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Restaurant/Cafeteria-style Hot Oatmeal, Part II

It’s been nearly three years since I penned my popular post Restaurant/Cafeteria-style Hot Oatmeal At Last! Ever since then I have had an eye out for a more controllable slow cooker. I thought I had found one: the Cuisinart PSC-350. This thing has a simmer setting which is a setting between warm and low, which is what you …

Homejoy: A tech-savvy home cleaning service

Got a Groupon today for a company called Homejoy. They are a new home cleaning service that happens to serve the San Antonio market among many others (Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, NYC, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington DC. Check their website for latest …

Duplicate house keys that work like butter…

I’ve always had the worst experience getting duplicate keys made for the many places I’ve lived. Old apartments have been particularly problematic. I recently had two keys made at Home Depot and, of course, they didn’t work. I even bought some small files to try to massage the keys into working. It helped a little, …

Cool way to pack hanging clothes for a move

I was faced with moving a lot of hanging clothes on my move from Los Angeles to San Antonio. Since everything had to fit in my car, I had serious limitations on how much I could bring. Moreover, packing suits and dress shirts in boxes would end up in a bunch of wrinkled clothes. I …