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Make it Sweet and Simple Like Daisy (or: How To Be A LadyNerd, Downton Abbey Edition, Part 3)

January 26, 2012
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LadyNerds!  It’s time for another edition of How To Be A LadyNerd, Downton Abbey Edition!  In this week’s post, we’re going to making orange marmalade!  I have never made orange marmalade before, but since we’re in a time of war, here in Downton Abbey land, it’s time to man up.  If Lady Sybil can learn [...]

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Cooking SuccessfulLee: Croissants

January 25, 2012
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If you’re a frequent visitor to the site, you’re probably already familiar with Alix, pen pal extraordinaire, creator of most excellent Twilight t-shirts and frequent commenter. She’s constantly adding awesomeness to the FYA community, so we decided to lock that shizz down and make her a bona fide contributor! Welcome to the rank of paid [...]

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How to get drunk like Lady Grantham (or: How to be a LadyNerd: Downton Abbey Edition, Part 1)

January 12, 2012
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Greetings, LadyNerds! It’s been a few days since the (legal) airing of Downton Abbey season 2 began on PBS here in the States, so I hope you’ve all had time to catch up (consider this your mild spoiler warning!). If you haven’t popped over to our brother site Badass Digest to chime in on the [...]

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Cooking TragicLee with Ton-Tongue Toffee

January 9, 2012
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I don’t know if you guys are aware, but cooking shows are, like, a really big deal right now. I mean, there’s the whole Rachel Ray empire and that dude with the bleached hair straight out of a ’90s music video and, of course, the crayest of them all, Sandra Lee. (Hello, HAVE YOU SEEN [...]

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How to Be a LadyNerd: How to Make a Hand-Embroidered Gift

December 14, 2011
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Greetings, LadyNerds and LadyNerds-in-Training! Gift-giving holidays are in full swing, and while a Lady is always prepared for all possible situations with token gifts such as a bottle of wine or a plate of homemade cookies, a Nerd frequently has no idea what a hostess gift is and forgets even her mother’s birthday — and [...]

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How To Be A LadyNerd: How To Make a Traditional Sunday Dinner

December 7, 2011
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Greetings and Salutations, fellow LadyNerds (and Brian)!  Since it’s Wednesday, I know a lot of you are at work, wishing for something awesome to get you through the rest of your week.  Well look no further, FYA readers, for it is time for another lesson in how to balance your nerd with being a proper [...]

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Pen Pals Are Forever: Round 2

December 7, 2011
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It’s that time of year. No, no, I’m not talking about Christmas, I’m talking about pen pal time. Back in the spring, I put together a pen pal post where I offered to set FYA readers up with their perfect pen pal matches. It was a long process, but the results were worth it. Well, [...]

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Halloween’s not over until I say it’s over!

November 3, 2011
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Yeah, ok, it’s over. But! If I’d posted about this LAST week, we wouldn’t get to see all of this year’s awesome costumes! So dig out the last bits of your leftover candy — I know you didn’t take it ALL to work, but secretly hid some away for a moment just like this — [...]

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Sexy farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o

October 27, 2011
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I was at the craft store today, buying fabric for my son’s Halloween costume, and there was Christmas stuff EVERYWHERE. Like, Santa’s workshop barfed on JoAnn’s Fabrics. So you know what that means — time is running out! Don’t have 87 bags of candy yet? Still hunting for a giant box to make yr zombie [...]

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How To Be A LadyNerd: How To Host a TV Party

October 25, 2011
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 Greetings, kind FYA readers, and welcome to the first installment in a new series in which we, the LadyNerds of FYA, teach you, the lady (and Brian) readers of FYA, how to achieve 100% Total LadyNerd Existence!! But wait!  You may be asking, “Erin, what the heck is a LadyNerd?!”  Well, first of all, stop [...]

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