New Era kits are sold with all the basic supplies you'll need to keep your hat looking clean and new. The kits typically retail for about the price of the hat, making them somewhat pricy, but include cleaning spray, shaping spray, a cleaning brush, and a pump-mold that you can use to maintain the shape of the hat when you're not wearing it. The value of these kits is pretty debatable. If you have a big collection of hats you want to keep looking new, it might be worth it, but if you've just got a few, it's probably fine to just use the basic cleaning methods described above. The pump-mold can be altered to shape the size of the hat you're wearing. You can set the mold by placing your hat on top of it, and inflating it to the size you want to keep the hat. Squeeze the pressure-ball to inflate the pump. Once you get it to the right size, it'll work on all your hats. After you remove the hat, place the hat on the pump-mold and spritz it with a gentle mist of cleaning spray, then gently comb the brim and cap of the hat with the cleaning brush to keep it looking nice. After you clean the hat, apply shaping spray while the hat sits. 2-3 pumps of shaping spray is usually enough. This will allow the hat to stay firmly molded and looking fresh for as long as possible. The cap freshener spray is available for much less money, if you want to opt for the most important part of the package. You can usually get it for abut ten bucks, or try an off-brand cap-cleaning spray for regular up-keep of your caps.

Summary: Consider getting an official New Era cleaning kit. Store the hat on the pump-mold. Use the cleaning brush each time you wear the hat. Spray with shaping spray.

The alphabet uses curves and strokes to represent letters in the English alphabet. It does not use phonics like other shorthand methods. Instead, it uses different symbols to represent certain letters. Most of the letters are represented by a curve or stroke that is in the English letter, such as a pointed upside down "v" shape for "A." You can find the Teeline shorthand alphabet here: http://www.alysion.org/handy/althandwriting.htm. In Teeline shorthand, you leave out silent consonants, double consonants, and vowels that are unnecessary. You keep only vowels at the beginning of a word and at the very end of a word. For example, the word "LAMB" will be written as "LM." "COMMA" will be written as "CMA," "ABOUT" is written as "ABT," and "LIGHT" is written as "LT." If you were writing a sentence in Teeline like, "You should always remember to take notes in class," it would be written as, "U shld alwys rmbr t tk nts in cls." In Teeline shorthand, the vowels appear a bit smaller than the consonants on the page. This makes it easier for you to distinguish the vowels from the consonants. For example, if you were writing the word "COMMA" in Teeline shorthand, you would write the "C" and the "M" in a regular size and the "A" in a smaller size. Try to write consonants in one to two strokes without lifting your pen. Keep the first letter clear and then add on the next letter so they form one symbol. This will make your shorthand much faster. For example, you may join "b" with "d" by starting with the symbol for "b" and adding a horizontal line on the "b" to note the "d."

Summary: Study the Teeline alphabet. Keep only the essential vowels and consonants in words. Write vowels smaller than consonants. Join consonants together.

The set up establishes the premise of the story by providing your audience with the necessary background information and details. Your set up should be as tight and to the point as possible. It should focus on one theme or idea, as you want the story to be brief, but entertaining and easy to understand. The punchline or laugh line is the heart of the story. It should lead the audience in one direction and then surprise them by suddenly escalating into a more interesting climax or going off into a completely different direction than was suggested by the set up. A twist in the story, or element of surprise, usually makes for a good punchline. Determining your punchline will help you pair down any extra details and tailor the set up so it works up to a big laugh. Read your first draft of the story out loud to determine which points are funny and which points in the set up could be tightened or edited out. Remove any extraneous words and only use adjectives when necessary. If you do use adjectives, make them interesting and attention grabbing; don't use "big" when you could use "hulking" "gigantic" or "astronomical". Watch your body language as you tell the story. You should be relaxed, friendly, and appear confident. If you are telling a story with different characters, alter and vary your voice to match a character as they talk. Avoid being monotone or mumbling in a low voice. Try to tell the story like you are telling it to a good friend. Don't be too formal or stiff. It's important to appear like you believe in the story you are telling. Make it your own and make it believable to your listener. Pause before the punchline to signal to the listener that they should pay attention. This will ensure they hear the punchline and hopefully, be ready for a big laugh. Once you have practiced the story a few times, you may start to get comfortable with the material and start to add tags, or additional punchlines. Your tags may build on the original punchline, or they may twist the punchline further into a new, funnier direction. Tags will help you capitalize on the momentum of the original punchline and extend the laugh or create an even bigger laugh so don't be afraid to use them.

Summary: Determine your set up. Figure out your punchline. Write the story down. Practice telling the story in the mirror. Add tags to the story.

You can't change your password using the mobile app. It's in the upper-right corner of the window. If you use Facebook to log in to your Spotify account, you won't have a Spotify password to change, but you can change your Facebook password. It's in the lower-left part of the window. If Spotify opened into a Web player, you may have to click View Account first. It's next to a padlock icon in the menu on the left side of the screen. Your password will be updated.
Summary: Go to https://www.spotify.com in a Web browser. Click Log In. Enter your username/email address and password. Click LOG IN. Click your user name. Click Account. Scroll down and click Change Password. Enter your current password in the top field. Enter a new password in the next field. Re-type the new password in the bottom field. Click SET NEW PASSWORD.