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Friday links! Ears, bags, treats and ads

  • The Washington Post says you should “Leave That Ear Wax Alone in a sort of gross but ultimately informative report by Kathleen Doheny.

  • I bought some reusable shopping bags from Target awhile back, and I love them. A few of the bags sort of zip up into themselves to form a little wallet-sized packet, and they’re super-handy. When I saw them, I thought, “Boy, that probably wouldn’t be too hard to duplicate.” And then I thought, “Zippers! Argh!” And then I didn’t take the thought process any further. But someone at Whipup did! Here’s here tutorial for a wallet-sized fold-up reusable shopping bag.

  • There’s a group out there on the Internet called the Daring Bakers. Each month, they issue a baking challenge. August’s challenge? Chocolate Eclairs. Yum. I’ve joined the Daring Bakers, but I don’t think I’ll get my first challenge until October. Stay tuned.

  • Casey at Moosh in Indy is coming to terms with the fact that some things — like being a superstar or a cheerleader — aren’t in the cards for her. But she’s dealing with it gracefully and looking at the sunny side in “Never Always.”

  • Speaking of the sunny side: Peanut Butter Cups at Have Cake Will Travel! I keep thinking I’m going to make my own peanut butter cups, but it has yet to happen. For now, I’ll just drool over these.

  • Writer Rachel Beckman takes issue with targeted advertising in “Facebook Ads Target You Where It Hurts” at the Washington Post. I hadn’t paid much attention to the ads on Facebook before I read this, but I’ve been keeping an eye on them this week. They haven’t been too rude to me thus far.

  • McSweeneys occasionally features someone with an interesting or unusual job, and this recent interview with Joel Pierson, cruise ship pianist is a great one.
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    Friday links! Geese, pies, patterns and cries

    For a few months now, I’ve been putting links in the sidebar to things that strike my fancy. Starting this week, though, I’m trying something new. I’ve removed the sidebar links, and I’m going to hoard them all until Fridays. When I’ll put them right here as a post.

    Like this:

  • Chris at A Free Man is experiencing Terror in Happy Valley as he’s harassed by a gang of blood-thirsty fowl. I’m not a fan of birds. This story made me shudder.
  • Deb at Smitten Kitchen made some Bourbon Peach Hand Pies, and they look delicious. I think I’ve only made my own pie crust once, though. I’m not going to be trying this any time soon.
  • There’s a really cute pattern for a dishtowel apron at Made by Petchy. It looks pretty simple, too.
  • One the not-so-simple front, UK Lass in the US made a fabric dollhouse! And she’s sharing how she did it.
  • The writing at Sweet Juniper makes me teary-eyed on a regular basis. But when I read this post on Poppy’s birthday, it was a full-on weep fest.
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    Help a blogger out

    The ads on butterscotchsundae.com don’t bring in loads of dough, but they do net enough to pay for the Web site. I hadn’t really thought about the effect that reading via RSS feed has on a bloggers’ ad revenue until I read about Kristen’s “Blog the Recession” idea at Motherhood Uncensored. Basically, unless you click through to the site, the blog owner doesn’t get “credit” for your page view. Kristen thought it would be nice to help one another out, which leads us to Blog the Recession:

    The premise is simple. If you read blogs, then for the month of August, make the “pledge” to click through from your feed reader. … Just click through to the blog (not on ads unless you are so led) and if you’re feeling generous, click around to their older posts. Just those extra page views can make a big difference for bloggers who could really use the help.

    I’m in. I’m going to try to keep it up after August, too. Every little bit (and every little click) helps.

    Check out Motherhood Uncensored for more details about Blogging the Recession and to win prizes!