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When it comes to vacation spots within America, sure, you can look at Orlando, the beaches of Southern California, Washington D.C., various amusement parks like Six Flags and Cedar Point, or just about any major city, but those places can be overcrowded, expensive tourist traps. …
You’ve all heard the stories, right? From the fooler or foolee that executed or was victimized by the ultimate April Fool’s joke. Hell, it was only a year ago that I regaled readers of this blog about my wife and her mother “fooling” me into …
When I was in college, I worked at a dry cleaner. I was there long enough to get to know several of the regular customers. Quite often some would linger and strike up some great conversations and some would share wonderful stories. One elderly gentleman …
Yeah, I know the quote is usually “DON’T sweat the small stuff,” but sometimes the small stuff matters. If you think about it, our entire lives are comprised of “small stuff,” in the form of the thousands of decisions we make on a daily basis. …
…And in order to help raise awareness about this disease that currently afflicts more than 29 million people in the U.S., MagicKitchen.com is awarding a $250 gift certificate to one lucky entrant. (Contest closed and winner was announced) Since the whole idea of our contest …
Here are 5 Kitchen Tools for Left-handers Are you a southpaw? Don’t you wish companies would take Left-handers into consideration when producing kitchen tools? Well, it looks like some have started doing just that. Some of the gadgets look pretty intriguing. The holidays are just …
There’s a commonly held belief…rule, really… held by surfers that one should never eat shark. It’s a karma kinda thing…why tempt fate by eating what might someday eat you out there on the waves. However, the vast majority of us do not surf, therefore, we …
With the arrival of winter comes colder temperatures and, as a result, we all struggle to keep warm without going broke due to high gas, oil or electric bills. Well, here are some unique, if temporary solutions to your cold weather issues, and, despite my …
It’s the morning of Sunday, November 1st and as you walk out onto your front porch you are confronted with the remnants of your Halloween revelry…pumpkins (or jack-o’-lanterns, which is what a pumpkin becomes once it has been carved). You then regret the fact that …
Rice is as old as dirt…well, almost. Archeological evidence suggests that rice was domesticated over 10,000 years ago in the Pearl River region of China. Rice is also as abundant as bad reality television shows…well, almost. It ranks third in terms of global crop production …