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How to Behave Well at Home
Good behavior is something all parents want and expect from their children. Most children, in turn, want to please their parents and make them proud. But as you grow and become an adult, sometimes you can get into disagreements with your parents. Behav...
How to Give a Relaxing Full Body Massage at Home
Ready to help someone relax? Giving your partner, your friend, or a client a massage is a wonderful way to rid them of stress and soothe their sore muscles. With the right products and techniques, you can give them a professional-level massage right out o...
How to Roast Coffee Beans
There is something incredibly satisfying about drinking a cup of coffee made from beans you've roasted yourself. Home-roasted coffee beans are fresher and have flavor complexities not found in store-bought coffee. Scroll down to Step 1 to learn how you ca...
How to Play a Game of Tag with Friends
If you want an exciting game that helps you stay active, then tag is the perfect thing to play indoors or outdoors. The rules are so simple: one player is “it” and has to tag someone else, but the other players are trying their best to run away. When you...
How to Get a Day off Work by Pretending You've Experienced a Death
Pretending to be sick is a classic excuse to get out of work, but if you’ve used it too many times, you’ll need to move to something more extreme. While it's unethical and you may get caught, sometimes pretending you've experienced a death can be the perf...
How to Keep Warm After Showering in Winter
Nothing ruins a nice, hot shower like an icy-cold aftermath. The cold air that hits you when you step out of the shower can be miserable. But there are many things that you can do to fortify yourself against the cold. If you turn up the heat, prepare some...
How to Find Books in a Library
Today, most libraries use an electronic system to catalogue books. While the process of searching for a book may vary slightly from library to library, most libraries use the Library of Congress Classification System to organize its books. To locate a boo...
How to Graph Points on the Coordinate Plane
In order to graph points on the coordinate plane, you have to understand the organization of the coordinate plane and know what to do with those (x, y) coordinates. If you want to know how to graph points on the coordinate plane, just follow these steps.
How to Stay Awake at Work
Whether you partied all night, stayed up with a newborn, or lost sleep while finishing up a project, now you're at work and you're having a difficult time staying awake. You promise yourself that you'll get more sleep if you can just make it through the d...
How to Shut a Garage Door when the Sun Is Shining on the Electronic Eyes
If your garage door has trouble closing on sunny days, it might be because the sensors are getting blinded by the light. Moving your sensors out of the sun can be a pain, especially since sunlight changes angles and directions throughout the day. Instead,...
How to Do a Front Handspring
The front handspring only takes a few seconds to execute, but it requires many hours of practice to get it right. Before you try a front handspring, you should be comfortable doing a handstand and front walkover, and it is required that you have a strong...
How to Keep Your Shoes from Stinking
Are you bothered by the subtle but growing smell coming from your shoes and feet? Foot smell could be caused by any number of things: overuse of one pair of shoes, bacterial or fungal infection, or lack of aeration, among others. If you want to be rid of...
6 Easy Ways to Write & Read Invisible Ink Messages
If you want a way to write a note to someone without the risk of anyone else reading it, invisible ink is the perfect way to keep prying eyes away. Invisible ink makes it look like you’re sending a blank paper until the recipient reveals the message. Even...
How to Get Over an Embarrassing Moment
When you’re in the heat of an embarrassing moment, you might feel like you’re the only person on Earth. And yet, embarrassment is one of the most universal emotions. Nevertheless, it's not good to let feelings of embarrassment take control and ruin experi...
How to Keep a Straight Face
Keeping a straight face when you're trying not to laugh or give away how you're feeling can be really tough. Try to control your face by preventing a smile from spreading across it. You can also distract yourself if you're trying not to laugh or you don't...
The Best Ways to Conceal Red Spots & Acne with Makeup
Whether you’re dealing with acne or rosacea, red spots or imperfections on your face can be frustrating. But have no fear because there are plenty of ways you can reduce and cover face redness. From using green-tinted concealer to applying your foundation...