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Lifehacker readers tell us how they get cheaper gym memberships, clean up spilled eggs, and remove crayon from our walls.

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Wait Until the End of the Month for a Cheaper Gym Membership

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Tim shares how to get the best deal on a gym membership:

Take it from someone who's sold gym memberships for a few years, it takes two visits and an end of the month special to get the best deal. What you need to do is visit the facility once in the middle of the month for a tour. Don't purchase a membership that day, but instead wait for one of the sales people to call you at the end of the month. They need to make their quotas and will offer you the best deal then!

Clean Up Eggs With Salt

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Clarissa shared a trick that I'll definitely try the next time I fail at juggling eggs:

My favorite kitchen clean up trick is to shake some salt over spilled eggs. If you do that and leave things sitting for a few minutes, you'll be able to wipe egg off a floor or counter without it slipping and sliding everywhere. It'll practically stick to the dishtowel.

Remove Crayon From Walls With Vinegar

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Sue shared how she gets her kids' walls white again:

I've got artists in the family, unfortunately the younger ones use their walls as a canvas. I struggled to scrub crayon marks from the walls or paint over them for months until my mother-in-law shared a trick with me.

She told me that a bit of white vinegar can be used to scrub crayon marks off walls without destroying the paint underneath and 'lo and behold, it works. I used a dish sponge soaked in vinegar to rub the marks off without any hassle.

We've also heard bread can do the trick in a pinch.

Keep Your Coffee From Spilling and Your Hands Free While Grocery Shopping

Robin tells us about how she keeps her coffee safe while grocery shopping:

Don't know if you have the same problem I do. I often found myself holding my coffee in one hand and trying to shop with another at supermarkets. Today, the light bulb hovering over my head went off, I tied a plastic bag (the ones found in the vegetable section) in a loop in the corner of the shopping carts. Now both of my hands are free and the coffee is out of reach of my two year old.

Looks like Robin's grocery store needs the cup holders built into the carts at mine. Until that happens, hers seems like a good solution.

Know Which Class is Next Without Constant Schedule Checking

Marshal has a neat trick to avoid looking like a Freshman every semester:

College recently started again, and since it's always a pain to pull out your printed schedule, and not to mention a little newbie-seeming, I came up with the quick idea to type up my schedule, photograph it and set it as my phones background. That way if I ever forget what time or room my class is in, I can just peek at my phone's home screen and be on my way. I've showed a couple people here how to do it and they seemed genuinely pleased with the results, so I figured I would share and maybe help out a couple more. I've attached a pic of my home screen to give you the idea. It has the class title, time, and building/room number for each class. Mine works with the left being MWF and the right column being Tu/Thu.

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(Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida)

The moment of impact is never flattering. Here are 21 examples of the special look a just-punched fighter gets that says "I may have suffered a minor stroke, please help." (Not to be confused with bitter beer face.) Lots more after the jump...

(Victor Valimaki vs. Alessio Sakara)

(Georges St. Pierre vs. Thaigo Alves)

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San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman was arrested last night after allegedly roughing up his girlfriend, noted internet person Tila Tequlia. Way to start the season strong, buddy.

Merriman, who missed all but one game last season with knee problems, was arrested in front of his own home about 3:45 a.m. this morning after Tequila (sigh) accused him of choking her and restraining her when she tried to leave the house. She went to the hospital, he went to jail. Both have apparently been released.

The possibly roid-raged linebacker recently expressed admiration for Oregon's LeGarrette Blount and his sucker punching ways, stating "I want to punch a bunch of guys but i would never risk getting suspended and fined i love my $." Apparently, Merriman has not read the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, because the strictures against guy punching also include women. If you think drunk driving, shooting yourself in the leg, and dog murder are frowned upon, I'm sure Roger Goodell has been itching to take a very strong stand against domestic violence. Maybe Shawne is trying to see just how many games he can miss and still make the Pro Bowl.

Because Tequila and Merriman are both lunatics who are obsessed with Twitter, you can probably find more updates there in the near future.

Chargers Star Accused of Choking Tila "Tequila" [NBC San Diego]
Chargers' Merriman arrested; battery of girlfriend alleged [San Diego Union-Tribune]
Shawne Merriman Popped For Choking Tila Tequila [Brooks]
NFL Star Accused of Choking Tila Tequila [TMZ]

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Where You've Seen Her: You probably haven't seen Maria Grazia Cucinotta unless you google Italian MILF and go to the 30th or so page past all the porn. You might recognize her, however, from her role in The World Is Not Enough or from her astounding cleavage display during this years Venice Film Festival. Google that and it comes up right away.

MILF Status: Maria has a daughter named Giulia with a husband named Giulio. Must get confusing.

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The new album by Jay-Z is my current addiction. This album has Grammy potential, album of the year even. I have this album playing on loop at home and at the gym. Hov is back! I'll post an album review sooner or later...

Two slices of Wonder Bread and yellow cheese make for a stupid-easy and quick lunch, but they can be so much better. Professional chef Jennifer Iserloh offers ideas for balancing and making the ultimate comfort food a smidge healthier.

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Iserloh suggests adding non-salty protein to your sandwich to make it filling and offset the gooey-ness of the cheese, and going beyond white breads and cheap cheese as components. We're gravitating toward this idea, though:

Add Tang or Heat
Coat one slice of the bread with one tablespoon of honey mustard, sweet pickle relish, a sliced jalapeno or sliced sweet peppadew peppers or jarred tomato salsa. For the serious hot head, try one tablespoon of thick hot sauce like Sriracha or chopped kimchi.

While you're assembling your no-stress lunch, keep in mind our previous advice on cheese grillin': toast the bread slices, then turn them over and put the cheese on that just-grilled side for evenly-melted cheese.

We'd really, really like to hear about the best grilled cheese you've ever had, and what it's made of, in the comments. Seriously. We're more than a little hungry at the moment, for some reason.

Build a Better Grilled Cheese [Slashfood]

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