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\n\"\"<\/a>Throughout this year, several bloggers will engage in a conversation here and on their blogs \u2014 asking questions of each other and responding. Others are absolutely welcome to join the conversation, as well. Learn more about the ladies of Blogversation 2012.<\/a><\/em>
\nToday’s question comes from Mary Jean Babic, a Brooklyn-based writer and a new blogger on a Tumblr site called Her Royal Babicness<\/a>.
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I’m a real Hints From Heloise kind of gal.\u00a0 Inspirational, inner-searching advice is all well and good, but super-practical tips for day-to-day living totally rev my engine.\u00a0 Pour *fast* from a just-opened carton of juice, and it won’t dribble down the sides and slosh all over the place.\u00a0 Tough out the first half hour of a mosquito bite without scratching, and it’ll stop itching altogether.\u00a0 If you’re in the stroller years of parenting, buy a raincoat with a hood because you won’t always have a hand free for an umbrella.\u00a0 When I learn things like this, I feel like I’ve found keys to a secret world, one that’s a little less messy, itchy, annoying, and befuddled than this one.
\nSometimes I figure these things out on my own, but more often I learn them from someone.\u00a0 Pouring fast came from my Aunt Anne; I think of her every time I open a fresh carton of juice or milk.\u00a0 Lou was the first one to stop my hand from scratching my skin down to the bone, and he helped me grit my teeth through that\u00a0 thirty minutes the first time.\u00a0 It’s a nice connection to have with someone.\u00a0 Not long ago I sent an email to my friend Nick to tell him that I had had sushi that day, and I remembered that he was the one, years ago, to show me how to mix soy sauce and wasabi in the little bowl that comes with sushi.\u00a0 He was pleased to hear it and said he, too, remembered who taught him that.
\nSo here’s your chance to earn some lifelong gratitude and lodge yourself in another person’s memory:\u00a0 What practical tips can YOU pass along? \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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