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OK, every time I sit down to do my makeup and say to myself, “Karen, don’t do smoky eyes,” I end up doing smoky eyes, so at this point I’m thinking that I should just tell myself to do smoky eyes and assume that via the power of reverse psychology I’ll do something other than smoky eyes. 🙂 Let’s see if that logic holds. LOL! Today I used Sun, Tan and Repeat, a duo chrome teal shadow from MAC Mirage Noir,, to see how it performs. First off, it looks awfully similar to MAC Club, one of my favorite MAC...

So…what is the Monday Poll? Good question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past gazillion years (more than 10!). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a great start. 👍 1. Do you fur babies sleep with you in bed? No, not really. Once in a while he’ll grace us with his presence for an hour if he’s got nothing else going on, but otherwise he’d rather kick...

50 years since iconic ‘A Model of Leptons’ publishedA model of leptons - PDFS Weinberg - Physical review letters, 1967 - APSJust two pages long, Weinberg’s elegant and simply written theory was revolutionary at the time, yet was virtually ignored for many years. But now, it is cited at least three times a week. Image caption: “This event shows the real tracks produced in the 1200 litre Gargamelle bubble chamber that provided the first confirmation of a neutral current interaction.“ One day, as the 34-year-old Weinberg was driving his red Camero to work, he had a flash of insight –...

Is it just me, or does autumn seem like the hottest new holiday season? — because it feels like the latest and greatest, most bustling time of year to me. It’s almost like the powers that be know ALL. THE. THINGS on my to-do list right now, including… Traipsing through piles of autumn leaves (no, seriously, Connor has preschool homework this week that involves gathering fallen leaves!) Driving the coywolf to and from various toddler events, of which, surprisingly, there are many Researching lighting fixtures for a half-bathroom remodel (who knew there were so many different types of lighting fixtures?)...

So…what is the Monday Poll? Good question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past gazillion years (more than 10!). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a great start. 👍 1. What’s your current pedicure situation? It’s pretty dire and has been for a month. Unpainted toenails and scraggly cuticles FOR DAYS, man. But on the glass-half-full side, I’ve been good about shaving my toe hairs and moisturizing,...