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October 13, 2016

Hints From Hel(l)oise — Practical Help for Housewives From the Dark Side

October 13, 2016/ Guest author
Hints From Hel(l)oise — Practical Help for Housewives From the Dark Side

...Then bury it in a mixture of salt, human hair, and your own fingernail clippings in the dirt of a fresh grave. Come back in 28 days, dig it up, and voila! Your stains should be gone. 

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October 13, 2016/ Guest author/
Living
Haunted Houses, Tips, What to do with haunted paintings
October 11, 2016

Cocktails of Our Lives: The Apple Jack

October 11, 2016/ Victoria Barrett
Cocktails of Our Lives: The Apple Jack

Remember that you stepped on a bee in the cider house on a tour when you were little, and also that it seemed that a whole lot of bees were getting smushed in the cider press, and then keep in mind that you will probably be inadvertently drinking bees.

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October 11, 2016/ Victoria Barrett/
Cocktails
Cocktails of Our Lives, booze, recipes, cocktails
October 10, 2016

On Growing Older Online With Your Facebook Friends

October 10, 2016/ Guest author
On Growing Older Online With Your Facebook Friends

Unrealistic to say, "Only half-way there," when we passed that point. Silly to post, "I'm still young!" when the camera establishes unequivocally we no longer are.

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October 10, 2016/ Guest author/
Living
getting older, birthdays, Facebook
October 03, 2016

Hello, I'm the Ghost of Your Produce Bin Past

October 03, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Hello, I'm the Ghost of Your Produce Bin Past

Oooooh, I'm a ghost but you ordered pizza instead.

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October 03, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Living
ghosts, Random Ghosts, produce bin ghost
September 23, 2016

Friday Open Thread: What Comfort Food Are You Craving?

September 23, 2016/ Karen Miner
Friday Open Thread: What Comfort Food Are You Craving?

Give us your cheesiest, carbiest comfort food recipes.

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September 23, 2016/ Karen Miner/
Friday Open Thread
comfort food, recipes
September 21, 2016

10 Treasures From the 1970 'Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook' My Husband Bought for Me on eBay

September 21, 2016/ Victoria Barrett
10 Treasures From the 1970 'Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook' My Husband Bought for Me on eBay

If you were a kid in the 1970s and your mother cooked at all, she had a copy of the 'Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book,' and in it are Jello salads for days. 

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September 21, 2016/ Victoria Barrett/
Food
cooking, Vintage Recipes, Ice Cream, Pop Tarts
September 19, 2016

How to Get the Bitchin' Kitchen of Your Dreams, 1970s Style

September 19, 2016/ Karen Miner
How to Get the Bitchin' Kitchen of Your Dreams, 1970s Style

Ah, the '70s. When kitchens were chock-full of owls and mushrooms, groovy patterns, and plenty of orange, brown, and avocado green.

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September 19, 2016/ Karen Miner/
Living
1970s style, bitchin' kitchens, vintage homes
September 12, 2016

Get a Load of These $70 Roasted Vegetables

September 12, 2016/ Karen Miner
Get a Load of These $70 Roasted Vegetables

Even if you're buying the most magical, organic vegetables grown by unicorns, you're not going to spend anywhere near this much money for them.

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September 12, 2016/ Karen Miner/
Food
overpriced vegetables, Williams Sonoma
September 07, 2016

Ugh, Stop Asking Me 'What's for Dinner?'

September 07, 2016/ Eve Vawter
Ugh, Stop Asking Me 'What's for Dinner?'

I hate making dinner. Even more than making dinner, I hate deciding what to make for dinner. I have no new ideas and I'm sick of people asking me what I plan on making.

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September 07, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Food
stupid dinner, stupid stupid dinner, cooking
August 30, 2016

Throwback & Throw Up: Revisiting Dr. Scholl's Mango SOCO

August 30, 2016/ Theresa Edwards
Throwback & Throw Up: Revisiting Dr. Scholl's Mango SOCO

It tastes like someone dropped a piece of chewed bubblegum into a cup of really thin maple syrup.

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August 30, 2016/ Theresa Edwards/
Taste Test
nostalgia, booze, Bad Decisions
August 26, 2016

This KFC Secret Recipe Has Changed My Chicken Frying Days Forever

August 26, 2016/ Alex Lee
This KFC Secret Recipe Has Changed My Chicken Frying Days Forever

I wanted to incorporate this miracle stuff everywhere. I wanted a personal fragrance based on this. I wanted my car air freshener to smell like this. I wanted this to cure disease.

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August 26, 2016/ Alex Lee/
Food
recipes, KFC, give me the chicken
August 22, 2016

I Made Ketchup Cupcakes So You Don't Have To

August 22, 2016/ Karen Miner
I Made Ketchup Cupcakes So You Don't Have To

Let's put the ol' "ketchup makes everything better" theory to work and see if everyone's favorite condiment is so all-powerful that it can improve dessert.

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August 22, 2016/ Karen Miner/
Food
recipes
August 18, 2016

Retro Recipe Reboot: I Tried Fiesta Peaches Spam Bake

August 18, 2016/ Karen Miner
Retro Recipe Reboot: I Tried Fiesta Peaches Spam Bake

Whether or not you are a Spam lover, you have to be intrigued by this "summery feast for a winter's day."

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August 18, 2016/ Karen Miner/
Food
recipes, spam, retro recipes
August 17, 2016

Cookies for the First Gentleman: A Vegan Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe for Bill Clinton

August 17, 2016/ Victoria Barrett
Cookies for the First Gentleman: A Vegan Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe for Bill Clinton

In 1992, when Hillary Clinton made a crack about not making cookies, Family Circle magazine challenged Clinton and Barbara Bush to a recipe contest. Now, noted vegan Bill Clinton's going to need to learn to make some cookies.

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August 17, 2016/ Victoria Barrett/
Food
The First Gentleman, Cookies, Vegan, recipes
August 15, 2016

Must-Haves for Your Wedding/Murder Registry

August 15, 2016/ Victoria Barrett
Must-Haves for Your Wedding/Murder Registry

Here's a curiosity about marriage: So many of the best wedding presents would also make excellent murder weapons. 

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August 15, 2016/ Victoria Barrett/
Gifts
Marriage, Wedding Gifts, How to murder someone with a mandolin
August 12, 2016

The Games I Play With My Roomba

August 12, 2016/ Guest author
The Games I Play With My Roomba

I call out like a dutiful coach, "Go, Clean Team." Rag and dustpan in hand I wait for a signal, a call for an assist, a carry to the sidelines.

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August 12, 2016/ Guest author/
Living
Housekeeping, roomba, electronics
August 11, 2016

6 Things of Varying Levels of Embarrassment Left Behind From the 1980s

August 11, 2016/ Marion Rosenfeld
6 Things of Varying Levels of Embarrassment Left Behind From the 1980s

Oversized earrings made out of plastic and terrible gold paint? Check.

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August 11, 2016/ Marion Rosenfeld/
Living
1980s, nostalgia
August 10, 2016

The Weebles Haunted House: A Real Estate Listing

August 10, 2016/ Eve Vawter
The Weebles Haunted House: A Real Estate Listing

Buyers, welcome to your new home! A stately Victorian fixer-upper featuring many lovely surprises! 

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August 10, 2016/ Eve Vawter/
Living
Houses, Haunted Houses, Random Ghosts
August 09, 2016

How to Blow a House Sale, Ruin Your Marriage, and Possibly Kill Yourself in One Move

August 09, 2016/ Guest author
How to Blow a House Sale, Ruin Your Marriage, and Possibly Kill Yourself in One Move

“What the f@#k,” says your husband. You are screwed. You will never sell the house. You will live here forever. You will never come out from the crawlspace.

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August 09, 2016/ Guest author/
Living
Home Selling, Real Estate, Home Repairs
August 05, 2016

MaxMA Test Kitchen: Chocolate Chip S'mores Cookies Are Pinterest Level Hard

August 05, 2016/ Darlena Cunha
MaxMA Test Kitchen: Chocolate Chip S'mores Cookies Are Pinterest Level Hard

What could go wrong with s'mores covered in cookie dough?

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August 05, 2016/ Darlena Cunha/
Food
Pinterest, MaxMA Test Kitchen, FAILS, Recipes
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