The Safest, Quickest Way to Get Hot Grease Out of a Pan

I am a bit of a grease hoarder, a habit I come by honestly. My grandmother kept a fairly substantial crock of the bacon grease right next to the stove, and every day she would top it off with the fat that rendered out that morning’s bacon. (I’m sure the grease at the bottom of the crock was iffy, but we never made it…Read more...

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Make These Spanakopita Pockets for Your Next Snack Dinner

One of my favorite types of dinner is snack-feast dinner. My boyfriend and I will make two or three piles of different small snacks. The lineup might include gyoza, baba ganoush and bread, or mini meatball and lettuce wraps. The point is to have small bites (and lots of ‘em) with great flavor, and medium to light prep…Read more...

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Try Putting Your Clutter in ‘Purgatory’

Getting rid of stuff can be really hard, even if you’re not exactly a hoarder. It’s so hard for so many of us, in fact, that scientists have studied why that is—and how to overcome an aversion to decluttering our lives. Just in time for spring cleaning season, recent research published in the Journal of Consumer…Read more...

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Take These Steps to Heal Your Relationship With Money

Like with yo-yo dieting when you try to “eat healthier,” it’s easy to find yourself trapped in a cycle of unhealthy habits with money, too. And like your relationship with dieting, your relationship with your finances runs deep—it’s never as simple as being “good” or “bad” with money. Read more...

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The Best New iPhone Features in iOS 16.4

It’s been 41 days since Apple last issued a software update for your iPhone. How have you survived in the interim? (Hopefully, you updated to iOS 16.3.1 right away, since it came with serious security patches for an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability.) Thankfully, our wait is over, and it’s finally time for…Read more...

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That Email Is Not the IRS, It’s a Scam

No one wants the IRS to contact them. You hope to deal with them once a year at tax time, without worrying about audits or mistakes on your numbers. So, if one day, an email from the Internal Revenue Service shows up in your inbox, you’re bound to take it seriously. Well, don’t. In fact, you have my permission to…Read more...

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All the Ways You’re Risking a House Fire (Without Realizing It)

According to the National Fire Protection Associations, there were 51% fewer home fires in the U.S. in 2020 than in 1980. That’s encouraging, but it’s just not good enough for me, America—there are still an estimated 356,500 home fires per year in this country. I don’t want to your home to be burnt to a cinder, so I…Read more...

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You Should Use ChatGPT for These Mundane Tasks

It’s pretty clear by now that ChatGPT is not good at being creative, understanding a subject area, or pretty much anything else we associate with “intelligence,” artificial or otherwise. As I noticed when I tried to use it as a personal trainer:Read more...

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When Decorating, Stick to the ‘Rule of Three’

After you finish spring cleaning, you might wonder what to tackle next. Now that you’ve cleaned up, reorganized, and decluttered, you might find that it’s time for a little redecorating—but where should you begin? You can start by clearing away all of the decorations currently living in your space and taking inventory…Read more...

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You Can Get Ring’s Video Doorbell for $39 Right Now

Ring’s cheapest video doorbell just got cheaper: The Ring Video Doorbell Wired is currently 40% off, dropping from its $65 price to $39. This is the 2021 version, and as the name implies, it is wired. The Ring Video Doorbell Wired is currently on sale at Amazon, BestBuy, and Target. It is at its lowest price, …Read more...

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