Crusty pots and pans come clean with an overnight dishwasher detergent soak
"The next day, all of the food was dissolved--no scrubbing necessary--even the scrambled eggs and the roasting pan came clean with just a soapy rinse and a wipe."
Irritation of the day
I get a lot of urban legend and hoax emails, and I usualy try to teach the sender how to check things out before they forward something. But sometimes, when the people don't care and just keep sending stuff, I just reply-to-all (and try to include as many people from previous forwards, becasue they're usually still there in the message, of course). This is a reply I just made to a "Obama called for Muslim Christmas stamp!!!1!1!!" message:
The message below is built of lies, misunderstandings, and what seems to be most of the world's remaining supply of exclamation points. Please see:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/stamps/eidstamp.asp
if you care to know the truth.
Please, for the love of all that is good and truthful, check these things out before you forward them on. Do you want to be someone who increases the amount of lies and misunderstanding in the world? What is the cost of these messages, in time wasted, in people not having the right facts, in people getting angry and maybe taking some action based on a lie you've told them?
The message below is built of lies, misunderstandings, and what seems to be most of the world's remaining supply of exclamation points. Please see:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/stamps/eidstamp.asp
if you care to know the truth.
Please, for the love of all that is good and truthful, check these things out before you forward them on. Do you want to be someone who increases the amount of lies and misunderstanding in the world? What is the cost of these messages, in time wasted, in people not having the right facts, in people getting angry and maybe taking some action based on a lie you've told them?
What Should You Worry About
"Identity theft? Killer sharks? Disease? We're bad at assessing risk—we panic about the wrong things. "
Remove Pet Hair With Rubber Gloves
"All you need is a pair of typical rubber gloves found in the cleaning aisle at your local grocer or big box store. Slide them on and you're set to get frisky with your sofa and car interior."
Top 10 Time-Saving, MacGyver-Style Cleaning Tricks
"Very few people truly enjoy spending time cleaning, and fewer still love buying expensive cleaners for every little task. Here's a handful of clever, time-saving DIY substitutes for common household cleaning jobs."
Fallacies: a list with examples of each
"A fallacy is, very generally, an error in reasoning. This differs from a factual error, which is simply being wrong about the facts. To be more specific, a fallacy is an 'argument' in which the premises given for the conclusion do not provide the needed degree of support."
How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
"By contrast, this newest volume is based on her stay in a world that she became intimately familiar with: the smiley-faced, pink-ribboned, positive-thinking culture that surrounds breast cancer patients. "
A Doctor's Advice On How To Read Health News (And Know Whether It's Full of Crap)
"If you've just read a health-related headline that's caused you to spit out your morning coffee ('Coffee causes cancer' usually does the trick) it's always best to follow the Blitz slogan: 'Keep Calm and Carry On'. On reading further you'll often find the headline has left out something important, like 'Injecting five rats with really highly concentrated coffee solution caused some changes in cells that might lead to tumours eventually. (Study funded by The Association of Tea Marketing)'."
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Response Center
"Use the Flu Self-Assessment, based on material from Emory University, to:
-- Learn whether you have the symptoms of H1N1 flu (swine flu)
-- Help you decide what to do next"
-- Learn whether you have the symptoms of H1N1 flu (swine flu)
-- Help you decide what to do next"
Sleeping (or lack thereof)
My posts from a recent Facebook discussion about old TV shows showing married couple using twin beds:
Twin beds rock: http://www.divinecaroline.
The wife and I use two twin beds pushed together (which makes a king). So we have independent suspension (and memory foam toppers, oh yeah!) But most importantly: we use different covers, because she likes 3 feet of lead-based quilts and comforters, and I get sweaty head just *thinking* about all that insulation. The bedmate irritation is much minimized by those two things.
The new big thing affecting our sleep: we just adopted a new cat, and she weighs about as much as a VW Beetle, and she thinks that the middle of the night is the purrfect time to walk all over the hoomans and get some attention. Since she's new, and rarely comes out from under the bed (as she has not, as we say, fully integrated into the current feline power structure), we put up with it, but she does that thing that cats do where they concentrate all of their weight on the tips of their paws and just. stand. on. you. When she lays down it's great, it's as comforting as those lead vests you get to wear at the dentist, but she rarely lays down, just walks laps around the bed, up and over the humans, stopping to deliver pressure point attacks. She also head-butts us to get attention, and she's very strong, so it's like, well, being struck by a VW Beetle.
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