The How to Get Rid of Things Blog

We are implementing a registration process for people who are wanting to leave comments or questions on the blog. The reason for this is the amount of time we’ve been spending wading through spam comments instead of responding to authentic questions. So, from now on, if you really want an answer to your question or you have a piece of information about an article that has nothing to do with milfs, dildos, and teens, then please sign up and tell us what you know.

We’re sorry if this is an inconvenience for many of you, but we’d rather be working hard to provide you with real answers and quality content rather than weeding through spam all day.

I’d like to introduce Amber Luck to the getridofthings.com staff. Our most recent article, How to Get Rid of Hairballs, was written by her. You should be seeing more articles by both Amber Luck and Eric Ronning in the coming months. Seeing as how she put quite a bit of time in working at the local pet store and graduated from the same English Master’s program as I did, she obviously brings pet care expertise and a lot of research experience to the team. If you want, you can drop her a line and welcome her to the cool kids club.

As you may or may not have seen, How to Clean Things has moved to www.howtocleanthings.com. It’s got a cleaner look to complement the content, too. So, we’re happy to be rolling out this new venture. It’s a site focused on cleaning things with minimal environmental impact. If you want to keep up with what’s going on at How to Clean Things, you can check out the How to Clean Things Blog.

Work is being done on the weekly “get rid of things” article right now. Should have it up by tomorrow.

You may have noticed there isn’t much going on this week with regard to new content. We’re slowing down a little bit on How to Get Rid of Things because we’re working on rolling out a couple of new “How to” projects. We’ve still got quite a few topics we’d like to cover here, however. So, we’ll be updating weekly, at least. I’m busy editing an article on Carpenter bees as I write this.

In the spirit of President’s Day, and the respite from work that many people observe on this day, we too will be taking the day off to do some maintenence on the website and get things ready for a change in format of content and advertisements.

We ask that you take this time you have off to do something special with your loved ones, like snuggle or go out to dinner, or go see a movie. I would suggest Pan’s Labyrinth. It made me cry.

How to Get Rid of a Mole (or a nevus) is up — our latest page focusing on dermatological problems, including freckles and warts. Moles (nevi) are a natural part of the human body, so you don’t have to worry about getting rid of a mole unless it’s causing you discomfort. If you must get rid of a mole, check out the page for our suggestions on the best way to do so.

We’re currently updating the blog from Wordpress 1.5 to Wordpress 2.1, and adding some social bookmarking links to the template as well. What does social bookmarking do? Well, it makes it easier for you to share each post with the world, enabling you to support us by bringing traffic to the site with the simple click of a button. Give it a try. We dare you.

Q: What’s the difference between algae and boogers? A: Kids will eat boogers.

If, Odin forbid, I ever have a kid, I fully intend to teach the little leach how to suck algae. Until that time, however, I guess I’ll just have to get rid of algae the same way everyone else does. All it takes is a little prevention, determination and know how. The article Aquarium Algae Control focuses not only on algae prevention but also on what to do if your tank or pond does happen to become overrun by the stuff. Don’t let algae ruin your fish keeping experience. All it takes is a little time and care to get the most out of your little glass box of life.

Natasha and I would like to wish all of you a Happy New Year!

It finally snowed in St. Paul, MN. Hooray!

We here at How to Get Rid of Things would like to wish you all a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah, a delightful Kwanzaa, and a very good New Year. We would also like to thank all of you for your patronage, your advice, your links and your support. We look forward to helping you get rid of even more things in 2007, and you can expect to see new and original content on the 2nd of January, 2007. Until then, go spend some quality time with your family, eat some good food, and enjoy this winter solstice.

- The Authors of How to Get Rid of Things