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Foto-Friday: Stink Bug Stand-off

Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs are insects native to Asia.  They were first documented in Pennsylvania in 1998 and most likely arrived via shipping crates.

Occupy

What are you doing May 1st.?  

The Death (and Life) of Marriage in America
Source: The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com

National Marriage Week USA kicks off today, and for many people, a national booster movement for marriage could not come any sooner. The recession did a number on American matrimony, as you've surely heard.

Can You Eat A Breakfast Meal Without Bacon?

It's a nice and quiet saturday morning. The window is slightly open, so the cool breeze provides a refreshing sensation in the locks of your hair. You take a quick shower, get dress, and hop into the kitchen to cook.

How To Sew Tab Top Linen Curtains with Stripes
Source: The Home Project

Tab top (fabric loops) linen curtains are not too hard to make, they just take a little bit of extra time.

Making Your Own Liquor
Source: Obama Postpones Trip for Health Care Vote

This is a very detailed and useful guide on how to make your own liquor at home.  I'm particularly fond of activated carbons role in this process which is why I posted it.

Valentine's Day: Top Gift Ideas

Valentine's Day always produces a flurry of activity to find the right gifts for one's partner or date.

What's Your Favorite Kind Of Cream Cheese?

Here's a poll I've been wanting to post for weeks. Yes, many of us love eating bagels; however, our taste buds seem to differ when it comes to that scrumptious topping that gets spread onto the surface of the baked cooks.

Máy lọc nước – Máy lọc không khí – Những điều nên biết

Nếu các pad cacbon đã không đổi cho lâu dài, sau đó rất có thể là rằng các tài liệu adsorbed có thể leach trở lại vào trong nước. Tuy nhiên, một số điều kiện độ pH được yêu cầu để kích thích điều này.

Another epidemic we helped create - Super Weeds in North Texas

Before I grab my Ipod shuffle, garden gloves and weed digger, I thought I would sit down and write about something that I have noticed this year that really disturbs me.  My lawn, neighborhood and town is in the stranglehold of Super Weeds.  I started to notice this phe …

STUNNING: When a Single Image Cuts to the Core of an American Injustice
Source: Daily Kos

Sometimes, statistics by themselves cannot impress upon our collective selves the severity or absurdity of a situation, particularly when the numbers are too big, too difficult to digest. Sometimes, it takes a graph, a representative model, an image. Here, I present such a si …

Love or Money - Which would you choose? (Poll)

You have suddenly become very popular! Two men (or women) are throwing themselves at your feet, wooing you with great abandon because thy both want you to be their desired partner. Not much to choose between them physically but one is filthy rich, which would make a great differ …

Slab City: Living Off the Grid in California's Badlands -
Source: Yahoo! News

"Chicago" Joe Angio and his wife Anna did everything by the book to secure their slice of the American Dream. They earned college degrees, started a small business, bought a house and pair of cars, paid their taxes and credit-card bills on time.

Home repair: Which jobs come first?
Source: CNN

Lean times call for budgetary triage.

Cocktail Hour at the wedding - Sophisticated and Classy, or a Waste of Money?

I don't have a choice.  The ceremony is AT the reception venue so we've gotta do something for that hour or so when the bride and groom will have pictures taken.  However, at OUR Cocktail Hour, there will be cheese & crackers, a fruit tray and some cookies.  Wh …

Nelson Mandela cookbook launched in South Africa
Source: BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake

Nelson Mandela's personal chef has launched a cookbook featuring some of the statesman's favourite meals. Xoliswa Ndoyiya's book includes more than 62 recipes for the simple traditional dishes that Mr Mandela most enjoys. She has cooked for the Mandela family for more than 20 …

Weird Breakfast eating.

  Grandma always said that breakfast was the most important meal of the day and she was right. My sister, brother and I were latch key kids very early in our lives.

Here is what real commitment to your marriage means
Source: Science Daily

What does being committed to your marriage really mean? UCLA psychologists answer this question in a new study based on their analysis of 172 married couples over the first 11 years of marriage. "When people say, 'I'm committed to my relationship,' they can mean two things," s …

James Cameron quits America for New Zealand farm - so that his children 'grow up with strong work ethic'
Source: the Mail online

Hollywood director James Cameron is planning to move onto a New Zealand farm. Cameron has successfully applied to buy 1,067 hectares (2,636 acres) of farmland in south Wairarapa, New Zealand. In an application filed with the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office (OIO), Camer …

'Family values' group demand U.S. chain JC Penney fire Ellen DeGeneres for being 'openly gay'
Source: the Mail online

Talk show behemoth Ellen DeGeneres announced her partnership with JC Penney last week, but some people are enraged about the union and are calling for the talk show host to be fired by the fashion giant. A group calling OneMillionMoms.com, a project of the American Family Asso …

Adding Spice to your Bathroom through Bathroom Curtains |
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When we think of bathroom decoration, the first thing that comes in mind is bathroom curtain. They are required to allow privacy in the bath, to prevent water from splashing out and for decorative purposes.

Full Potential

Apparently, I need to drink Red Bull in order to realize my full potential.

Yesterday I made Bread for the first time.

My husband suggested I use my $225 stand mixer for something other than a dust catcher.  I have to admit, he had a point.  So, while I am a very good cook, I can't bake.  it just never works.  My best friend bought me Baking for Dummies for Christmas, so I fig …

Introducing Grilled Grandma Angel - Grandma's Briefs - It's not just for grandmas!
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What is a Grilled Grandma? A Grilled Grandma is a grandma whom I've grilled with some grandma-related questions, and she's graciously responded with answers and photos. Here is Grilled Grandma Angel:

Is this the most awkward family photo ever? Pregnant couple sets new standard with bizarre shot
Source: the Mail online

Over the past few years, the website Awkward Family Photos has been serving up the world's most embarrassing snaps to an eager audience. So perhaps the public has become immune to the diet of matching sweaters, cringeworthy set-ups and over-the-top celebration which characteri …

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