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A “tourist hack” for people coming to Florida for spring break

It’s a trick the locals use, and it really works.

8 years ago

Book in a Box is looking for a Head of Author Marketing (and I’m looking for a job)

Here’s an interesting job that I can’t apply for (among other things, it requires relocating to Austin, Texas, which I…

8 years ago

On sale at Publix this week: Lantern batteries!

I’ve always had a fascination with the things that end up on the clearance shelf of stores. My neighborhood grocery…

8 years ago

Does anybody use this to remember the number of days in each month?

Until yesterday, I had no idea that the mnemonic device pictured above even existed.

8 years ago

The Narcissist’s Prayer: We’re going to be hearing a lot of this for the next little while

This poem about napologies or nonpologies — the not-really-an-apology apologies that narcissists give — comes from Reddit’s “Raised by Narcissists” subreddit (that’s Reddit-ese…

8 years ago

A deep truth from a presidential photo op

Image adapted from a tweet by Andrew Hunter Murray. In case you’re not up on your G8 leaders, that’s Canadian…

8 years ago

Happy Valentine’s Day 2017!

...and if you don’t have someone to celebrate with, please don’t do what this woman’s cousin did:

8 years ago

My “granite counter repair / souvenir of an Irish pub in Japan” story

Sooner or later, this happens to the edges of a lot of granite kitchen counters: Not our kitchen counter, but…

8 years ago