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 [...]
I know banana bread is easy to make from scratch but I was feeling lazy the other day and had some overripe bananas to get rid of so I picked up a box of the President’s new whole grain banana bread mix.
The recipe on the box calls for you to add four ripe bananas, [...]
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 to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, by Charles Yu
“The science-fictional universe in question in this marvel of a novel is Minor Universe 31 (MU31). It’s something of a second-rate universe, having been left unfinished by whoever was constructing it—the laws of physics were abandoned only 93 percent installed, Yu [...]
A few things we’ve enjoyed watching recently:
Hyperdrive: A quirky, funny sort of sci-fi BBC series starring Nick Frost (you know, the guy who’s not Simon Pegg from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz).
Speaking of quirky, funny sci-fi, if you haven’t already seen it, do yourself a favour and rent Gentlemen Broncos.
And I don’t know [...]
