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Why We Chose the Miele Over Dyson

Our beloved Roomba has died. Correction: it is "disabled." It has lost a lot of its suction power, its parts constantly need replacing, and it's nearly not as "smart" as it used to be. So we made the difficult decision to get a replacement vacuum. I have experienced my share of vacuum frustration over the years, as my parents are neat FREAKS who clean for fun. (No joke. When we were growing up, my father, after grueling 6-day, 70-hour workweeks, would wake the entire family up at 7am every Sunday morning to clean.) In addition, J likes to walk around the apartment barefoot and so likes his floors spic and span. Oh, and did I mention that he's allergic to dust? And that we...

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“Be Afraid… Be Very Afraid.”

I love, LOVE scary movies. Even the cheesy, stereotypical fares dripping in red corn syrup. So when I finally got my hands on 2009's phenom Paranormal Activity, I immediately curled up on the couch with a bag of microwave popcorn and pressed "play" in anticipation of high horror. My verdict: 'Eh.' There were some scary parts — I'll give you that — but the movie itself wasn't that great, in my opinion. I really didn't find it that scary, and couldn't understand how so many of my friends declared it the scariest movie they had ever seen. Later, I was to find that the version I had watched was the original version, while the theatrical release version had a different ending. Nonetheless, the synopsis...

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Motorola Droid Review

J isn't one for extravagant gifts, but this past Christmas he gifted me with something I had been drooling over for a very long time: the Motorola Droid. I convinced J to order the phone through Amazon, since its $149.99 pricetag was a lot more attractive than the $199.99 offered by Verizon Wireless stores. (Note: Amazon is now selling the phone for $119.99 with a new contract!) I had never ordered a phone via Amazon before, so I was a teeny bit nervous. I was soon to discover that my nerves were not for naught: Amazon did not give me an option to port my existing number. They (or Verizon) automatically assigned me a new number based on my billing zip code. I had...

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Yu-Be Mine

Last month the skin on my face became extra dry and flaky. I immediately panicked, because this has never happened to me before. Call it aging. Blame it on the harsh weather. Whatever the reason, I knew that my regular moisturizer just wasn't cutting it anymore. I dove into my bag of samples and found a sample bottle of Crème de la Mer. I had used it a couple of times when I first received the sample, but had found it too thick and rich for my tastes. However, I knew thick and rich was what I needed...

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Steam Perm

My natural hair is stick straight and has the tendency to hang straight down with no body or movement, as you can see from this photo of myself at 16: The Asian glamour photos that were so popular in the 90s. No matter how short I cut my hair, how much layers were cut in, how much products were used, my hair refused to maintain any body and sat plastered to the sides of my face. When I entered my 20s, I decided that a perm might be the answer. I had heard that the new perms developed by Japan and Korea were different from the frizzy, kinky puffballs of the eighties. The curls were looser, they lasted longer, and were less damaging...

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