Category Archives: Living

A letter to … My brother, whom I bullied when we were young

The letter you always wanted to writeI was five when you were born. Looking at pictures from that time, I look so happy with you. I am holding you, bathing you, I am smiling, I look smitten. But I do not remember that feeling, as if the person in the pictures were somebody else.I was a daddy’s girl, but I was also the one to break in our parents. I used to call myself the family’s guinea pig, and you were the happy one, the joker, the one who reaped the rewards of all my battles won or lost. At Read More

Source:: The Guardian

How will Hollywood deal with the Trump dystopia? Enter stage-right, Michael Bay

While the rest of the biz is tackling You-Know-Who with more superheroes, Mr Pearl Harbor has taken one look and decided it’s time for ‘sci-fun’When Meryl faced down the Hollywood royalty at this year’s Golden Globes, and addressed the matter of Donald Trump’s then-impending presidency, she made a clarion call to them: “Turn your broken heart into art.”The applause was obviously rapturous – as though the entire dream factory were saying, “We got this.” In that moment, you knew that this was a community that would leave no superhero franchise sequel unturned in the battle between cinema and evil. This Read More

Source:: The Guardian

Scuffs, Scratches, Dents and Cracks. Repair or Replace?

Car accidents are simply a part of life. We can drive safely on a constant basis, following the rules of the road and never breaking the speed limit, only to find we get into a scrape thanks to another driver’s recklessness. While scrapes and bumps are incredibly frustrating, they usually don’t result in injuries, and […]

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Source:: Unfinished Man

A Great Idea for Valentines Day!

Valentines Day is just around the corner and we are faced with what should we do this year for a gift for the girlfriend, wife (or both, lol). Now you may have gone the flower route in the past, chocolates, teddy bear or maybe a last minute stop at the gas station for wiper blades […]

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Source:: Unfinished Man

Sara Roahen’s recipe for chicken and sausage gumbo | A taste of home

New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Cajun cuisine, oysters, cold beer and all kinds of gumbo are Sara Roahen’s taste of homeI enjoyed the happy, prototypical American childhood of Norman Rockwell paintings: family dinners, football weekends, stockings hanging from the mantelpiece. And yet, from the time I graduated from high school until my now-husband entered medical school in New Orleans, Louisiana, 10 years later, I lived in two different countries and five states. I loved discovering new ways of life and never considered staying anywhere permanently, and certainly not returning to the small Wisconsin town where I grew up.New Orleans was like Read More

Source:: The Guardian