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Evolution: The Dish Cloth

In the beginning, there was the dishcloth, and it was good. But Eva Solo saw the dishcloth, and said, "We can do that waaaay better." And so they did:

Posted Aug 27 2008, 12:01 PM by Alex Zalben with | with no comments

Filed under: kitchen, Cleaning Products, cloths

This Paper Towel Holder Has a Secret

Sure this looks like a normal paper towel holder, but it actually has a pretty neat secret; can you guess what it is?

Posted Jun 30 2008, 09:00 AM by Alex Zalben with | with no comments

Filed under: gadgets, Cleaning Products, Magnets

There’s something mildly creepy about this, and I can’t figure out what it is. To be fair, you’re supposed to use these as brushes for cleaning things that are NOT teeth, though I can’t help but picture cleaning your own teeth with much larger teeth. It’s like making out with your cleaning products, I guess?

Oh wait, figured out what made it creepy:

Posted Apr 30 2008, 03:30 PM by Alex Zalben with | with no comments

Filed under: Cleaning Products, home

Quick Tip of the Day: Magic Eraser

What's cooler that cool? Cute little baby ducks following the mama duck in a perfect line.

What's cooler than that? Two-for-one margarita specials.

What's cooler than that?

Posted Apr 14 2008, 08:30 AM by Wendy Atterberry with | with 2 comment(s)

Filed under: Quick tip, Cleaning Products

Quick Tip of the Day: Five Signs it's Time for Spring Cleaning

Five Signs it's Time for Spring Cleaning:

You've started buying rabbit food for your dust bunnies
You've forgotten what color your sink is
You can't remember if you have hardwood floors or carpeting

Posted Apr 11 2008, 08:30 AM by Wendy Atterberry with | with no comments

Filed under: Quick tip, Cleaning Products

Quick Tip of the Day: Method Cleaning

I love Method cleaning products (they're biodegradable, non-toxic, super convenient, and actually smell good...not like Lysol and Clorox and all that other crap), but the flushable wipes are a fucking Godsend. Now instead of scrubbing the base of the toilet for half an hour, I can quickly wipe it and be done with it, which is awesome because who wants to spend any more time down there than necessary, you know? Just to be sure, we're still talking about the toilet here.

[$4, Method Home]

Posted Feb 22 2008, 08:30 AM by Wendy Atterberry with | with no comments

Filed under: Quick tip, Cleaning Products

about the blogger

Wendy Atterberry is a recent transplant to New York City via Chicago. You can often find her at some karaoke dive bar singing her repertoire, which includes "Midnight Train to Georgia," "Daniel," and most recently, "Sweet Dreams." Don't expect her to always hit the right notes. She lives in Manhattan with her boyfriend and two cats, and has a blog like everyone else.

Alex Zalben is a writer living in New York City. He's written for McSweeney's, Modern Humorist and PulpSecret.com. As one-fifth of the sketch comedy group Elephant Larry, he has been written up in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and pretty much every other major publication. Their blog was named one of PC Magazine's Top Blogs for 2007, and they recently won an ECNY Award for their viral short, "Minesweeper: The Movie." Alex did not know love until he bought his first Mac.

Steph Auteri is a freelance writer and proofreader who has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press, Playgirl, and other bastions of fine writing. She maintains a professional site http://www.stephiswrite.com, and also blogs about freelancing over at Freelancedom. You can keep up on her day-to-day by visiting her Twitter page.

Diana Vilibert is a freelance writer, among other things. Born in Lithuania, she now lives in New Jersey, where she doesn't have to walk to work ten miles in the snow, barefoot, uphill both ways. Diana cannot afford most of the products she writes about because she buys too many pairs of heels to make up for her shoeless childhood. She's written for MarieClaire.com, Janemag.com, and CosmoGIRL!.