Author Archive: Eric San Juan

Watching a bunch of Harry Potter trailers back-to-back, because why not?

A new movie set in the Harry Potterverse is about to debut, Big Giant Monsters and How to Get Them, so my esteemed Youtube Partner, Tig of Nerd out with Me fame, and I decided to do what any sane middle aged men drinking beer in an attic would do: we watched all the Harry Potter trailers back-to-back, jabbering as we did. Eight trailers is a lot. This is a long episode of Hours in the Attic, just short of our longest to date. But we also think it’s a fun way to quickly revisit all those Potter flicks, so check it out:

Turn Your Jungle Into A Garden!

Contributed Post (Wikimedia) If you’ve let your garden turn into a jungle, then you probably don’t like to even think about it! Every time you look out one of your back windows, and see all those twisting, unruly weeds and overgrown grass, you’re confronted with an inconvenient truth: you’re going to have to tidy it up some day! If you’re not much of a gardener and the prospect of all that work is daunting, here are a few tips to turn your jungle into a presentable garden. Go Step-by-Step Seen as you’re reading this, I’ll assume that the very mention of gardening makes you freeze up. If you’re dreading the sheer amount of time you’re going to have to invest to turn your jungle into…
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Dealing With Legal Issues Without Losing Your Head

Luckily you can’t legally lose your head by decapitation in the US by execution. But there are plenty of some that still use the electric chair and the lethal injection. Punishments such as these and the other consequences can lead people to panic when they find themselves in trouble with the law. But the best thing to do is keep calm and see what options you have to resolve the situation in the best possible way. Image Divorce 50% of marriages in the US end in divorce. It’s not a great statistic for anyone thinking of tying the knot, is it? But well at least you have a 1 in 2 shot of making it! If the worse happens and you do decide to separate,…
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The Myth of the Assimilating Immigrant, Speaking English, and Eroding Americana

Discussions about immigration are funny. They tend to focus on the same small handful of heartfelt pleas; arguments about losing our culture, griping that immigrants don’t learn the language (“the language” being English), and the idea that immigrants of the past used to come here and work hard to assimilate themselves into American culture. As we’re about to discover, that last part is largely a myth. First, a word on the language. The United States has no official language. Never has. As immigration has increased from non-European countries, there have also been increasing calls for a national language, thus far to no avail. Some individual states do, 32 of them in all, but not the United States itself. Our documents are written in English, and…
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Running a Business from Home? Keep Yourself Secure with These Tips

Pixabay More and more people are working from home, eager to use modern technology to work while reducing stress and enjoying their lives more. More and more people are starting up new businesses for themselves, eager to be their own boss and bring new ideas to the table. Of course, it follows that there are now more and more people combining these two things. More people are starting their own business from their own homes! This, of course, presents loads of benefits for the people in that endeavor. But not everything is perfect when it comes to this method of starting a business. That’s because you have a few safety, privacy, and security issues you need to worry about. Flickr Of course, this isn’t something…
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