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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

How to Survive (and Maybe Even Enjoy) a First Date

First dates can be awkward, but they don't have to be miserable. Here are three research-based ways to calm your nerves and have an unexpectedly amazing time.

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Deciding What to Do with "Things" After a Loved One Dies

After someone dies, people often desperately want to hang on to everything they can: memories, possessions, pictures. The shoes left in the doorway can become sacred.

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Treating Loneliness: It's More Than Just Meeting Others

For chronically lonely individuals, a lot more work is required and no one is a failure for feeling lonely. Telling a chronically lonely individual to just go out there and meet people, is like telling an obese person, to just eat healthier or telling a depressed person, to just cheer up. It is patronizing and it needs to stop.

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How to Be Strong While Naked: Part I

Shame, Guilt, Humiliation

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Border Crossings in Hancock: Hollywood’s Racial Logics Redux

Today's Hollywood cinema operates under the same old racial logics.

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Change Your Attachment Style to Have a Better Life

The adaptations we make to the interactive relationship between ourselves and our early caretakers impact every area of our lives as adults, from how we parent to how we treat our partner. The particular attachment style we develop strongly colors the lens through which we view the world.However, we are not trapped by or locked into our attachment style.

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Things of lately + grain-free banana bread

Hi guys! Hope you’re having a happy Wednesday A couple of things about today: 1) did you know it’s the 10th anniversary of Mean Girls? aaaand 2) let us rejoice that this meme is popping up all over the internets. (source) (You know you mentally sang that in your best […]



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Nail Salons' Drying Lamps Carry Only Small Cancer Risk

Study of various lamps at 16 salons suggests low carcinogenic potential



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Is Healthy Obesity a Myth?

Study found even with normal blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar levels, the obese had more artery plaque



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Running a Marathon Without a Watch and April Highlights

This morning I got in a good run despite the HEAT and Santa Ana winds. They are no joke today!! I can still hear the wind swishing through the trees outside right now. I used Vega Sport Sustain mid-run for some help. Digging it so far! It’s going to stay hot through the weekend. I […]


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When Medical Marijuana Doesn’t Work

Medical marijuana doesn't always help: A sobering reminder of the difficulty of controlling drug-resistant epilepsy, from WebMD.



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Six Dating Rules that Never Should Have Been

Bogus rules when it comes to dating invariably lead to one of two ill-fated consequences: Playing the game culminates in a kind of bait and switch in which one member of the union tends to feel duped or one person continues to operate with a façade so that she never becomes fully known by her partner and ends up in a one-sided relationship. Here are 6 rules to reconsider.

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What You Hope Your Ex Thinks vs. What Your Ex Really Thinks

Do your fantasies about what "might have been" clash with the reality of "what's actually going on"?

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Are You Spending Too Much Time With Your Kids?

Are you spending too much of the wrong kind of time with your children? It can make the kids dependent and you resentful.



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The Definitive Guide to Upgrading Your Entire Wardrobe Online

The Most Essential Pantry Staples for Cooks on an Extreme Budget? — Good Questions





Q: I am about to move in to my first apartment with my boyfriend and we are on a super tight budget (I mean SUPER tight). I am wondering what pantry basics you think we should buy to get started?


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Who Wants to Buy the Clippers?

Never Too Late To Change

Below is a video about a 64 year old man whose physical ability is beyond inspiring. The 22 minute documentary includes English subtitles and is well worth a look. Don’t let the language barrier cause you to miss out on a tremendous story. I am not easily impressed but 64 year old Wang Bingrong certainly [...]



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Recipe: Crunchy Black Bean Tacos — Cookbook Recipe from Love Your Leftovers





When I'm in a Tex-Mex mood, which is more often than I'd like to admit, I'll frequently cook up a large batch of black beans. They are so versatile that it's really hard to go wrong. They keep fantastically and it's pretty easy to simmer a large pot of them and season them to your liking.


How do I like to use these beans? One of my favorite meals is definitely these crunchy, cheesy pan-fried black bean tacos.


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Even Routine Housework May Help Stave Off Disability

Study finds benefit in light activity such as housecleaning or a slow stroll



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Spanking May Be More Common Than Parents Admit

Small study 'eavesdropped' on family interactions with preschoolers



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Older Mothers at Higher Risk of Child With Autism, Study Suggests

Researchers compared thousands of children born in Sweden over two decades



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Should You Tone Yourself Down To Get A Man?

If you’re a woman with a strong, directive personality, you know how this feels: You’re out on a date with someone new or starting work on a project with a male colleague. Suddenly, you wonder: “Am I threatening to this guy? Am I ‘too much’? Should I dial it down down a little, just in case?”

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Alone Together

When Brittany and Tom arrived in my office, things at first seemed straightforward. Married for three years, they were attractive, career-oriented and successful: she was a marketing director for a cosmetics company and he worked in finance.

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7 Small, Stylish Eating Spots — Apartment Therapy





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"Still need inspiration on how to fit a spot for eating into your small space? We found seven solutions that not only work in small homes, but they're actually quite simple, stylish ideas that anyone could use..."


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Beyond the Glass Bottle: 3 Unique Ways to Package Wine





In the sea of wines to choose from at your local wine store, packaging matters. A wine novice often chooses first by the price of the bottle, and then by the look of the label. You might associate "girly" wine labels or artfully drawn pictures of animals with trendy wine bottle design, but there are some fresher visions in wine packaging that are rising in popularity.


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The Ultimate Mud-Run Training Plan

Poor Fitness in Middle Age Tied to Early Death Risk in Study

Grip strength, ability to rise from chair and standing balance measured



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Are You Destined to Get Your Parents' Illnesses?

With conditions like cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and heart disease, your genes aren't always destiny. You can likely overcome your heredity and stay disease-free by making smarter health decisions.



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Recipe: Crispy Paprika-Parmesan Fish Fillets with Sautéed Chard — Recipes from The Kitchn





Everyone needs a few go-to dinner recipes like this. Think: fresh, flavorful, and fast. Mild white fish gets a boost from smoked paprika, Parmesan, and a brown butter sauce. Shredded greens are then sautéed in the same skillet for the ultimate 10-minute meal. Mind-blowingly simple, mind-blowingly good.


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Start a Garden Week 5: Moving On Up — Spring Projects from The Kitchn





Tomato and pepper seedlings in their spacious new digs



"I made a rookie mistake last year —- I started from seed," a friend quipped as I asked about her square-foot gardening experience. Oops! That's what I opted to do this year, also my first at-home gardening project. This came as I was growing impatient with my seedlings that I had been nursing along in egg cartons for weeks:


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An Inside View of Father’s Face

Most parent/child neurophysiology studies have focused on the effects of parents of young children viewing or listening to infants. A few recent studies turn that around and ask about the effects of adults viewing photos of their parents. What do these studies find?

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Can Low Cholesterol Keep Your Brain Healthy?

Some studies show that high levels of cholesterol may be linked to Alzheimer's disease or other kinds of dementia.



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Why Chilling Your Beer Glass Isn't a Waste of Time — Tapped In





The minute we moved into our new house, which came complete with a coveted basement refrigerator, I took a cue from what I saw at the bars and threw a couple of pint glasses in the freezer. It became a habit to grab a frozen glass as we pulled a bottle from the fridge for drinking on the back porch. But as I learned more about beer serving and tasting over the past few years, I wondered if I might be doing something wrong by keeping my glasses icy cold. Was I revealing myself as an amateur?


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Spring roasted vegetable risotto

This post is brought to you by Blue Diamond Almond Breeze (aka my favorite almond milk). I’m working with them to create monthly recipes on the blog, and am planning to do only vegetarian recipes. You can check out last month’s vegan banana pudding here! Risotto is one of those […]



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Emma Stone Frame By Frame

You have probably heard by now that Emma Stone put her boyfriend, Andrew Garfield, on the spot for referring to sewing as a "feminine" activity in a publicity interview for their new movie The Amazing Spider-Man.

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Short on Limes? Try These Substitutes — Ingredient Intelligence





Are you feeling the effects of the lime shortage? Due to a combination of severe weather, tree disease, and organized crime, imported limes are now scarce and expensive. While nothing can truly take the place of a fresh lime in a margarita, depending on what you're making there are plenty of adequate substitutes.


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Dairy-Free Recipe: Raspberry Rose Pudding — Dessert Recipes from The Kitchn





You can't have a Mother's Day brunch without dessert — something bright and springlike. But I was already serving lemon sticky rolls with the meal — practically a dessert all on their own — so I wanted to keep dessert fairly light, and light on the dairy too, since my mom and other members of my family like to eat it in moderation.


The perfect dessert, I realized, for this particular get-together was this raspberry pudding — it's tangy, creamy, and completely dairy-free.


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Not Just For Kids: An Ode to the Skillet Cookie — Delicious Links





I associate giant cookies with childhood birthday parties. You know the ones: the giant pizza-shaped cookies that you would find at a grocery store where "Happy Birthday" or "Congratulations" was spelled out in deliciously stale frosting. There is something so wonderful about these treats (it's a cookie! But also a birthday cake!) that should be continued in adulthood.


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5 Rules of Weight Loss with a Giveaway

Hello! How’s it going? Today we’re talking about the 5 rules of weight loss below. Here’s a hint on the topic… But first… I’m just over here running and eatin’. And relaxin. For some reason I’m extra tired this week (even though I’ve been getting enough sleep at night). I think I need to start […]


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“Just Google It” Card

Father's Day

A quick and easy personalized card PERFECT for the computer lover!



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How Can I Make Rice from the Rice Cooker More Exciting? — Good Questions





Q: How do I make rice made in the rice cooker exciting? Supermarkets these days have microwaveable flavored rice pouches, which are perfect for disabled/lazy people like me but are also processed and ridiculously expensive. No matter what I try, I still end up with bland rice! I'm at a loss as to what types and volumes of spices or other ingredients I should use.


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Floral Wallpaper In the Kitchen — Kitchen Inspiration





With buds in bloom and May right around the corner, I'm enjoying the sweet freshness of all things floral right now. Floral wallpaper, in particular, is a bold, sumptuous choice for the kitchen. Would you ever go for it?


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