, skinless breasts.R…
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