. a blogumn by Roya Hamadani It’s taken me many a ruined dish to learn to feed myself.  For instance, some spices can be tossed in with abandon while others ruin the whole pot if used indiscriminately.  Fenugreek powder, once overused, cannot be undone, even if you strain the dish, wash the vegetables thoroughly and [...]

. a web comic by Missy Kulik . Here is the newest Dork Lifestyle by Missy Kulik! Read all about her adventures with Oreo at Rancho Cocoa. . [Ed Note: Don't click on this link if you can't stand the cute. Oreo is even more adorable in real life.]

. a blogumn by CH Bamboo is basically like white plastic in Japan, and you see it in most electronic shops. I love the way it looks, and according to this Engadget article, you are going to start seeing a lot more here in the States soon.   For more info about any of the [...]

So I like to talk. A lot. This used to be an issue for me. I would leave parties or events and feel bad. Did so-in-so feel I monopolized the conversation? Were they just nodding along to get me to shut up? Why can’t I ever just listen quietly? Stoopid! Stoopid! Stoopid! Around the age [...]

Zacki from “Tall Glass of Shame,” is kinda cool for knowing that yesterday’s lyric was from “Be Mine” by Robyn. But then again, he’s also uncool, b/c he got you guys a point. Ranh. But getting back to the important stuff. This next artist’s name sounds like he’s from somewhere else, but in reality he’s [...]

. Proof of Nerd ID by Charles Cron FRIDAY THE 13TH EDITION Of the 183 Friday the 13th’s since 1900, the average market return on these days has been a gain of 0.04%, with positive returns 58.5% of the time – which is better than the annual average return for each individual day of the [...]

So apparently some Warner Bros has decided to release specially trained cats on the city of London, which will be wearing T-shirts advertising their upcoming video game, F.E.A.R. 2. If I trusted my three cats to be indoor/outdoor, I would totally put Fierce and Nerdy T-shirts on them and send them around Silver Lake, but [...]

So apparently the San Francisco Zoo needs a name for the below cutie-pie gorilla, which was rejected by its mom after its December 2008 birth. Mayhap she thought he was too adorable and could not look at him. That I might understand. Enter your name suggestions here through March 5th. I wanted to suggest naming [...]

. a blogumn by Monique King-Viehland Today President Obama is scheduled to sign into law the American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Obama hopes that the $787 billion act would create or save as many as 3.5 million jobs in the next two years. As many as 3.6 million people have lost jobs since the [...]

I found this NYT article on how manicure salons are faring in the recession really interesting.. Apparently, there are two types of recessionistas in this world: those that either stop or space out their manis because of the recession and those that don’t. I started getting regular manis after CH proposed, b/c it seemed like [...]