JolieKerr
Jolie Kerr
JolieKerr
Jolie Kerr is a cleaning expert, advice columnist and the host of the podcast Ask a Clean Person

I’ve got another tip for you w/r/t those fingernails: Soak ‘em in denture tablets and warm water! That will remove any yellowing caused by overexposure to dark nail varnish. Read more

Thanks for this — I just got some bad news, nothing I won’t recover from quickly but a bummer nonetheless, and this was the perfect thing to cheer me up. Really appreciate it. Read more

By the time he got to “We gotta call the Aquarium or somethin’ doode” I had actual literal tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard. #BOSTONSTRONG Read more

I wish it were not this way. I have tried to address it. But it is not a thing that is in my control. Read more

I nearly died of embarrassment! I wrote the whole thing saying to myself, “E in stationery, E in stationery” and got it right everywhere EXCEPT in the GIANT FUCKING HEADER ARRRRRGGGGG. It’s especially bad because I am a rotten speller, and I’m so sensitive about it and ARRRRRGGGGG. But thank you for letting me know so Read more

Good grief indeed! I fixed that header, thank you for noticing. It's correct everywhere else, yeah? Read more

Chris Christie: “Perfect Circle” is so cheap and so great. +1 Read more

The first time it happened, yes. Then I got used to it, which is somehow more horrifying. Read more

I’ve had sex dreams (plural, ugh) involving Deadspin staffers. Read more

Never let it be said that I don’t know how to play to my audience! Read more

I saw my first concert here in 1989, when Mötley Crüe and Warrant came to town. Read more

That makes sense. Still though ... do you think we could maybe form the coven? Read more

Going straight to iron is going to be the fastest route, plus you won’t be wasting water and electricity running an extra load through the washer and dryer. Read more

Send your question to me by email so I can file it away for future Laundry School posts, please and thank you! Read more

It’s certainly a possibility! One big problem is — and don’t tease me for this, please! — that I felt a sense of obligation to people who took the time to tell their stories in the form of making sure they were out of the grays. Which is INSANELY time-consuming because of the way kinja is structured. So I worry that I Read more

Use it to spread love and joy. God knows the internet needs it :) Read more

I know! I kind of want to invite you guys over for a slumber party now. Read more

Oh you are so nice to say so! It was a fun series. But it was incredibly time consuming, believe it or not! I was sad to have to drop it, but I’m a freelancer and when my overall workload increased, I needed to balance what I was being paid with the amount of time and energy investment and unfortunately, PTQ was the Read more