Not all advice need be professional. Sometimes your problems merit a bit of unvarnished honesty from a dude equipped with nothing more than a computer and a conscience. Luckily for you, I’m that guy. Welcome back to Tough Love. (If you’d like to see…
Lees meerThe second season of Apple TV’s fan-favorite comedy, Ted Lasso, premieres tomorrow, July 23 on Apple TV+. Ted Lasso is one of those rare TV series beloved by fans and critics alike within its first season, one that everyone swears you “have to watch…
Lees meerIt’s (almost) the most wonderful time of the year—tomato season. This year I’m growing my own, and I am incredibly excited. Tomato season is brief and fleeting, however, so it’s best to go into it with a plan to maximize the potential of your season…
Lees meerWith aeration, watering, mowing, and weeding, it can be a lot of work to keep a pristine grass lawn. But there are alternatives to traditional grass, like desert-style landscaping that takes minimal attention and watering, or rain gardens that have …
Lees meerWith the federal student loan forbearance period expiring in October, most borrowers will have to start paying off their student loans for the first time since March 2020—if that deadline stands. But will the moratorium be extended again? Here’s a l…
Lees meerBack in February of this year, during a brief hotel stay, I made the mistake of granting my four-year-old son unfettered access to the television. This meant that he spent the greater part of a day watching Nickelodeon, a network very invested in cr…
Lees meerApple’s magnetic MagSafe Battery Pack for iPhone 12 costs $99. It charges the iPhone using the MagSafe magnets at the back of the iPhone. It’s a typical Apple accessory. It only comes in white, works out of the box, and charges using Lightning.Read …
Lees meerIt’s notoriously difficult to gauge tone when you’re communicating in a written format. Because of that, people often use exclamation points to inject their prose with an air of levity, but it’s easy to get carried away: Use too many exclamation poi…
Lees meerWe say we hate reboots. We’ll happily go on and on about how we’d much rather have something newer, fresher, more original. And yet—remakes and re-dos remain reliably big business.Read more...
Lees meerA new security vulnerability has been discovered in the latest versions of Windows that hackers could use to remotely install programs, steal data and passwords, and even lock users out of their PCs. Microsoft says that all versions of Windows newer…
Lees meerClamps are an important tool for temporarily securing wood together during carpentry, woodworking, furniture making, and other projects—and there are as many different types of clamps as there are uses. fusing pieces of wood together and making a s…
Lees meerAndrew Zimmern has eaten a lot of food, much of which most of us will never get a chance to try, but I sincerely believe he wishes we could taste it all. With a stated goal of “promoting cultural acceptance, tolerance, and understanding through food…
Lees meerNow that we’re halfway through 2021, it’s a perfect time to revise your budget and see if you’re on track with your financial goals. With all the pandemic-related tax credits, consumer price inflation, and looming expiration of the pause on student …
Lees meerYou might think to switch out light fixtures or upgrading your entryway when you’re planning home improvements, but another way to update your deck, railings, and floors is to add a new wood stain. Picking the right one is everything, though, as too…
Lees meerIt’s been about five years since the release of Suicide Squad, the DC Extended Universe’s attempt to make a “funny” superhero film in response to the success of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. That didn’t exactly work—though the film made bank, di…
Lees meerAfter spending some time in the sun, you’re supposed to reapply your sunscreen—every two hours, according to FDA guidelines. But what if you aren’t in the sun that whole time? And what if you use a mineral sunscreen, which doesn’t get “used up” the …
Lees meerSpending time in a sauna can feel good, but it can also entail a little bit of suffering; after all, if the weather outside were the same as the temperature in a sauna, you’d probably want to hide out in the air conditioning all day. There’s somethi…
Lees meerI’m sure I need not remind you of the Murder Hornet Saga of 2020, but you should know that 2021 is trying to top what seemed uptoppable—by gifting us (or at least Texas) with the emergence of a type of arachnid some folks lovingly refer to as “acid…
Lees meerI’m told I have a terrific smile when there are no cameras around, but the second someone points a lens my direction, I turn into a robot who cannot muster a genuine grin. I look like I’m being held hostage and forced to send a false signal of comfo…
Lees meerBaseboards serve a pretty basic purpose, and they serve it well: hide the part of a room where the drywall meets the flooring. Sometimes, though, they’ve got to go, whether it’s because you need to remove them to complete another project, or whethe…
Lees meerThis may be a wildly unpopular opinion, but cooking on a gas grill is cheating. There is something both primal and humbling about cooking over an open flame that you started yourself, but you have to let go of a small portion of your ego, and accept…
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