Unravelings

After you are done cringing...

Check out he woman at about 2:09 into the video. She's in a light-colored top and swipes something off the shelf and puts it in her purse...

Buns of steel

“I really don’t think I need buns of steel. I’d be happy with buns of cinnamon.”

―--Ellen DeGeneres

How to recover an umbrella - Threads Magazine

How to Recover an Umbrella - Threads

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Knotted headpin for jewelry

Memories

“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.”

―--Fred Savage as Kevin Arnold in "The Wonder Years"

Cool aluminum cuff

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Donate your used items

Computer

Check with your local Goodwill Industries or Salvation Army for its donation guidelines. Also try local schools, after-school programs, and homeless shelters for children. Look for nonprofit organizations that specialize in redistributing technology, such as the National Cristina Foundation (cristina.org), which places refurbished computers in educational and nonprofit organizations for people with special needs, students at risk, and the economically disadvantaged; the Computer Recycling Center and Computers & Education (crc.org), which provides refurbished computers to public schools and community nonprofits; and the World Computer Exchange (worldcomputerexchange.org), which gives donated techno-goods to kids in developing countries.

Large Appliances

Goodwill Industries, the Salvation Army, and other charities accept small appliances (toasters, mixers) in working condition. Policies on accepting large appliances (washers, dryers) vary by location. Check with your local branches. Inquire with local nonprofits that run group homes about large-appliance donations. The donation site Excess Access (excessaccess.com) makes do-gooding easy. After you pay a $3 to $10 listing fee for all your items―furniture, books, appliances, just about anything―the computers at Excess Access check the wish lists of participating nonprofits and notify the nearby charities of any matches. You then work directly with the charity to make arrangements (all Excess Access nonprofits are responsible for pickups) and the deal is done, complete with documentation so you can claim a tax deduction. 

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Five strategies to deal with criticism: Real Simple

I detest being criticized, corrected, or accused – even of the smallest mistakes – and I react very angrily. I’ve wrestled this instinct under control in a professional context, more or less, but I have more trouble with it at home. All it takes is for my daughter to say something like, “You forgot to remind me to bring my library book,” or my husband to say, “Didn’t you remember to pack toothpaste?” to send me into a tirade.

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A special boy, a special dog (a Vizsla!)

Dominic Wiederin has been to the hospital about a hundred times with severe food allergies that didn’t develop until a year and a half ago. Jobe, the Hungarian Vizsla stray Dominic had found and taken in, senses when the teen is in distress and always alerts the family. Photo by Alyssa Schukar/The World-Herald

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Insight and understanding

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things."

---Vincent Van Gogh