The other day, I was at the grocery store and needed to pick up some new blades for my Gillette razor. I'm still flabbergasted by the price of these little things. $13.99 for four razors?!?



So thinking I was smart, I went and bought a 5-pack of generic disposable razors for about $3.50. I went to use one this morning and you know what I found out? There's a reason those Gillette blades are $13.99....they work, and they work very well. After 5 nicks and irritated skin, I tossed that… Continue

What is an El Niño?

El Niño is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific, as opposed to La Niña, which characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific. El Niño is an oscillation of the ocean-atmosphere system in the tropical Pacific having important consequences for weather around the globe.

Among these consequences are increased rainfall across the southern tier of the US and in Peru, which has caused…

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