Parenting kids through different ages and stages doesn’t really get easier or harder; it just gets different. There are challenges to each age our kids enter, and often those challenges are vastly different from the age that came before it—but there…
Lees meerChristmas morning is perhaps the least relaxing morning of the entire year. Not only are you expected to be awake early, but you are expected to be happy about being awake early. Excited even. There is also usually some expectation of a delicious br…
Lees meerYou might be able to skip all mortgage payments in 2021 if your home loan is backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), as the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced more relief for borrowers struggling as a result of the pan…
Lees meerIt’s bad enough to be blatantly wrong about something. It’s worse when you persist in your efforts to convince everyone you’re actually right. Doing so in the face of glaring opposition isn’t a good look, and at worst, it can give the impression you…
Lees meerAmid last week’s jubilant news segments featuring frontline healthcare workers getting their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine came reports that put a damper on the excitement: that some of the vaccine recipients experienced severe allergic re…
Lees meerTwo COVID vaccines are now available in the US, and are currently being administered to healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities. But it’s new, and new things are scary, and both COVID and its vaccine have been relentlessly poli…
Lees meerIf only the holidays could last throughout the winter months—the twinkling lights and Christmas cookies make the cold and dark so much more bearable. For this reason, I once kept my tree up until March—I know, I know. I’m the first to admit that tha…
Lees meerCongress passed a second COVID-19 relief bill Monday, which includes one-time direct payments that total up to $600 per individual. But how soon will people receive their checks? Here’s what you need to know about direct payments and when you’ll rec…
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Lees meerConsidering it’s one of the biggest-selling games of the year, Cyberpunk 2077 is a mess. It might run well on your PC, if you have good enough specs, but there are still plenty of game-breaking bugs to deal with. One of the worst can corrupt your sa…
Lees meerWe bought a lot of new stuff in 2020: toilet paper, workout app subscriptions, sourdough starters, and masks that go with every outfit.Read more...
Lees meerI love ham. When I was nine years old, my parents went away for the night on Boxing Day; when they returned, they found that someone had eaten most of a 20-pound leg of ham. I didn’t even understand how to slice it properly. I just shaved it from th…
Lees meerAs theaters remain closed or operating at a limited capacity, the ongoing pandemic has forced entertainment giants from Warner Bros. to Disney to radically rethink their movie release strategies. Disney has already dropped its one-time spring tentpo…
Lees meerA new variant of the coronavirus was discovered in the UK, and scientists think it may be more infectious than the more other lineages of the virus that are more common across the world. So how big a deal is this? The short answer: We don’t entirely…
Lees meerYou probably spent a lot of thought on choosing your running shoes, but what about your socks? They go through just as many miles and footsteps as their more visible sole (ha) mates, and they can make or break your comfort on a run. Read more...
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Lees meerThe open enrollment period has ended, but it’s not too late to sign up for Obamacare coverage in 2021—or at least, not if you live in one of 12 states or Washington, DC. While the regular enrollment period for Affordable Care Act coverage most state…
Lees meerGiven how relatively common it is for presidents and shady political activist groups to secretly record phone conversations, it makes it seem possibly acceptable. But is it? Turns out the answer is kinda complicated. If you’re thinking of secretly r…
Lees meerChristmas is coming soon, very soon, and some of us—I won’t say who—are still scrambling to find gifts for people in our respective bubbles. Food is a good gift, because people like to eat, and cookies, candies, and sweet treats are always welcome. …
Lees meerWe all have our holiday staples, the movies we turn to time and time again. But before you break out Elf for the 42nd time, spend another week trying to convince people Die Hard is a holiday movie, or press your luck with NBC’s version of The Grinch…
Lees meerEarlier this year, Google launched Camera Go, a stripped-down version of its Camera app for Android Go devices. Android Go phones are entry-level devices with weaker hardware but aggressively affordable prices—usually below $100. Camera Go lacked mo…
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