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The fun ones. Each says so, and each ends by pointing at the placement that fits.
15 articles.
Essential oils: pleasant, potent, and sold with invented credentials
The bottle is a concentrate of a plant, which is the whole appeal and the whole problem.
6 min read
Zodiac signs as coffee shop orders
For fun, from someone who has ordered coffee in eleven countries and watched the same twelve people do it every time.
2 min read
Your sign's comfort show
For fun. The interesting part is why rewatching soothes us at all.
2 min read
Zodiac signs ranked by group project reliability
A ranking for fun, and the real reason group projects fail, learned running yoga retreats.
2 min read
Zodiac signs as houseplants
For fun, though the care notes are real, which is more than I can say for most of my own plant purchases.
2 min read
Astrology-themed nail art by element
A design guide from someone who does batik on weekends and has opinions about gold leaf.
4 min read
Your rising sign's style archetype
The one style question where astrology has a placement that makes sense.
2 min read
Zodiac signs as sandwiches
Entirely for fun, from someone who has eaten a roti john in every state of Malaysia.
2 min read
Astrology and your skincare routine
The one lifestyle post where I stop being playful, because skin is a health matter and a birth date knows nothing about it.
4 min read
Your coffee order vs your order at 2am
The gap between the two orders is the interesting part, and astrology has a real name for it, which I'll explain over a very late supper.
4 min read
Your sign's ideal vacation
For fun, from someone who plans a trip every month and has yet to let a Sun sign book one.
4 min read
Incense sticks: what they are, and what they do to the air
One of the oldest continuous human practices, and one with a measurable downside that the packaging never mentions.
9 min read
Ritual baths: the traditions, and what a hot bath does
One of the few practices on this shelf where the physiological effect is real, well measured, and roughly as large as people say.
9 min read
Seven-day candles: the traditions, the glass, and the fire risk
An object designed to burn unattended for a week, which is precisely what every fire service in the world tells you never to do with a candle.
9 min read
Suncatchers: rainbows, feng shui, and the fire risk nobody mentions
A pleasant object with real physics behind it, one traditional claim that's not testable, and one hazard that is, and that fire services keep writing about.
9 min read
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