Colonoscopies are no fun. Prepping for one includes a full day of eating nothing but liquid and laxatives, with the goal of emptying everything out of your bowels in under 24 hours. Then, once your guts are completely empty, you’re sedated so that d…
Lees meerEvery year, Apple adds a few new features that make third-party apps redundant. It’s so common that there’s a term for it—Sherlocking—that goes back to the early 2000s when Apple added a native search feature that made the Sherlock app useless.Read …
Lees meerWhether you call it stuffing or dressing, the broth-soaked bread dish is a Thanksgiving must-have. Though it’s not advisable to stuff the turkey with anything, it’s commonly agreed upon that “dressing” is always made with cornbread, and “stuffing” i…
Lees meerTraditional treasure-hunting is a huge hassle—you have to buy an ancient map in a scary curio shop, hire a ship captain with a hidden agenda, bribe officials in exotic nations, and who knows what else. I’d rather stay home, personally. Luckily, ther…
Lees meerPEZ dispensers, the nostalgic candy dispenser with their signature decorative heads, are more than just a whimsical way for children to consume candy—they’re also a hot commodity in the collector’s market right now. Some are selling for hundreds an…
Lees meerAlthough you can easily drive yourself mad by checking your 401(k) when the economy is in a slump (i.e. right now), there’s some good news from the IRS. And hey, how often have those words been lumped together?Read more...
Lees meerJewelry can be sentimental and it can be expensive—two reasons why grimy, dirty jewelry is a particularly annoying bummer. You want your rocks, baubles, bangles, chains, and bling to be gleaming, especially when you care deeply about it or forked ov…
Lees meerMuch like eggs or beef, turkeys come with all sorts of words written on their packaging. Words like “heritage,” “air-chilled,” “kosher,” and “pre-basted” all tell you something about how the bird was raised and/or processed, or at least they claim t…
Lees meerToilets, by and large, are fairly basic things: You can buy a new one for less than $75 and it will do the job—but what if you want a bit more luxury for your bathroom experience? The fact is, you can get really fancy when it comes to modern-day toi…
Lees meerWe all know holiday shopping gets stressful fast. Aside from budgeting and family members who are difficult to shop for, timing your purchases is tricky. If you shop too late, there might not be anything left to put under the tree (or you risk payin…
Lees meerWatch enough TikToks, and you’ll notice creators using a lot of filters and effects to make their content. Sure, some of this is done in separate editing apps, but much of it happens within the TikTok app. One of the best effects you’ll run into is …
Lees meerWe’ve advised you before to take photos of your children before a big outing, screenshot your boarding pass when you travel, and to photograph your luggage while you’re at it. And that weird rash you’ve been having, or that injury you’re about to ba…
Lees meerEvery November I must confront the fact that, for some reason, the concept of a true Thanksgiving movie will always be overlooked in favor of jumping ahead to the never-ending supply of Christmas movies. If you also are on the frontlines of resistin…
Lees meerThere are a lot of scams out there, and the latest includes websites pretending to sell pets that don’t actually exist. Before you buy a pet online, make sure to vet the websites to lower your chances from getting your wallet emptied and heart broke…
Lees meerThis is not a drill: Taylor Swift has announced dates for “The Eras Tour,” her first time hitting the road since 2018. She was supposed to tour in 2020 in support of her 2019 album Lover, but even Taylor Swift couldn’t stop COVID from cancelling a p…
Lees meerOn Thanksgiving, roux has a small, but indispensable part to play. It’s the thickening agent in my turkey gravy but, more importantly, the key to my day-after-turkey-day turkey gumbo. Making a blonde or even golden brown roux gravy is fairly quick a…
Lees meerThere’s an often-repeated saying that cooking is an art, and baking is a science. That’s because when you’re cooking, most foods are pretty forgiving—you can “guesstimate” amounts and let your taste and preferences guide you as you go. But when you’…
Lees meerNovember is the height of the new video release season, but amid all the new full-price games are batches of new stuff to play on PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass. We’ve rounded up all the new games both companies are adding to their paid subscri…
Lees meerA single nightmare is scary enough, but when you keep having nightmares—maybe even the same one over and over—you may dread going to sleep. Fortunately there are ways to deal with nightmares, and even a term for what you might be going through: nigh…
Lees meerWhen you’re a kid, no one tells you how much stuff you have to figure out to be a fully functional adult. Laundry, for example, can remain a mystery for much longer than it should. Not that it needs to be done—most of us have figured that part out—b…
Lees meerWhen overnight guests descend for the holidays, in addition to doing the usual cleaning, straightening and emptying of wastebaskets, you may wish to incorporate design touches to amplify that cozy holiday feeling for your guests, and facilitate conv…
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