TELL ME I’M WRONG: THE THREE BEST TOOLS OF ALL TIME _ These are the three best tools of all time. Tell me I’m wrong or tell me what’s missing…
• DUCT TAPE – Not just a tool, a veritable Swiss Army knife in stickum and plastic. It’s safety wire, body material, radiator hose, upholstery, insulation, tow rope, and more in one easy-to-carry package.
• VICE-GRIPS – Equally adept as a wrench, hammer, pliers, baling wire twister, breaker-off of frozen bolts, and wiggle-it-till-it-falls-off tool. The heavy artillery of your toolbox, Vice Grips are the only tool designed expressly to fix things screwed up beyond repair.
• PLASTIC ZIP TIES – A tool for locking and fastening so simple, so elegant, so secure that darn near every police force on the planet now uses the plastic invention for keeping crooks’ hands secure. There isn’t a man anywhere who doesn’t keep a bag of Zip Ties in his toolbox, another in his car, and a third at the office.
ONE TRICK TO BETTER PANCAKES _ There’s no such thing as a bad pancake, but there are certainly some pancakes that are way better than others. One trick to better pancakes, according to British chef Steve Smith it comes down to two words: room temperature. Chef Steve points out the key lies in the batter, and making sure all the ingredients are at room temperature before they’re added. And after the batter’s made you should then let it rest for at least five minutes — something a lot of us don’t do. This gives the batter time to relax and for all the lumps to smooth out naturally, giving the pancakes a nice, thick consistency, which in turn means they’ll be nice and fluffy.
3 THINGS YOU SHOULD SAY TO YOUR KIDS _ As a parent, you know that most of the time all you’re doing is telling your kids to ‘do this’ and ‘do that,’ but a blogger at Babble.com has three good suggestions you can say every day that make a huge difference in the way your children behave.
1) Do you need a hug? Nine times out of ten it’s a ‘yes,’ and sometimes that’s all it takes to end a tantrum.
2) Do you want to talk about it? Whether or not they want to talk it out is less important than just giving them the option.
3) I am SO happy to see you! The way you act when your kid enters the room is important for their well-being and sense of self.
