rants and raves

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

The key to dwelling nicely in small areas—as I've for many 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 equipment your…

We'd not dwell sooner or later the place 3D printers are as widespread as microwaves, and that is sensible. Most individuals do not really want one, they usually're hardly ever well worth the expense even when they may very well 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 usually play the identical video games for weeks, however my Steam…

I’m a relative beginner to enjoying video video games. Positive, I performed Duck Hunt and Mortal Kombat with my cousins rising up, and I’ve watched a whole lot of Halo, but it surely wasn’t till I began enjoying them myself that I…

As my pro-level-home-cook good friend Shannon says, "I can’t think about doing severe 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. In case you've ever lived with cats,…

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

I’m scripting this from my sofa. My laptop computer was at about 10 p.c after I sat down, however I’m not fearful. I've a secret weapon for holding my devices charged in the lounge: somewhat block with shops and USB ports. I like my…