How to Prepare Your Kid for Their First Pair of Glasses

When my 9-year-old son first mentioned that he couldn’t read the basketball score across the bottom of the TV, my heart admittedly sank a bit. As practically a lifelong wearer of glasses and contacts myself—I got my first pair of glasses at the exact age my son is now—I figured he’d likely need them at some point. But…

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Meghan Moravcik Walbert to Lifehacker

Five Clever Ways to Store and Display an Eyewear Collection

I should not admit this, but I’m going to admit this: I, personally, have way too many pairs of sunglasses. The problem is that I love and wear them all and I have no intention of reducing my collection. I do, however need to admit that some organization is in order (Clean Person, tidy thyself!) and so, to serve my…

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Author: Jolie Kerr on The Inventory, shared by Gabe Carey to Lifehacker

Want great vegetables? Cook them in meat

There’s a Korean restaurant in Los Angeles, Ham Hung, that makes the best stewed potatoes and carrots I’ve ever had. Vegetables are usually an afterthought on a pork bulgogi plate, but at Ham Hung they play in the same stadium as the main meal. Every time I eat them, it blows my mind that these boring, basic bitch…

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Author: Danny Palumbo on The Takeout, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker

How Bernie Sanders Plans to Pay for Everything

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has spent the past several months promising to cancel student debt, provide Medicare for everyone, and stave off climate change. But pundits and fellow candidates have spent just as much time asking Sanders how he’s going to pay for all that. This week, the Sanders campaign…

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Author: Lisa Rowan on Two Cents, shared by Lisa Rowan to Lifehacker

How To Use Your Handbrake To Improve Your Winter Driving

Coming from Texas and now living in the northeast, I am perpetually in awe watching my Canadian husband maneuver a vehicle in winter weather. In the midst of a snowstorm a few weeks back, he busted out some wild moves with his handbrake that had me looking just like that Pikachu meme. Confident driving on snowy roads…

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Author: Elizabeth Blackstock on Jalopnik, shared by Virginia K. Smith to Lifehacker

The Potato Skin Casserole Is a Cheesy Masterpiece

Potato skins are the weighted blankets of the food world—warm, comforting, and just heavy enough. And yet, we seem to have forgotten the appetizer that propelled TGI Friday’s into the national consciousness three decades ago. Potato skins—the bedrock of bowling alleys and dive bars —are an endangered species.

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Author: Jonathan Bender on Skillet, shared by Jonathan Bender to Lifehacker