By Kelly Vaughan May 04, 2021 In order to prevent a cake from sticking to a pan, start by properly and thoroughly greasing the cake pan. “Grease and line your pans—this is your insurance policy,” says Odette Williams, baker, writer, and author of Simple Cake: All You Need to Keep Your Friends and Family in Cake ($13.99, amazon.com). There are so…
Read More How to Release a Stuck Cake from a PanLeah Campbell Updated: Mar. 23, 2020 Anh Trinh is the managing editor at Geek with Laptop, a site that helps readers gain knowledge around all kinds of tech subjects. She explains that shutting down a computer is a way to power down all processes of the machine. “It’s very similar to a restart but with the exception…
Read More When Is It Better to Restart vs. Shut Down Your Computer?This Pride Month, as it always has, AT&T changed its corporate logo to a rainbow, issued statements for equality, and tweeted out support for LGBTQ youth — all for a month-long marketing campaign. But a stunning new report from Popular Information found that over the last two years AT&T donated $1,079,500 to anti-LGBTQ federal politicians, as well…
Read More AT&T donated more than $1.1 million to anti-LGBTQ lawmakersI’m diabetic, and many of my friends and family members are too. Here’s some good advice (I know that advice is worth what you pay for it but this advice is golden.) Drink plenty of water or other calorie-free beverages. (My issue) Be choosy about nighttime snacks. (not my issue) Eat several mini-meals during the…
Read More Slideshow: Best Diet Tips Ever — 22 Ways to Stay on TrackPaul Mooney, Trailblazing Comedian and Richard Pryor Collaborator, Dies at 79 He was known for his boundary-pushing routines about racism and social justice and for his work with Pryor and on “In Living Color” and “Chappelle’s Show.” Read HERE. How Paul Mooney made SNL a cultural phenomenon with one legendary Richard Pryor-Chevy Chase sketch By Bethonie Butler May…
Read More RIP Paul MooneyAlthough National Hamburger Month is almost over and many of the good offers are gone, there are still some places that have offers for you. Wayback Burgers Grab a $3 Signature Burger in recognition of National Hamburger Day, May 28 Krispy Kreme If you got your COVID-19 vaccine, Krispy Kreme will give you a free donut every day for…
Read More Food Offers (some are really free!)Josh Russell April 9, 2021 WASHINGTON (CN) — A District of Columbia judge on Friday granted a default judgment against the far-right Proud Boys after the group gave the cold shoulder to a historic Black church’s lawsuit over destruction of Black Lives Matter flags. Two days before hundreds of pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the…
Read More Proud Boys Default in Historic Black Church’s Vandalism LawsuitA lesson plan from Dr. Gayle Olson-Raymer, “Manifest Destiny Moves into the Pacific ” @ gohistory [S]everal individuals had set their sights on the strategically located Hawaiian Islands (then called the Sandwich Islands). Manifest Destiny initially came to Hawaii not at the request of the United States government, but rather at the hands of private business entrepreneurs and missionaries. In the…
Read More What Do You Know About Imperialism and Manifest Destiny?(San Diego, CA, April 13, 2021) The United States Mint announced the names of the first two women to be honored on coins issued under the American Women Quarters Program. Famed writer Maya Angelou and acclaimed astronaut Dr. Sally Ride will be the first distinguished American women celebrated on the reverse of the program’s circulating quarters.
Read More U.S. Mint Announces Quarters Honoring Maya Angelou, Sally RideAldous Pennyfarthing and Daily Kos May 16, 2021 The dude who hosted what may be the most infuriating photo op during the events of Jan. 6—the brandishing of a flagpole with an ugly racist hate symbol, a flag that never made it to the Capitol during the war of its origin—is facing both justice and a little R&R,…
Read More Insurrectionist who waved Confederate flag in Capitol allowed to take family road trip before trial