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How to Pretend to Read Minds Using the 'Orange Kangaroo' Word Trick
The "Orange Kangaroo" word trick provides a fun and easy way to convince your friends that you can read their minds. All you have to do is ask a series of questions related to numbers and letters, all of which will almost inevitably lead a person to think...
How to Adopt a Child
Adopting a child can be a wonderful, life-changing experience. To begin the process, take some time to evaluate your life and make sure that you’re ready for this change. The adoption process, sometimes lengthy, will take patience, but the outcome will be...
How to Swap Hard Disk Drive Platters
This is an article regarding swapping hard drive platters. It may be best to try swapping the controller board before going to a platter swap. This is less destructive, and you require an identical drive for either process anyway.
Bind Your Own Book at Home: A Beginner's Guide
Do you want to start a scrapbook, nature journal, or diary? You can, of course, buy a suitable book at the store, but if you really want to make it your own, perhaps it's time to rediscover the not-quite-lost art of bookbinding. If you’re not sure where t...
How to Be Happy Being Yourself
It’s easy to wish you looked like or acted like someone else, or had the cushy job or great boyfriend that someone else has. No matter who you are, you can learn to be happy and fulfilled with your life. Take time to appreciate your talents and character...
How to Search Property Titles on the Internet
If you are purchasing real property (a.k.a., a home or land) or using your home as collateral on a loan (e.g., getting a mortgage), chances are you will have to conduct a title search. When you conduct a title search, you are in fact looking back through...
How to Play Strip Poker
Do you like poker, but want to raise the stakes? Try a flirty and mature version of the classic card game, one in which adult players can literally lose the shirts off their backs— and maybe more. In strip poker, players wager items of clothing they are w...
How to Do an Evil Laugh
Doing a great evil laugh requires more than just letting out a cackle. By getting in an evil mood, using your body language to enhance your laugh and manipulating your voice, you can sound truly evil.
How to Drill Holes Through Glass
Have a household or craft project that requires you to put a hole through glass? Drilling a hole in glass can be done with a regular electric drill if the correct drill bit is used. The key to drilling glass is to use material harder than the glass itself...
How to Tie a Silk Scarf
Silk scarves are a wardrobe staple. They add color, texture, and interest to any outfit, and are the perfect accessory for cooler weather. However, square silk scarves can be tricky to tie and longer scarves a bit intimidating. Try one of these many style...
How to Perform Mantra Meditation
Mantra meditation has become increasingly popular in recent years. The practice consists of the two individual components of chanting mantras and meditating and has a different purpose for every person. Mantra meditation requires consistent practice, but...
How to Play Games Well
This article is designed to improve skills at all games, online, offline, console, or PC.
How to Draw Manga Hair
Drawing hair for manga characters is a ton of fun and quite easy—even if you’re not the greatest artist in the world! Since manga characters typically have simple, geometric hair, you can create excellent manga hair simply by layering shapes on top of one...
How to Eat at a Sit Down Restaurant
Eating out can be deceptively difficult for some people. From the type of food to the dress code, there are a plethora of factors to think about before deciding where to eat. Know what considerations are there for you to make, in order to make your specia...
How to Write a Swalesian Introduction
In academic writing, the "CARS" model proposed by John Swales is an efficient way to outline your research to the reader. Swales researched the structure of introductions found in academic articles and came up with a process of "moves" that result in a s...
How to Let Go of the Guy Who Left You for Another Girl
Relationships can be amazing experiences, but with the high of a relationship, there is sometimes the low of a breakup. One of the worst kinds of breakups is where your partner leaves you for someone else. If you have been dating a guy who leaves you f...