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New: 1. Moonlight Over Paris by Jennifer Robson 2. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 3. Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection by Kate...

In the very first episode of Downton Abbey, there's a scene in which Daisy almost sends a dish of poisonous cleaning product (which the ...

My fairy goddaughter (currently 4 years old) has a fantastic sense of humour! When she was 1.5 years old, she glommed right onto Goldilocks ...

New: 1. Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg 2. Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Monroe 3. Building Art...

Recently, the Toronto Star's public editor wrote about people who want their letters to the editor unpublished because they're googl...

I recently had my very first experience with thigh chafing. I have no idea why it happened now or why it has never happened before, but it m...

My default eyeliner is Rimmel Glam'Eyes liquid liner, which I appreciate in particular for its very thin brush, which allows a fine and ...

Tomorrow is the last day of Eddie Izzard 27 marathons in 27 day challenge . So far, he has completed 25 marathons in 26 days, after losing...

- Much like I was disappointed about not seeing Tom and Sybil's life in Ireland, I was disapopinted about not seeing Tom and Sybbie'...

Conventional retirement planning wisdom is that you'll have fewer expenses in retirement, citing the absence of expenses such as parenti...

For the past couple of days, my Firefox has been occasionally having this weird graphics problem, where parts of the interface at the top di...

New: 1. Get Onboard: Walk in the Shoes of a Transit Operator by Richard Lee 2. Herbie's Game by Timothy Hallinan Reread: 1. Memo...

Eddie Izzard is once again attempting to run 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa to honour Nelson Mandela and raise money for Sport...

I was very surprised to hear that they're rebooting Are You Being Served? because that show is very much a product of its time and tota...

This post is a full spoiler zone for Go Set a Watchman. 1. It's quite obvious that Harper Lee did not intend this book in its current...

New: 1. The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee 2. The Only Average Guy: Inside the Uncommon World...

This is still a spoiler-free zone for Go Set a Watchman. I'm still less than 100 pages in. In Maycomb, one drank or did not drink. Whe...

From an article about emergency response in highrise buildings: Fire departments are supposed to have access to a universal elevator key...

I just started reading Go Set a Watchman (no spoilers please - I'm only 15 pages in) and I all at once encountered a whole spate of thin...