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Cats! On scanners!: The Cat Scan
Tomatoes, corn, and zucchini:

21 great recipes for tomatoes
8 corn & tomato recipes
Zucchini, banana and flax seed muffins
Stuffed zucchini blossoms
Zucchini, tomato and ricotta tarts
Crispy baked zucchini fries

Etsy finds of the week:

Wicked witch bookmark
Yaaay felt pennant

(Formerly known as Random: Links)
Listen: Download Stereogum’s Cruel Summer 2011 Mix
Automagic: Instagram filters as Photoshop actions
Organize: 10 practical ideas for better spice storage
Refreshing: Chilled avocado soup
Unhealthy snack: Make a single serving brownie in a mug in the microwave in one minute
Somewhat healthier snacks: 10 uses for ripe bananas
Etsy find of the week: Charlie Brown fleece [...]

You know those girls with perfect poreless-looking skin? Yeah. I’m not one of them. I’ve tried several different primers over the years but wasn’t ever impressed with any of them. I’d given up on them until I was cornered by a friendly, if overzealous, Benefit makeup artist in Chicago, who redid pretty much all my [...]

1. The Whirley Pop popcorn popper
Don’t laugh, this thing is awesome. I’m generally not a fan of single-purpose kitchen appliances but this is an exception, it makes the Best Popcorn Ever. Kettle corn, anyone?
2. The BusyBodyBook day timer

I still like to make lists and write things down on paper. I’ve been using this day [...]

How many trips to the Apple store does it take for me to get a new iPhone? Apparently, five. Yes, FIVE.
Rogers never have any iPhones in stock so to get one you pretty much have to go to the Apple store and deal with their stupid process for getting an iPhone: you have to go [...]

If you’re going to buy a tote bag for someone this holiday season, it should be this one.

I’m terrible with math so it’s no surprise I completely miscalculated when we’ll be getting our kitten. I was thinking it would be late September/early October but no, it’s late August. Oops. I’m going to have to kitten-proof our apartment sooner than I thought. But still: yay! I’ve already started bookmarking reasonably priced non-hideous cat [...]

I lug a lot of stuff around with me most of the time. My phone, keys, lunch, gym clothes, wallet, camera, a small cosmetics bag, sunglasses and/or an umbrella, three different shades of red lipstick, hand sanitizer, hand cream, a lens cleaning cloth, kleenex, some band-aids, a pen and notebook, mints, a brush, etc. Oh, [...]