The history of masks, how effective masks are, and why we wear them.

How to clean your books...

Yesterday someone told me that the word of the day was "robust." We're all hoping for a robust turnaround of the economy. The event...

How to clean your keyboard.

Under the heading of "children don't try this at home," washing large surfaces either by pressure or power washing is highly effective,...

...bump into each other and one says to the other, "I think you're overreacting." What items am I referring to? Baking Soda and Vinegar,...

One of the biggest pain points in the cleaning industry (aside from the lower back) is the lack of good craftsmanship, with many...

When you get them, they are plush and soft and silky and your kid just wants to cuddle next to them. But unlike real animals, stuffed...

We have one of those old, vintage stoves that looks like it walked out of the 1930s because it actually did. It looks cool and functions...

In a list that includes the eggbeater, the dust pan, metal oven racks, a yarn holder, the ironing board, the more efficient lightbulb and...

I saw an ecard that said, "I'm not mad at Disney for lying about Prince Charming; I'm more upset about the woodland creatures who refuse...

Recently my city (which happily provides a green recycle bin for food and green waste) changed the rules and told us to stop putting...

Ew. Yeah, once more, this time with feeling: "Eeeeeeewwwwwww!" As in, really really gross. No one hangs out with their garbage cans,...

If you're a fan of John Oliver's HBO show, you might have seen a recent episode where he focused on the problem of plastic, how little of...

Hard water, formed when water picks up calcium, magnesium carbonates, bicarbonates, and sulfates as it percolates through limestone,...

Beauty experts have been going around for some time chatting up beer as a great hair conditioner. Egg yolks somehow came into this...

It's one of those things that happens gradually and then suddenly. You had nice, clean grout, and now, as time goes on, darkness is...

Ah, Valentine's...roses, candy hearts, overpriced prix-fixe menus, and chocolate. Who doesn't want to take a moment to just meditate on...

Growing up, a couple who lived in the duplex behind us had seventeen cats. Yes, you read that right. Seventeen. If we opened the back...