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Last-Minute Ideas for Valentine's Day Presents

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By: Sissy

We don’t want to seem like coupled-up whiners, but what’s worse than being single on VDAY is having to buy your SO a present that ...

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How to Chat Politely With the Slimeball Ex Who Broke Your Heart

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By: Rachel Korowitz

It doesn't matter if she called your mom a toilet-licker or he told your little sister that candy is actually made of ground-up unicorns. If ...

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How to Play Cupid With Your Friends (Even If You Don't Have Katniss-Level Archery Skills)

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By: Chrissie Gruebel

Big ups to you for having awesome pals who are suitable for dating each other. That's a testament to them AND to your ability to ...

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How To Be an Adult (By Elodie, Who's 87% Sure She's Not a Kid Anymore)

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By: Elodie

I always assumed that when I became an adult, I would know it. I guess I thought one day some shifty-looking guy would show up ...

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How to End Your Emails like a Boss

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By: Melissa Albert

You know what you need? A really classy signature email sign-off. You want to exit every email with a flourish, like a majestic Houdini letting ...

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How to Make Studying Fun! (Okay, Maybe Not Fun, But Tolerable, At Least)

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By: Elodie

Why is studying so tediously torturous? Why hasn’t anybody invented some sort of technology that will insert the knowledge directly into our brains for easy ...

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9 Surefire Ways to Impress Your Ex

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By: Chrissie Gruebel

Everyone who's ever had their heart broken is (at least briefly) driven by a singular, ferocious goal: to make their ex rue the day they ...

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Learn a Foreign Language the Fun Way!

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By: Elodie

Rote memorization? Conjugating verbs? HA! Next you'll tell me you do things like "listen to the teacher" and "actually study," and that's no way to ...

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The Illustrated Guide To Geekery

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By: kat_rosenfield

You might have noticed that Geek Week has come to SparkLife—and with it, a celebration of all things nerdtastic and geekalicious! But there's just one problem: some of you... well, how to put this delicately?... just aren't geeky enough to play ball. But that's okay! Because if you follow these simple rules for maximum geekiness, you'll be able to party with the best of us in no time! So sit back, get comfy, and vow that from here on out, you will...More→

Long Live the Semicolon: Ana's Geeky Grammar Rules, Part 2!

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By: Contributor

Annacarmen4376 is back with even more handy tips to keep your writing spic-and-span! (Do people still say "spic-and-span," or is that just us...

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