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Nuts are indispensable in the raw kitchen. Nutrition rich, they form the base of creamy nut milks, cheeses, pie crusts, pies, and more. But, some of them, if not soaked before use, can cause problems with digestion or taste bitter. Soaking will improve the digestibility, and the flavor, of any nut.
 It’s the nut’s enzyme inhibitors and tannins that cause a great deal of the problem. Enzymes are what power any biological process, including germination. Nuts contain enzyme inhibitors to prevent them from germinating until they’re in the right conditions. Water not only deactivates the enzyme inhibitors, it’s most important for a growing seed.


Also, you’ll notice the water from soaked nuts turns brown. This is the tannins which have been released into the water. It’s very acidic and shouldn’t be used in your recipes, but it’s excellent for watering plants.

Once soaked, or soaked and dried, nuts are much sweeter and will have a lighter, fresher taste and be easier to digest.

To soak, place the almonds in a container along with approximately twice the water that is needed to cover them completely. The nuts will soak up much of the water, so make sure you have enough. Soak for two to three hours at room temperature, or overnight in the refrigerator.

Pour off the soak water and rinse the almonds well. For milks and other recipes that will have added water, just set aside the wet nuts. They can be drained and placed in tubs and put in the refrigerator for up to three days or in the freezer until needed.


For recipes that require dry nuts, like pie crusts and truffles, spread the nuts on a lined sheet and dehydrate for several hours or overnight at about 118 degrees. They can also be dried in an oven set on a low temperature with the door left slightly ajar. These dried nuts can be stored in jars or other lidded containers at room temperature. For even more freshness and longer shelf time, they can be kept in the refrigerator or freezer and will keep this way for up to three months in the freezer.

Late last month, Zosia Mamet and her sister quietly launched a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of raising $32,000 to make one music video for their band, The Cabin Sisters. It was a glimpse into how the other half's brains work—why spend your own money when you can just ask someone/dad? But even once the word was spread by her more influential friends, like Lena Dunham and Zooey Deschanel, it became clear no one was spending their own hard-earned money on funding an over-priced video for two very well off, connected women who have never once offered to dip into their own deep pockets to, like, pay off our student loans or whatever. [ more › ]

"To me, the commode is like a universe, and I can manipulate that universe just by flushing," a young Louis Szekely (better known as Louis CK) told viewers of MTV's Artumentary in the 1990s. In the below video, he was going under the name "David Cross" and showing off his toilet art, in which he filled toilets with different color liquids and photographed them while they flushed into pieces of temporary and chaotic "art." Though the whole thing is satirical, he does make a valid point that still holds true today: "MTV will show you a lot of crap, and they'll tell you it's art." [ more › ]

The cost of beef—from lowly ground chuck to the most tender ribeye—has reached an all time high, with prices averaging around $3.26 per pound for ground beef (up from $2.99) and $4.81 for steak (up from $3.51). First the beer and now the burgers. [ more › ]

Prison food gets a bad rap, but a recent tasting at a historic penitentiary showed that prison menus of the past were less predictable and maybe even more nutritious than the institutional-style meals served in most prisons today. Some prisons are returning to scratch cooking, and are opening restaurants to train inmates in food service.

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It's been a while since we saw anyone attempting to use the subway as a mobile strip club, but luckily this limber lady has ended the dry spell. According to the description accompanying the video, the dancer decided to one-up the boys busking down the aisle—and by the looks of it, she triumphed. [ more › ]

Justin Timberlake is bringing sexy back with his new single cover art.

But in a subtle, artistic manner.

The artist has released the photo that goes along with his latest single "Tunnel Vision" and while it may at first glance look to be a close-up of the singer's face… look harder. Look deeper. Look from the top left and curve down to the bottom middle and...

... yup, that's the shape of a naked woman! No one tell Jessica Biel.

Mad Men star January Jones was spotted with her 1-year-old son Xander at Houston’s restaurant in Pasadena, Calif. on Monday (June 10). Joined by her mother Karen, January and her baby boy kept it casual chic in matching white tops.

The following day, the mother-daughter duo stepped out with baby Xander at Larchmont in L.A.

The actress – who has dated Jason Sudeikis, Ashton Kutcher and Josh Groban - is remaining mum on the identity of her son’s father.

“It’s just not something the public needs to know,” January recently shared. “I don’t divulge my sexual preferences. There are parts of your life — no matter what your job — that should remain private.”

She added: “When I was starting out, other actors advised me to keep certain things close to the vest. When you become a public figure people want to know everything about you, and then [they] pick it apart — it becomes negative. When my son asks those questions, I want him to [hear it from me]. I don’t want him to be able to Google it.”

The single mom is set to light up the big screen in her new film, Sweet Vengence, in which she plays a gun-toting prostitute.

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Windows: Find and Replace searches multiple files on your system for a string of text and replaces it with whatever you choose. Think of it like the Find/Replace tool in your favorite text editor on steroids. The app is portable, supports regular expressions, case sensitive searching, and it's free.

If you're not interested in replacing text, you can just use "Find" to do a whole-system search for a string of text. For example, if you know you wrote a document about eucalyptus at some point but you have no idea where on your system it is or how deeply buried in the document your comments were, Find and Replace can find it—whether you're on your computer or a work machine where you may not be able to install something like a desktop search tool.

The app is also capable of finding and replacing multi-line text, recursing directories, and even sports command line options so you can include it in batch files or just run it from the command line. Hit the link below to download it, check out the source code, or see all of its features in action.

fnr.exe - Find and Replace Tool | Codeplex

Today is Kate Upton's 21st birthday, and what better occasion than that to revisit 21 images of the stunning supermodel in her birthday suit (almost)!

While she made a name for herself as Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue cover girl, Kate has branched out into the fashion world as well in recent months.

Who else do you know that can make a Cat Daddy video, pose nude in publications like Contributor and GQ, and also cover Vogue? The girl can do it all!

In honor of her 21st birthday on this 10th of June, we raise our glass to a woman who can now order a drink legally, and celebrate the hottest model ever.

Enjoy some of our favorite Kate Upton photos below!

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Patrick Schwarzengger, 19-year-old model, actor, USC freshman and son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, is in pretty good shape apparently.

"Early morning pump!" he captioned the Twitter photo below, followed by, "Who is getting into shape for summer??!! Gonna gain 7 pounds this summer."

Beats the heck out of our 30 minutes a day of cardio. Show-off.

Presumably, Patrick Schwarzenegger means packing on seven pounds of muscle, not gaining weight like Rob Kardashian on last night's Keeping Up.

Just a hunch there.

Patrick doesn't eschew clothes all the time: He's co-founder of Project 360, a clothing company that seeks to raise funds and organize donations for charity.

Hey, if you have to wear clothes, it might as well be for a good cause. And for one's free time, there's always the gym. Keep the Twitpics coming, Pat.

Looks like he inherited his father's love for getting buff, no doubt.

Let's just hope he doesn't emulate ... certain other habits.

Steve Sanders lives!

Over the weekend, former Beverly Hills 90210 actor and Dancing with the Stars contestant Ian Ziering took to a very different kind of stage:

He debuted as a Chippendales dancer at the iconic male revue in Las Vegas.

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The 49-year-old, who shed 25 pounds for the sexy gig, will be a guest host Thursdays through Sundays through June 30 at the Rio.

Ogle the above photos of him now on the red carpet and decide: Did Kelly Taylor make the wrong choice? Would you sleep with Ian Ziering?

Pamela Anderson still has it and still very much wants to flaunt it.

Unfortunately, Great Britain does not want to see this veteran actress flaunt very much, as the nation has banned an Anderson ad and dubbed it degrading to women.

But men can still get their fill of the former Baywatch beauty in the June issue of Vogue Brazil.

Photographed by Mario Testino, Anderson is featured in the magazine, keeping both her head and her chest held high:

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Pamela Anderson will turn 46 next month, but ogle away now and decide: Would you still hit it?

Gut busting with chicken chow mein, nursing a fried rice hangover, your frenzied hour of pillaging the steam trays quickly dissolves into a table full of sticky-smeared plates, bloated bellies, and quiet groaning.

Folks, if you’re like me this scene is called The End of The Buffet, a dimly-lit freeze-frame featuring you and your friends lazily sliding in chairs with slack jaws and heavy eyelids.

And it gets worse, too.

The chipper waitress drops off the bill and everybody just eyes each other suspiciously. Who owes who money? Who ordered drinks and who didn’t? Is anyone riding a fat paycheck high and feeling generous? Since I am an extremely cheap person, I generally choose this exact moment to skedaddle to the bathroom in the hopes that everyone else will overpay and allow me to just drop a fiver on the stack before heading out.

Of course, it never works out that way.

Instead, I return to an untouched bill and generally get pegged as Math Guy, also known as The Job Nobody Wants After Dinner. See, my friends start chatting about what movie to see and I’m suddenly stuck with my head down, brows furrowed, figuring out tips, collecting cash, and trying to follow the paper trails of who paid what.

If you’re hanging out with me and my friends then Math Guy is a doubly terrible job because we’re always forty bucks short. People shrug, eye contact is avoided, and there are some phantom wallet reaches, until we figure out that two people didn’t add tax and tip and one guy still needs to get cash from the bank machine.

Holla if you been there.

Math Guys and Math Girls of the world, we feel each other’s pain. It’s tough asking people to put more money in and sometimes we just reach into our own wallets to get the job done. Twenties are broken, coins are counted, and there is constant checking and rechecking that it all adds up right.

Yes, if you’re picking up what I’m putting down, then you know that moment of quiet satisfaction when you finally close that sticky, vinyl, duck-sauce smeared billfold over a stack of crumpled bills and sliding coins.

Because at that exact moment the shackles of Math Guy are finally busted.

And you’re free.

AWESOME!

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Throughout the course of human history, it becomes necessary, at certain times when the illusion of progress has been reached, to stretch culinary creativity even further.

Especially in fast food lest we become too far accustomed to dry hamburger patties on stale sesame seed buns or rubbery egg byproducts adorned with nothing more than cold, unmelted processed “cheese.”

In 2009, it was the Double Down. More recently, it was the fusing of chip and taco for Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Tacos. Shocking, innovative, delicious, and perhaps even life threatening in copious amounts? No doubt. But completely freaking worth it.

But has such innovation been available before 10:30 AM?

No.

So with an eye towards pushing the envelope of acceptable gluttony at the breakfast table even beyond the realms of Fruity Pebbles consumed with half-and-half while sitting naked in front of reruns of Looney Tunes*, Dunkin’ Donuts has unveiled the Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich.

To be honest, I wasn’t surprised when I heard about it. Don’t get me wrong, I was excited to try the sandwich, but not in the OMG shock-and-awe kind of excitement that resonates in middle school text message conversations. Personally, I’ve been eating salty and meaty things on donuts for years.

What with the proximity of Burger King and Krispy Kreme in Salt Lake City Airport’s Terminal B, it was inevitable during my money-strapped and homesick college days that those two worlds would collide in a surprisingly tasty combination. And given the burgeoning popularity of any number of Luther Burger designs, I know I’m not the only one who has been waiting for the mainstream acceptance of using a donut as a bun.

Boasting a pepper-fried egg and cherrywood-smoked bacon, the sandwich comes out just like any of Dunkin’s other toasted sandwiches — an employee zaps the egg and bacon in a microwave/toaster oven/silver box I presume cooks (or at the very least warms) the food, and then the contents are assembled on the bread of choice. I didn’t ask if I could get the sandwich with another type of donut, but the Original Glazed is a no brainer.

However, Dunkin’s Glazed Donut has its flaws. Namely, it’s a bit on the petite side, and doesn’t have the kind of homemade rise that really, really good donuts have. But it’s still light and airy with that sweetly rich taste of fried dough that makes eating a donut much more pleasant than eating…Well, celery or some crap like that.

I especially liked how the flavors of the fried egg and bacon, oozing their own buttery and pork fat juices, respectively, seeped inside of the donut. It’s like someone decided to put sweet cream butter on a donut. Why has no one thought to do that before?

Anyways, the glaze, while slightly chipped in places and not boasting 100 percent topside coverage, had been warmed in the radiant heat of the wrapper, resurrecting it to a fresh baked, slightly gooey, and stick-to-your-fingers texture that will leave you licking your lips hours after finishing.

As for the pepper fried egg and cherrywood bacon, both were good, but not that good. The egg had a decent flavor with some saltiness and butteriness. It didn’t, however, have a crisp fried egg texture. And the only thing the black pepper specks added to the party was a hint of disjointedness with the donut’s sweetness.

The bacon was good, but limp. They were the standard fast food precooked strips that (ironically) many fast food restaurants are moving away from these days. Lacking crunch or a pronounced smoke flavor, I didn’t pick up on the cherrywood and missed what could have been a real textural contrast with the donut. Worse yet, I even managed to pick up a slightly burnt taste on the edges of one the stripes.

However, despite the bacon’s faults and it being cliché to say sandwiches scream for more bacon when all other attempts at improvement fail, this donut sandwich needs more damn bacon!

I also have to admit the sandwich is already a bit awkward to eat given its construction. Wrapped tightly in paper, the donut itself is compressed and somewhat steamed by the warm contents of the egg and bacon. That combination causes the donut’s underside to break down like a helpless burger bun battling against too much fat and moisture from a seeping patty.

Thusly, attempting to pick it up and eat it like an actual sandwich is a recipe for getting donut goo on yourself. I don’t mind so much because I think donut goo could make an attractive moisturizer or cologne.

Dunkin’ Donut’s new Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich is innovative, but messy. It’s good, but not great. It’s well thought out, but not executed well. In short, it’s not all that it could be, and not all that fast food junkies demand it should be. Still, for those spurred on by a bit of impulse and a hankering to try something new for their morning (or afternoon) routine, it’s an enjoyable bite of sweet and salty.

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(Nutrition Facts – 360 calories, 180 calories from fat, 20 grams of fat, 13 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 60 milligrams of cholesterol, 720 milligrams of sodium, 32 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 13 grams of sugar, and 13 grams of protein.)

Other Dunkin’ Donuts Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich reviews:
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Item: Dunkin’ Donuts Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich
Purchased Price: $3.39
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Purchased at: Dunkin’ Donuts
Rating: 7 out of 10
Pros: Another affirmation of team sweet ‘n salty in the fast food world. Glazed donut gets resurrected in an gooey way. Egg patty has surprisingly good flavor. Tastes like a buttered glazed donut. Less calories than Dunkin’s “healthy” Turkey Sausage Sandwich.
Cons: Doesn’t go big or bold enough. Bacon lacks crunch or cherry smoke flavor. Pepper fried egg is not actually fried in butter, but instead infused with “Natural Sautéed Flavor.” Messy. Awkward to eat. Doesn’t feel quite worth its price tag.

Edward Snowden has been revealed as the whistleblower who provided The Guardian (UK) with information for its groundbreaking new report on the NSA.

The man who controversially outed the National Security Agency's surveillance practices to the newspaper unexpectedly outed himself on Sunday.

He's been working with the NSA for four years and copied the last set of documents he intended to leak three weeks ago at his Hawaii office.

Snowden, 29, is a Booz Allen Hamilton employee who requested a two-week leave of absence, told his girlfriend he had to leave and flew to Hong Kong.

Why there? "Because he believed that it was one of the few places in the world that both could and would resist the dictates of the US government."

Snowden, who previously worked at the CIA after being discharged from the U.S. Army, has now been holed up in a Hong Kong hotel for three weeks.

He's seemingly at peace with the consequences his actions could bring, although he is "intensely nervous" about being spied on, according to reports.

"I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions," he tells the Guardian.

"I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant."

"The only thing I fear is the harmful effects on my family, who I won't be able to help any more. That's what keeps me up at night," he added.

Snowden's motivation for leaking NSA documents and information are rooted in a desire to check what he considers government's abuses of power:

"The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to."

Snowden will likely draw comparisons with that against Wikileaks source Bradley Manning, though Snowden, as a civilian, will not face a military tribunal.

Just the same, several lawmakers have already called for him to be prosecuted.

The Guardian also published a video interview with Snowden came as the paper was under increasing pressure this weekend to be more transparent.

After doubts were cast on its original reporting about the NSA's surveillance programs, Snowden's choice to reveal himself immediately turned heads.

It was a battle of burgers on last night's episode of Food Network Star.

With 11 contestants still remaining on Season 9, the finalists were tasked with coming up with their own take on this classic entree. Simple, right?

Not as simple when you only have one hour to cook up the burger… and then two minutes to present it to a panel of burger gurus.

It didn't make it any easier, either, that each expert/audience member could only taste one burger and the choice had to be made based on the burger's presentation.

So... who came out and top and why? Visit our friends at Food Fanatic now for a complete Food Network Star review and then weigh in with your thoughts.

A scientist has developed a technology to turn the cellulose in non-food plants like trees and grasses into edible starch. Sounds zany, but guess what? Cellulose products are already commonly used as food additives in hundreds of processed and fast food items.

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Dear Lifehacker,
Every week it seems like there's a new email, calendar, or to-do app out and I can't keep up. How can I find the right one for me in a sea of hundreds of options?

Sincerely,
To-Don't Care

Dear TDC,
We totally understand your pain. A quick glance at the productivity section of any app store reveals thousands of options for various email, to-do, calendar, notes, workflow, and everything else apps. Cutting through the cruft isn't easy, but the real trick is knowing when to stop looking for the perfect app and just be happy with what you have. Here's why so many apps exist, and what you can do to prevent yourself from getting overwhelmed by it all.

Dozens of Productivity Tips, Tricks, and Methods Exist and the Apps Follow Suit

More often than not, productivity apps are at least loosely based on a productivity method. The thing is, tons of productivity methods exist and many of us are remixing the best ideas into our own systems. So, to handle all of these different methods of getting things done, we have hundreds of apps that do similar things in slightly different ways.

Take email for example. Earlier this year, Mailbox came up with a system that used gestures and a simple interface to get you to inbox zero. The problem was that the app only worked with Gmail, and its simplicity was a problem for a lot of people. So, it's no surprise that shortly after we'd see similar apps, including Mail Pilot and Boxer that try to accomplish the same goals as Mailbox, but with slightly different approaches.

For pretty much every productivity idea out there, an app exists that embodies that idea. It's not a bad thing, because as we've learned before, there's no such thing as a one-size-fits-all productivity method, but the problem is that we end up being inundated with app options. Many of them are so well made that we want to check them out, even if they don't actually solve a problem we have.

Why the Internet Loves to Talk About All These Apps

The internet is already an easily excitable machine, but when it comes to hyping, overhyping, and singing the praises of a well-designed app, it's especially easy to go a little overboard. For the most part, all of us, from writers to designers to users, are all looking for the right app that'll make our lives easier. When something comes along that might do that—and especially if it comes in a nicely designed package—it's really easy to overpronounce the usefulness of it all.

The idea of getting excited about a productivity app might seem silly, but we've seen it time and time again. Years ago apps like AutoHotKey, Simplenote, or TextExpander completely changed the way we do things. Within the last year, apps like Clear and Mailbox answer the increasing desire to keep things simple and easy to use. Just yesterday, the notes management app Vesper garnered attention even though it's "yet another notes app" because it was built by an all-star team and manages to look fantastic while doing something several other apps already do.

The internet gets excited about this stuff because no matter what platform we're talking about, there's still room for improvement. Whether that's automating routine tasks, providing a more intuitive user interface, or simplifying things to the point that anyone can use them, we clearly desire productivity tools that work better than what we have. When something new comes along that fills that void, even if it's only a partial filling, it's easy to get excited.

Again, as was mentioned above, it's also about finding what works for you. Clear isn't great for people who need tons of options, but for a vast majority of users out there, an app that just displays a simple to-do list is really all they need. Mailbox isn't really useful for people who don't care about inbox zero, but if you do, it's an excellent tool for getting there. Each of these apps offers something to someone, and that alone is worth talking about.

From our point of view, if we can see a use for an app, or if it does something differently, it's worth mentioning. But that doesn't mean you have to go out and try every new thing that hits the digital shelves. For every app we do talk about, thousands exist that we don't ever mention.

We Still Suck At Being Productive on Smartphones

Despite the fact that many of us have been using smartphone apps for over five years, the actual experience of getting things done on a smartphone hasn't improved all that much. Heck, smartphones might actually hurt us more than help.

So, a lot of mobile apps out there are still trying to fix this problem. Email is still broken for a lot of people. It's hard to manage, it's impossible to keep up with, and it's a pain to use. For whatever reason, desktop mail clients have all but given up on fixing this issue while the mobile market has exploded with mail apps to the point where it feels like we're at a mobile email bubble. The same goes for everything else in the productivity suite. Calendars are trying to be smarter. Contact management apps want to integrate all parts of your life automatically. Notes apps are syncing across multiple services. They're all trying to make life simpler, and many of them succeed at this, but there's still a ton of room for improvement.

This isn't as much of a problem with desktop software. It's pretty rare that the internet gets excited about a desktop productivity app because for the most part they're all doing what we want them to. That's not to say it doesn't happen, every once in a while something comes along that blows us all away, but it seems more rare than mobile apps, at least for the time being. Mobile is new, it's shiny, and it's still broken. So when something comes along that might fix that it's hard to ignore.

How Do You Pick an App?

Here's the hard truth: an app alone isn't going to make you more productive. So, stop relying on the app. It's not about the app you use, it's how you use it. Find one that works and stick with it. These things are a dime a dozen, and I can almost guarantee you'll find something that works for you specifically.

If you need a good starting place, our own App Directory is a good place to begin the search for the perfect app. Once you find that app, stick with it. While it's a good idea to continue paying attention to new stuff to see if something fits your needs a little better, don't feel like you have to try every single app out there just because it's new. Some aren't going to work for you, and that's fine. Use what works for you, and get things done.

Good Luck,
Lifehacker

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A fatal accident in Arizona on Friday resulted in the death of 35-year old Justin Stanfield Thomas.

At the hands of his four-year old son.

While details are still coming in, this much has been confirmed by the Prescott Valley Police Department:

Thomas and his young child were visiting a friend in Northern Arizona when the four-year old somehow came across a handgun in the living room.

He asked those around him what the item was... and then fired it at his dad. The bullet struck Thomas in the chest.

Justin was rushed to the hospital soon afterward and pronounced dead by doctors.

"This appears to be an accident. There was no conflict in the stories of those in the house," said police Sgt. Brandon Bonney. "The resident didn't know his former roommate was stopping by to visit."

No charges of any kind are expected to be filed, while the boy is currently at home with his mother.

The panhandler who won a $100,476 settlement from the city in 2006 died in the basement of his Bronx home after having spent all his money on Chinese takeout, drugs, and gifts to his friends and family. [ more › ]

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Selecting a wedding or engagement ring can be daunting, especially if it’s your first major purchase with your honey. Fortunately, you’re not alone; plenty of jewelers and metalsmiths are more than happy to work with the amateur shopper. Amid limitless choices concerning gemstones, cut and quality, your brain is bound to be buzzing with karat-inspired questions.

To set you on the golden path to a gem-encrusted future, read over some advice on Etsy Weddings that comes straight from the jeweler’s mouth. And if you are looking for ring inspiration, click through this slideshow of gorgeous choices.

Shop Rings on Etsy | Putting an (Ethical) Ring On It | 12 Alternative Engagement Rings Under $1000

 

Michelle Traub is an editor for Etsy.

Chalk another one up for Mila Kunis.

After Maxim's Hot 100 list surprisingly placed Miley Cyrus at #1, one Reddit user was beside himself, and thusly decided to take matters into his own hands.

Daxl70 urged the Celebs subreddit to vote on its favorite leading ladies, and came up with his own ranking system. In the end, Mila Kunis came out on top.

Each participating user had to post his own list of hottest women, numbered 1-10. The order mattered, with greater weight assigned to higher-ranked stars.

After all the lists - which included 220 different women - were tabulated, Kunis won by a landslide, which isn't too surprising given her recent list of accolades.

After all, she was also named FHM's "Sexiest Woman in the World", Esquire's "Sexiest Woman Alive" and Details' "Most F--kable Celebrity" ... you get the idea.

What do you think: Is Mila #1?!

Johnny Depp hits the half-century mark today.

One of Hollywood's favorite actors for years, the Kentucky native is showing no signs of slowing down as he enters his sixth decade on this ninth of June.

A critical and fan favorite, he was 2012's highest-paid actor while winning Best Actor at the Golden Globes for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

He also claimed the SAG Award for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and can be seen this summer with Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger.

Not bad for a 50-year-old.

He's also reportedly dating Amber Heard, his gorgeous Rum Diary co-star, after both thespians ended their respective, long-term relationships last year.

Between Depp, Brad Pitt (49), Tom Cruise (50) and George Clooney (52), it's looks like 50 is the new 30 for Hollywood leading men these days.

Happy birthday Johnny!

Mayor Cory Booker took a break from being Newark's resident Superman today to announce he will be running for US Senate. He hopes to fill the seat vacated by late Senator Frank Lautenberg, who died earlier this week; the state will be holding a special election for Lautenberg's seat in October. [ more › ]

If you have a few bottles that are just a smidge too tall for the cupboards in your kitchen, weblog I'm an Organizing Junkie has a solution: just store them on their side with a wire rack.

This is one of those facepalm-why-didn't-I-think-of-that solutions (especially because we've featured something similar before), but if you're still struggling with bottles too tall for your shelf, this'll do the trick. Just make sure the caps are screwed on tightly before you go storing them sideways!

4 Quick Fixes for the Kitchen | I'm an Organizing Junkie

A puppy born with markings suggesting that she has a mustache has become a Reddit phenomenon - and you won't believe what she looks like now!

Actually, you probably would believe it. The 'stache is real, and pretty spectacular. She may be growing up, but she remains dapper in all facets of life.

Here's the photo that first captured the web's fascination:

Fake as it may appear, it's not. That's just how a patch of black fur amazingly grew in on the otherwise white face of this sweetly bi-colored canine.

Now check out what she looks like after a few months - courtesy of an update on Reddit from the owner - in a couple of photos after the jump!

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In a hyphenated word ... life-altering.

Kate Upton has gone from doing the Dougie at a Clippers game to being on the cover of two Sports Illustrated Swimsuit editions and the cover of Vogue. She's also trying to be more than a model, so she's been acting more—and now Upton is filming a movie with Cameron Diaz, launching numerous boob puns. [ more › ]