Lifehacker? Oh That’s What You Call Them!

Until an hour ago,  I had never heard the term, Lifehacker.  How strange is that?  Well I’m sort of banking on the fact that many of you have not heard the word either. A lifehacker is a secret way to make your life easier, or better and without great expense.  After I read these, I [...]

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Thursday’s Top Ten Guide to Politics and Newspapers

I love Thursdays because I love making lists so this week I got carried away and made two.  Kind of a crazy title but once you read the first two on the list you’ll know what it means.  With all the headlines and whatnot around the primaries and who won what and why and who [...]

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Abandoned Theaters – What a shame!!

It’s not that I’m opposed to new construction, however, I think it’s a shame to allow beautiful buildings of the past fall into ruin.  The architecture of the period should be preserved for historical reasons.  Old movie theaters are especially full of details, the art of which has gone by the wayside.  Some of the [...]

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10 Paprosdokians – 10 What????

Wikipedia defines a paprosdokians as ” a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax. For this [...]

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10 Fantastic Food Facts – Did You Know?

You can always learn something new, especially about food, cooking, baking and more.  It;s really a science, but of course you know that. Take your bananas apart when you bring them home.  If you leave them all connected they ripen faster. Wrap your opened chunks in aluminum foil.  It will stay much fresher, longer and [...]

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What Color Nail Polish Are You Wearing This New Year’s Eve?

THURSDAY’S TOP TEN Perhaps not the most scintillating topic in my blog posts but somehow this morning, the day before the big night (some say biggest night of the year), this seemed appropriate.  After all, even me, with my short and uneven nails will be wearing nail polish.   In fact as soon as I bang [...]

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The Sounds of Yesteryear! An AMUSE-BOUCHE du jour

You know this blog likes to take trips back into the world of long gone now – that is my own childhood and young adulthood, lol!  We’ve looked at classic cars, vintage board games and even phrases that have gone the way of the past.  Today I have a list of sounds your kids have [...]

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Emily Post’s 139th Birthday – 10 Worthwhile Tips!

This past Thursday would have been Emily Post‘s 139th birthday!  In honor of the occasion, the website, Mental Floss posted 10 tips and admonitions from that great arbiter of appropriate behavior.  These 10 items are interesting although probably more suitable to life in the mid-1960′s! On Eating Corn on the Cob: “To attach the corn [...]

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10 Unexpected Uses for your Microwave

AND you thought it was only good for reheating leftovers from last night’s dinner, steaming some broccoli or heating up a cup of coffee.   Many people look down on cooking with a microwave, given its association with TV dinners and frozen burritos!  Well sit back and read these suggestions gleaned from a great web site, [...]

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10 Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words

If it’s Thursday, it must be time for Thursday’s Top Ten List and this week, I’m continuing to work my way through a very, very bizarre book!  The title is Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words.  This week we are exploring the letter C. Cagamosis – an unhappy marriage.  I’m surprised I [...]

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