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When they do their job properly, suction cups are great. Extra storage in the shower? Don’t mind if I do. But sometimes, suction cups lose their ability to stick to the wall. Try as you might to get them to stay put, they keep sliding down the tile in your bathroom or the kitchen window,…(Continue Reading)

The FDA’s advisory panel voted unanimously Friday that booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine should be available to people 65 and older and people at high risk of severe disease. That recommendation is likely to be amended to include other groups like healthcare workers. Assuming the FDA uses the panel’s recommendation,… Read more…

There are several ways to take a screenshot on Windows 11. Most of the screenshot shortcuts are the same as on Windows 10, but there are a few extra screen capture features available that are unique to Windows 11. Read more…

Even though it still feels like summer, fall officially starts in a few days. And if you have a grass lawn, you may not be heartbroken at the thought of putting your landscaping equipment away for a few months. Read more…

This financial move requires a bit of work, but it might be the best way to maximize interest on your emergency fund during times of high inflation: It’s called a CD ladder—a series of overlapping certificates of deposits that expire at different times so you have a steady stream of cash that still takes advantage…(Continue Reading)

If your yard is a little lackluster and you’re looking for ways to increase curb appeal, here are some of the easiest ways to spruce it up, minus the headaches or prohibitive timelines. Read more…

Dancing can be intimidating. At any wedding or club, there always seems to be someone there who looks so effortlessly cool moving around on the dance floor. Not everyone feels that confidence or has an arsenal of moves to break out at just the right moment, though, and when you’re in a time crunch before…(Continue Reading)

There’s a line from an Eileen Myles poem that I keep turning over in my head: “Every season has cracks through which winter or fall might leak through.” And while Eileen goes on to declare June “the most perfect flavor,” for me, the month of September is undoubtedly the time with the most eclectic fractures.…(Continue Reading)

As of this writing, 18 states have legalized recreational cannabis, meaning partaking for fun is now an option for around 140 million Americans over the age of 21—but even if you aren’t one of them, you don’t have to let stoner FOMO rule your life. There’s actually a 100 percent federally legal way to consume…(Continue Reading)

Fall is here, which means a deluge of questionable pumpkin spice items, along with some dubious opinions on their merits. I am here to tell you that the best pumpkin spice item is not a Starbucks latte, it’s not the bread, and it’s certainly not the fucking travesty that is the pumpkin-spice flavored Cup of…(Continue Reading)