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Feb

22

How do I put a New Doorknob on an Old Door?

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Most doors are fitted with hinges that serve a dual purpose of holding the door in place and opening it when needed. They do not undermine the charm of doorknobs. Initially doorknobs were raised mounds that allowed people to open and close doors without any inconvenience. A number of people are opting to replace old doorknobs with modern designs because they are fitted with a latching mechanism as well. [source]

The biggest issue you might encounter is actually removing the old doorknob, depending how old the door is.

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Feb

21

What are the Best Places to Mine for Gems or Stones in the US?

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Some friends and I are taking a few trips this summer to mine for gems. There aren’t an overwhelming amount of places to mine (aka fee mining) in the U.S., but where there is one, there are many. So better to dive in and find the best, right? I’m basing these off of user reviews, since I don’t have any opinions of my own so far. They’re not in any particular order since there are so many types of stones.

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Feb

20

Are Raw Vegetables Healthier than Cooked?

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Amander and I had a debate last night at Uno’s as to whether or not her excuse for not eating the steamed broccoli in her Fetuccini Alfredo was valid or not. “Cooked vegetables have no nutritional value anyhow, most of the nutrients are cooked out of them”. I disagreed, and thus a blog was born.

It turns out we were both a little right, and both a little wrong.

Raw food experts will tell you that raw food improves overall well-being, purification, longevity, gives you more energy, and is a cure for diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and even cancer. Scientific evidence has yet to back up these claims.

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Feb

18

Why Do People Dream?

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I’ve had a host of weird dreams lately, from trips to Australia, taking pictures of monkeys with kangaroo pouches, bringing up obscure people from my past, running from video game characters while shooting dogs in the woods. It’s been a long couple of nights!

So I’ve been thinking.. I know that in the past I’ve had dreams that are subconsciously telling me something is going wrong with my body. I had a dream about my teeth falling out for three days before I started feeling a serious infection in an old root canal that needed to be re-sealed (I eat a lot of candy).

So basically, dreaming takes place when our body reaches a deep state of sleep, called the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) Cycle.

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Feb

17

When is the best time to have a baby?

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Much like my post about diamonds, this is no indication of my future life as barefoot and pregnant.

But it’s a good to know. As I’m about to turn 25, I know the years the flying by and I guess it’s kind of good to know for all women, when it’s healthy and unhealthy to have one.

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Feb

16

How to save a wet cellphone & fix the "red dot of death"?

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My life never ceases to give me things to write about, I swear. I guess you can probably determine why it is I need an answer for this one. And PS, if anyone has an old cingular phone with a SIM slot that i can have, give me a holler at: amander(at)thingsiask.com and we’ll be BFF.

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Feb

15

What is Open Source Software?

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As a tech nerd, I already know the answer to this. But I certainly don’t know everything so here goes.

Wikipedia defines open source software as software that is made available under a as computer software for which the human-readable source code copyright license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that meets the Open Source Definition.

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Feb

14

Who is on the 50 Dollar Bill?

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Our 18th President, Ulysses S. Grant is the president who is on the 50 dollar bill.

On the newest bill, Grant is freed from the oval frame to which he’s been confined since 1913, appearing instead before a stylized red, white and blue American flag backdrop. There’s a small, metallic blue star near Grant’s left shoulder, and on the reverse side the image of the U.S. Capitol is flanked by clouds of small yellow “50″s. [source]

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Feb

14

What are the Best Romantic Songs?

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I’ll make this one sort of a poll and I hope people speak up. Comment with your own favorites! I’ll add them to the player as they come up :)

These happen to be my favorite lovey-dovey songs of all time. Some of them might be depressing. I dedicate these all to you (tracklist below):


  1. Author – Karima Francis (missing track, listen to it here)
  2. Luckiest – Ben Folds
  3. I’ll Wait for You – Connie Francis
  4. Sampson – Regina Spektor
  5. Night is the Day Turned Inside Out – Beulah (missing track, listen to it here)
  6. Amber – 311
  7. Strange and Beautiful – Aqualung
  8. Life, In a Nutshell – Barenaked Ladies (missing track, listen to it here)
  9. It Had to Be You – Frank Sinatra
  10. The Blowers Daughter – Damien Rice
  11. We Belong Together – Gavin DeGraw
  12. Oh, It is Love – HelloGoodbye
  13. I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
  14. Save Room – John Legend
  15. Comfortable – John Mayer
  16. The Nicest Thing – Kate Nash
  17. If You Only Knew – Maroon 5 (missing track, listen to it here)
  18. Nothing Better – The Postal Service
  19. You Could be Happy – Snow Patrol

Added via comments (and to playlist):

  1. El Scorcho – Weezer
  2. When you Say Nothing At all – Allison Krauss
  3. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
  4. Making Love out of Nothing at All – Air Supply
  5. Something in the way she moves – The Beatles
  6. Tiny Dancer- Elton John
  7. It must be love – Madness
  8. Alive with the glory of love – Say Anything
  9. Walk with You – Dispatch (forgot i LOVE this one.. but it’s a missing track so listen here)
  10. You and Me – Lifehouse
  11. L.O.V.E. – Frank Sinatra
  12. Hands Open – Snow Patrol
  13. “baby it’s fact”–hellogoodbye
  14. “someone, somewhere”–jason reeves
  15. “no air”–jordin sparks
  16. “this is for real”–motion city soundtrack
  17. “Sweetest Thing”–U2
  18. “Wonderful Tonight”–Eric Clapton
  19. “The Way you Look Tonight”–Elton John
  20. “Breath me”–Sia
  21. Add yours

Happy Valentines Day everyone.

Feb

13

What are the risks of using the Lap-Band to lose weight?

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The Lap-Band is an inflatable band that’s placed around the upper stomach to limit food intake in severely obese individuals. It was approved in 2001 by the FDA because the FDA felt that the benefits outweighed the risks. The benefits to the Lap-Band are that it can be easily adjusted, unlike other surgeries where, when it’s done, it’s done.

And at least it doesn’t cause anal leakage or excessive gambling.

Since I’m a negative nancy, I’m really just going to focus on the risks of the Lap-Band because I think it’s more important to know the risks, since we already know the benefits to having a clamp on your stomach. And after all.. 13 year olds are already getting the surgery done.

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