was just getting the hang of being a parent. My son was three. He could talk and somewhat dress himself, and I thought: “it’s smooth sailing from here…
I love Chinese food, both the American and authentic variety. Unfortunately, what I don’t love about it is mystery meat, extreme sugar contents, MSG and tendency to use…
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A lot of people are concerned about the image Disney presents to young girls. The girls will deal, although they might grow up with a princess complex, but…
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So today we’re tackling the humble washing soda… AKA: soda ash, washing ash, sodium carbonate, and Na2CO3 (10H2O). For sanity’s sake, we’ll drop the 10H2O part… if you’re…
At five, my boy’s gotten past the stage where he thinks pushing the vacuum and doing dishes is so much fun that mom was hogging the chores to…
National Kahlua day! Break open your liquor cabinet. But don’t save this recipe for once a year…. Because you know what’s awesome? Kahlua coffee drinks are awesome. Ordinary coffee? I…
As a society, we appear to be getting dumber, and the media has noticed. Some authors have attempted to write thought provoking articles on the subject. Unfortunately, many…
I bet you saw one of the rehashes of the Stanford University paper in the news that said there was no point eating organic, because it wasn’t any…