Jul 032012
 
7 Telltale Signs You've Got a Toddler

Toddlers affect every single aspect of your existence. Yes, of course having a baby does that anyway, but toddlers are a lot harder to keep up with. Here are 10 ways to recognise that your toddler has taken over your life:

1. You can name every character on In The Night Garden, but you don’t know what day it is.

2. You do know what day it is, but only because the kids’ TV presenters were singing about it.

3. Your most exciting conversation today went along the lines of, “What’s that?” “It’s a shoe.” “What’s that?” “A shoe.” “What’s that?” “Still a shoe.” “What’s THAT?” “That, surprisingly enough, is the same shoe you asked about earlier. It’s a shoe.” “What’s that?”…

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Mar 222012
 
 March 22, 2012  Posted by at 10:12 Eating with Machiavelli Id, Machiavelli Id's list of lists Tagged with: , ,  Comments Off
5 Fun Ways to Spruce Up Your Popcorn

This is a guest post by Marcela Spafford. Don’t forget to brush your teeth!  Popcorn has been loved for hundreds of years and while European settlers were a bit skeptical of the food at first, they quickly learned to love it. However, a few centuries can make a once loved snack into something tasteless and boring. Thankfully, there are several ways to punch up the flavor in this old favorite. Here are just five fun ways to spruce up your popcorn. Chocolate Who doesn’t love chocolate? This is one of the most popular ways to flavor popcorn and is much

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Mar 032012
 
I Wanted a Vibrator, Not an Extra Penis

I’ve come to the conclusion that too many vibrators are designed by people who see them as some sort of penis replacement.  Even vibrators meant for external use are often willy-shaped.  This seems fairly daft; there are few vibrating penises in the world, so why apply that model to so many sex toys? Here are my top 6 [because top 5s are so over] other shapes of vibrating sexual implement… 1. The Ring Vibrating cock rings are one of my favourite really simple sex toys – they’re easy to use, they add a bit of extra buzz to the sex you’re

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Jan 262012
 
Unnecessary Redundancy

One of my pet hates is redundant language; I reserve the right to “really truly” for emphasis if I want to, but all that “05-hundred AM in the morning” stuff is for cock jockeys. Here’s a little visual celebration of redundancy in action:

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Nov 162011
 
Five Crazy Rulers in History

We’ve had some crazy times with American Presidents over the years, but it’s been nothing compared to some of the rulers in ancient history. With the upcoming U.S. election, it’s time to take a look back. And let’s at least be grateful we haven’t had to live under the reign of some of these crazy guys (and girls).

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Aug 272011
 
Productivity: How to crush procrastination for good

Procrastination isn’t a problem, it’s a solution. But a very poor one. Every bit of time and energy you spend finding ways and means to put things off is a piece of your life that you will never, ever get reimbursed. If this is your solution to things you don’t enjoy or things that scare you, you’re fucked. So, here’s how to remove procrastination from your life.

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Jul 142011
 

Hunt the Food. When your darling little one drops half-chewed snacks into the mysterious cavities of the upholstery & luggage, you’re gonna play this one anyway. Might as well play for laughs.

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Jun 112011
 
 June 11, 2011  Posted by at 22:38 Machiavelli Id goes digital, Machiavelli Id's list of lists Tagged with: , ,  Comments Off
Mrs Anne X Ample's favourite websites

In my Saturday afternoon ennui, I’ve decided to look up URLs that sound like unreal examples. Here’s what I found: www.example.com Like example.org, this has been reserved so that it _can_ be used as an example in documents, presentations etc without leading anyone to a random site. A random site like these: www.example.co.uk Doesn’t seem to exist, but http://example.co.uk does & took me to a Smartways Technology webmail portal that looked cowboy compared to the company’s website. www.anexample.com Don’t go there.  You’ll have to shut your browser down to escape… www.notarealurl.com Exists & is a blog feeding images of reality

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