Cradle cap – or infantile seborrheic dermatitis – usually never bothers the baby who exhibits its scales and flakes. It does bother the parents. Moms and dads promptly seek to learn how to get rid of cradle cap because it turns a cute, crowd-pleasing baby into the subject of snarky asides. People will look at [...]
December 20, 2008 – 3:00 pm
We all have pack rats in our family’s. Mine is my grandpa, he has been living in the same two bedroom apartment for 20+ years. And for the last several years he has been sleeping on the couch. Not because it is more comfortable, but because the bedrooms are full of junk. He collects everything: [...]
September 26, 2008 – 9:27 pm
A few months ago, after being inundated with credit and loan offers, I decided it was time for me to learn how to get rid of junk mail. Unlike unsolicited emails – or spam – junk mail comes with the onus of disposal, and I have enough trouble recycling the rubbish I intentionally bring into [...]
As spring approaches we who live in winter climates are looking forward to the melting snow, blooming trees, singing birds, and . . . the onslaught of rust on our cars and equipment. Rust is a fact of life wherever moisture contacts steel and iron metals, and so it’s important to know how to get [...]
I am what some might call a neat-freak, some might call ocd, some might call anal, and some might call just clean. Whatever you call it, you can bet money that twice a year I will go on a cleaning spree, getting rid of clutter, clutter’s second cousins, a whole mess of clutter. So as [...]
December 21, 2006 – 8:00 pm
Finally! Our 100th article to date on How to Get Rid of Things! I don’t know what Natasha, Eric, and I are going to do to celebrate this milestone of freelance writing/publishing, but imagine it will have something to do with a bar and rounds of good Britsh/German/Microbrew beer. Yes, Natasha already wrote an article [...]
October 30, 2006 – 11:25 pm
Natasha’s ex-grandmother, a former nurse and career smoker, owns a trailer that smells terrible. I guess that’s the only thing I can think of when I think of a smokey smelling home. There is my grandfather’s old cadillac. That smelled like smoke too. I guess I can’t tell you the smell of smoke really bothers [...]
October 30, 2006 – 7:12 pm
Static cling is almost a jokeless subject. I can’t think of anything funny to say about static cling. It’s probably the most uncomfortable feeling in the world when your polyester pants cling to your leg like that nephew you never really appreciated. I present to you How to Get Rid of Static. This article’s for [...]
September 14, 2006 – 5:40 pm
As you can see from the illustration above, I have some warm feelings for energy companies. Pun intended. How to get rid of High Heating Bills is an article that mostly focuses on reducing heating bills by reducing the amount of heat loss from your home. Insulation, and proper ventilation are key in the fight [...]
August 22, 2006 – 12:08 am
Natasha is a very clever gal, and she wrote something up that might interest those of you who suffer from chronic drain clogs. I’ll let her tell you a little bit more about how to get rid of clogged drains when she finds the time. For those of you who think that the cause of [...]