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Can household product reviews be sexy?

December 17, 2011 2 comments

What do this striking young lady and this dapper gentleman have in common?

Post your best guess in the comments, then read on.

So, I recently saw this link on my twitter feed:

10 Things an Adult Man Should Know About Laundry … but Probably Doesn’t

I opened the link and skimmed the list. Clearly, they were writing this for other adult men :-)

But, way down on the page, they provided some bonus tips for “Washing your Girlfriend’s Stuff.” Here’s one of those tips:

5. Panties, pantyhose, and bras still need to be separated by color, but they also need to go into a little white mesh bag called a “delicates bag”.

I was reminded of a past girlfriend who always hand-washed her bras and hung them up to dry.  Then I thought, “If this delicates bag is like hand-washing but inside a washer… could I use a delicates bag to machine-wash all my hand-wash only items?” Let’s find out! Read more…

Kitchen Shortcut to Amazing Toast – with Instructional Video!

November 22, 2011 Leave a comment

Where I lived in Sweden, we didn’t own a toaster. I love toast with my eggs in the morning, so I figured out another way to make toast that was fast and easy.

With the holiday this week, I’d love for people to make this for their folks and tell me whether they like it – or don’t like it, however unlikely the possibility.

Happy Thanksgiving!


Why did I make this video? I’m probably not the first person to think of buttering the bread before toasting it… My point is to demonstrate that preparing tasty food from basic ingredients can be painless!

(Many thanks to D. McGovern for help with the “script” and filming it.)

This is amazing. Use it.

January 5, 2010 1 comment

Go here to see a slideshow on “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience.”  Then try to incorporate some of those tips the next time you give a presentation, especially if its a powerpoint.

(H/T Harman.)