rants and raves

On a latest weekend night, my partner addressed our two youngsters. We have now a second-grader and a kindergartener. “What would you like for dinner?” he requested, bracing himself for yet one more evening of Dino Buddies Nuggets and…

The key to residing properly in small areas—as I've for a lot of the previous decade—is to be very organized. Because the artist and filmmaker Van Neistat so eloquently put it, the important thing to being organized is to package your…

We would not reside sooner or later the place 3D printers are as widespread as microwaves, and that is sensible. Most individuals do not actually need one, they usually're hardly ever well worth the expense even when they might be…

As a veteran PC gamer with a choice for Sony's PlayStation consoles, I’m a late convert to the delights of Microsoft's Xbox Recreation Go Final subscription service. I typically play the identical video games for weeks, however my Steam…

I’m a relative beginner to taking part in video video games. Positive, I performed Duck Hunt and Mortal Kombat with my cousins rising up, and I’ve watched quite a lot of Halo, nevertheless it wasn’t till I began taking part in them…

As my pro-level-home-cook good friend Shannon says, "I can’t think about doing critical stuff in ceramic."It was time to interrupt some eggs. On and off for a number of months, I cooked with the $50 Oxo Ceramic Skilled Non-Stick 8-Inch…

I admiringly refer to myself as a cat girl. I've additionally spent almost all of my years obsessive about witches in popular culture—Sensible Magic and The Craft have been on fixed replay in my home. When you've ever lived with cats,…

My best life is that of the people in Wall-E: strapped to a hoverchair with a display broadcasting straight into my eyeballs. Sadly, right here on Earth, we should sometimes transfer our our bodies. I've by no means had an energetic…

I’m penning this from my sofa. My laptop computer was at about 10 p.c after I sat down, however I’m not apprehensive. I've a secret weapon for protecting my devices charged in the lounge: just a little block with retailers and USB ports.…