A plastic bag got stuck in a tree outside my building at work 71 days ago and it's still there. And it bugs me to no end. I turned this little annoyance into a contest. The person who guesses when the bag makes it out of its branchy clutches gets a little prize. People so far have guessed way too early. I believe it'll be the

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I'm always up for a good challenge. This one is of the language variety. JD at the I Do Things So You Don't Have To blog challenges readers to use three words properly in a sentence. The only problem is JD's a professional editor and it shows. I've never heard of the three words before, and so it's taking me days to come u

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The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show took place on Tuesday, February 12 and awards were handed out for the top dog in several categories. Go backstage and read my interview with Remy, winner in the non-sporting dogs category. Remy, a ridiculously-shaven standard poodle, reveals how she felt about her win, how she got the look s

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Did you ever earn some extra cash when you were a kid, mowing lawns or shoveling show? I know I did. All my friends did. But it seems today that kids either don't want to do it, or their parents won't let them. I resigned myself to the fact that I was never going to have help shoveling after a big snow. Until today, when a pa

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"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Blah, blah, yeah, I know. But fear is a powerful motivator (or is that DE-motivator?) There's a long list of things I'd like to try in my lifetime, but don't have the guts to attempt. Here are ten of them. If you're a Type A personality, you've probably already done some

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When I moved from Blogger to WordPress last month, I noticed that all of my posts would appear in search engine results with the words "Blog Archive" sandwiched between my blog name and my post title. This posed a problem because it added unnecessary text to the results page and sometimes truncated my post titles. It

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Do you have trouble reading some blogs because the typeface is too small? Do you wish you had an easy way to enlarge text easier than your web browser's built-in commands?

Well, I have the tip for you and it came from an unlikely source: my cat Shadow's butt. I never knew my cat was so smart or that her butt dispensed useful tech tips. R

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Do you drink bottled water? Are you bothered by how much you're spending each month on it? Are the environmental effects of so much plastic in landfills finally getting to you? Here's how and why my husband and I kicked the bottled water habit. Since we switched, we estimate we've saved $500. Our only regret is that we didn't kick the hab

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About a month ago, Google removed the ability for people to leave direct links to their blogs in the comments of Blogger blogs. That change led me to move, kicking and screaming, to WordPress. Now they've admitted they "broke the feature" and have just reinstated it. Thanks, but too little, too late. Say Google, how 'bout a bag of coal fo

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She hates germs, she's not a fan of hospitals, and don't tell her she had surgery. It was a PROCEDURE. Read JD's hilarious journey through a recent hospital visit, featuring her mom and Maury Povich, the confiscation of her underpants and the Otis Spunkmeyer muffin that was never to be. Wheel up a gurney and be glad that JD does things so

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I had to get my car repaired this week and was relieved when I found out the dealership had a shuttle service that would take me to work. That was until I realized I would be held captive in the van for nearly an hour, and our driver was angry, clueless and TALKED ALL THE TIME. If you talked to him, you would regret it. Herewith is the story

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I'm forgetful, I'm stupid, and I'm old. In that order.

I knew after I turned 40, some things would start to break down. My brain and body are going off to do whatever they want now. Every day is a battle to keep some semblance of normalcy. But I've come to realize that being forgetful, dumb and old are the new normal now. It's probabl

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Are you annoyed by the slightest noise? Do you wish there was a support group for people like you, who can hear things like computer fans, fluorescent lights, drink slurping, ticking clocks and a breathing dog's wheezing? Well you've come to the right place. Head on over to Jeff's View From The Cloud blog and catch up on the first meeting

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Do you eat at fast-food restaurants? I used to work at one, and I'm always a little wary whenever I set foot in one of these quickie-meal joints. Get an insider's scoop on the things that can go on behind the counter. You may want to return to the good 'ol days of home-cooked meals. It's not only healthier, it's probably safer. Bon appet

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Google has recently made an unannounced change to the way commenting on Blogger blogs is handled. Anyone who has a Blogger blog should acquaint themselves with this change and consider what it will mean to the future of their blogs. The importance of the feature they've removed cannot be underestimated. And you may find yourself in the marke

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