Noah Massaro lives across the street from me. He's a smart and creative 16-year-old who loves fantasy and gaming and he created a really incredible board game called Andromeda Fight League. He built the game around a great premise that avoids pitting characters against each other with the aim to kill. Instead, the backstory involves warriors coming together after a time of war, using their powers to battle each other in an exercise to maintain peace. The characters include enchanters, creatures . . .

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This post was sponsored by Clorox Warning: California resident about to whine about winter. Temper resentment accordingly. I hate winter. I HATE IT. I’ve never liked it. I spent most of my childhood in Central Florida, where the winter was a time when you wore a cardigan over your tank top. When I was 18, I decided I wanted to college somewhere where I could “experience the seasons”. But really, I did this with all the anthropological curiosity of someone going to live with an ancient . . .

Sharing some of my favorite natural products from Grove Collaborative. . . .

I was recently turned on to a site called Grove Collaborative. They sell all-natural products . . . everything from skin care to diapers to cleaning products with brands like Mrs. Meyer’s, Tom's of Maine, and Dr. Bronners. They carry a lot of brands I already love, but at much better prices. I've also discovered some new items that I love. (Their line of natural lip balm? I'm obsessed. Vanilla mint for the win.) A couple times a year they run these amazing promotions and today, they've got . . .