Best self-improvement idea of the day

Via io9.

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This woman is so right. One of the biggest challenges you're going to face in your life is how to fold a fitted sheet. Of course it is. Another big challenge is how to open a jar of pickles. And another huge challenge is how to measure laundry detergent using the laundry detergent measuring cup. Another big challenge is how to get through your life if folding a fitted sheet is something that's a big challenge to you. I'm thinking that financial hardship, sickness, death and heart-break are going to be difficult for you to deal with. Fortunately, once you've learned from this video, you'll be able to build a fortress out of 346 folded sheets and hide there.

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Lindsay Lohan's mother better find a job

Looks like Dina Lohan's favourite earner is getting some terrible advice. Radaronline has this totally true story from someone who lives in the walls at The Betty Ford Clinic:

"Lindsay Lohan is being advised to cut mom Dina loose from her business empire and acting career if she wants to remain sober, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting. "Dina needs to no longer act as her manager, or work for her daughter in any capacity," a source close to the Hollywood wild child told RadarOnline.com. "Lindsay needs Dina to simply be her mother. Says Dina, "I don't know what that means." "Lindsay's treatment team at Betty Ford has emphasized this to Lindsay, very, very strongly. Lindsay feels the financial burden of taking care of her entire family. It's enormous pressure for any person in their twenties, let alone someone that is battling with addiction." Cry me a river. When I was that age I walked 17 miles every morning wearing nothing but the bloody soles of my feet to get to the meat substitute factory where I'd work 76-hour shifts to make sure my entire family had money for wood-grain liquor. The source added, "Lindsay and Dina don't have a normal mother-and-daughter dynamic because of the length of time that Dina has worked for Lindsay." But according to the source, Lindsay, 24, has not yet accepted the advice. "She is strong enough to tell Dina that she doesn't want her to work for her anymore," added the source, who has direct knowledge of the situation. "It's partly because it has been the norm for so long and Lindsay doesn't know what her career would look like without her mom's involvement." Lindsay's next project is the biopic of porn star Linda Lovelace's life, Inferno, congratulations on Super-Healthy-Good-For-Your-Mental-Health choice of the week although filming has been delayed until the starlet is released from treatment. "Lindsay wants to get back to work, with the view, the sooner the better," said the source. "However, her treatment team is asking that she commit to at least another 45 days of treatment. Lindsay has done several 30 day rehab stints and almost every time, she has relapsed. We really believe that the longer she stays at Betty Ford, the better for her odds of success. And also much better for the source's chance at getting paid for telling made-up stories."

Do you want to be a better actor?

Of course you do, because, to be frank, your career isn't going too well. What to do? Where to go? Workshops and teachers are too expensive. What you need is some solid advice from Utah Wolf Productions. (There's a picture of a real wolf on the website and everything). Here's a small taste of what you will learn. I know it's difficult to concentrate on what this guy is saying while looking at his shirt, so instead just look at the extra-realistic background. (Via Videogum).

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Should you eat it?

You've eaten dropped food. But how many times have you picked up dropped food, looked at it and been unsure as to whether you should eat it or throw it away and ended up throwing perfectly good food away because of over-cautiousness? Exactly. Finally, there's help in the form of this handy diagram. Via Buzzfeed.

 

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Resurrecting Ralph Macchio's career

WARNING: Bad language and some suggested lewdness. Also: funny.

Wax On, F*ck Off with Ralph Macchio from Ralph Macchio

I've always wondered how to do that