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Leprechaun Trap Cake

Happy St. Pattie's Day! It's been a while since I downed any green beer or got pinched for not wearing green on this holiday. Thinking back to my younger, partying days makes me a bit nostalgic (didn't you know that Koreans are the "Irish of the Orient"? ;-)), but considering my current level of fatigue I am glad to be home, away from the drunken masses. I've seen some awesomely creative salutes to St. Patrick's Day on my Google Reader today, but the cake below was hands-down the best. The fragile pretzel bars underneath the gold that is meant to break under the weight of a leprechaun, the rainbow filling, the pretzel ladder...

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How to Be Awesome on Twitter [Slideshow]

Ed. note: My heart goes out to everyone affected by the devastating earthquake in Japan. I hope that anyone reading this has all friends and family members safe and accounted for, and I will continue to keep the nation of Japan in my prayers. I confess that I have not been as active on Twitter lately because goshdarnit, there's only so much social media you can participate in without feeling overwhelmed. With that being said, I still am dumbfounded when acquaintances do not know what Twitter is, or claim that they do not "get" it. So for those people, I present an adorably informative slideshow I discovered today. Created by @princess_misia, it is designed to help those who feel overwhelmed and confused by the...

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Dogbrella Keeps Your Pooch Dry in the Rain [Genius Invention]

Any dog owner can attest to the fact that walking your dog in the rain is a giant PITA. And those adorable doggie raincoats? They don't work so well with dogs (ahem, Comang!) who freak out at the mere idea of having anything on their heads. Enter the Dogbrella. Selling on Hammacher Schlemmer for $29.95, the genius of this combination umbrella and dog leash is almost difficult to see through all the comedy. ...

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Le Petit Prince Moleskine Limited Edition

The purveyor of my favorite notebooks has done it again. Moleskine has announced a collection of limited edition notebooks which pays tribute to the classic tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: Le Petit Prince (or, The Little Prince in English). The Little Prince has been one of my favorite books ever since I first read it in grade school. In addition to the English format, I also have it in the original French which I purchased during a trip to Paris back in high school (this is also the only foreign language book I read on a regular basis), as well as a pop-up edition which my sister gifted to me a couple of years ago. Le Petit Prince Moleskine Limited Edition is available now...

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Girl Talk, and Poop

I must have looked especially haggard yesterday morning, because as soon as J woke up he announced, "I'll take over. Go sleep. NOW." (I love this man.) Knowing that the baby was in good hands with her doting father, I gathered the dog into my arms and snuggled up in bed. I took a wonderful 2-hour nap, and when I emerged from our bedroom refreshed and energized and ready to relieve J from baby duty, he assured me that everything was under control and that I should go "do my own thing." (Have I mentioned that I love him?) And so I did. Grocery shopping. Watching a couple of episodes of Veronica Mars on Netflix. Surfing the web. By the time the baby's bedtime rolled...

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