Category — Microblog Mondays

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We used to DVR @Midnight and bulk watch the episodes at the end of the week. But we never watched the final four episodes. They just sat on the DVR since 2017.

We’re replacing the DVR, which means losing everything on the old unit. So we finally sat down to watch the very last episode, which was the ChickieNob’s very first episode. It was bittersweet to watch old Internet memes and hear the news knowing that comics had no clue how the next six years would unfold.

But it was a good reminder not to save things for a rainy day. Watch the shows you want to watch, read the books you want to read, and eat the chocolate bar instead of leaving it on the shelf to rot.

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Fodor’s puts out a No-Go list of places not to travel to every year. If that sounds counterintuitive to a travel site, the point is to steer people away from areas that are over-traveled to give them a rest. They explain the three categories: “Natural attractions that could use a break in order to heal and rejuvenate; cultural hotspots that are plagued with overcrowding and resource depletion; and locations around the world immediately and dramatically impacted by water crises.”

Of course, a lot of heavily touristed areas rely on tourists. So not a perfect solution, but it’s an important question to ask yourself before you book tickets: How will my visit impact the place?

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Despite being a bit of a neat freak (for instance, I even bleach the inside of the dishwasher), I don’t make the bed. Pretty much ever. We shake out the blankets and make it two seconds before we sleep in it at night, but the bed is left unmade during the day. It means I can collapse in bed briefly without feeling like I’m messing things up.

Lifehacker had an article that while you should make your bed (sorry, Lifehacker), you shouldn’t make it first thing in the morning. You’ll throw up a little reading why. But read it anyway.

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While searching for a statistic on websites, I came across this image that shows the most visited website in any country. It’s Amazon in the United States. Reddit for Canada. The BBC in the United Kingdom.

What does that say about us as a country that our most visited site is a shopping site? (Uh… capitalism?) Or Canada that it’s a message board? Or the United Kingdom that it’s a news site?

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I feel so seen. Lifehacker gave seven reasons to hoard Bonne Maman jars. Only seven? I can give you at least fifty because I often have to trot out my reasons when Josh insists that we have too many teeny tiny jam jars, and this needs to stop.

I am currently using three to test a self-watering plant system that I rigged using a wicking string. If it works well, I’ll need many more for the rest of the plants. I make salad dressing in one every night (put on the lid and shake). I drink out of them. Yes, they are spilling out of cabinets, but how does one get rid of them when they’re so cute?

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