In the 6th century A.D., the Roman historian Procopius wrote the following description of some of the Celtic warriors fighting fiercely against the invading Roman army: “The hair on their heads they cut off in […]
On Jan. 1 this year, a law went into effect in Tennessee that requires beauty professionals to take up to an hour of training on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic violence. […]
Walmart! No! Step away from the test kitchen! What did we ever do to you other than refuse to stick to your overly stringent dress code? Nothing! We give you mad respect and unparalleled loyalty. […]
So, here’s a useful bit of information, and it comes from Kristen Bell so you know it’s solid. Would Kristen Bell steer us wrong? No. She just never would. She is a good person who only wants […]
People take fried chicken real serious, y’all. Now, I’m from the South, and we are born knowing that there are some things you just don’t mess with. High on that list is fried chicken. Just don’t (and […]
Some things never go out of style … like being Cindy Crawford. Especially being Cindy Crawford in an iconic Versace gown. Photo credit: Cindy Crawford / Instagram Beauty, class, elegance and a little bit of kink […]
They called him “Skipper.” He was an adorable 11-year-old boy with a sly, crooked grin, interviewed in April of 1970, outside of what appears to be Lincoln Junior High School, as Minneapolis’ striking teachers marched […]
Life is hard, even for folks like Kim Kardashian. No matter how much you hope, plan and dream, it can still blindside you, and before you know it you are embroiled in a nasty celebrity […]
Ah, when egos collide. Great huge giant egos, like Titanic-scale egos. And just like the Titanic, the smallest of human errors can trigger total destruction. It can be nasty, but oh, we cannot look away. […]
So, I was rummaging around on this sweet little page called Team Jimmy Joe, which claims to specialize in “nonsense and numbskullery.” Well, you know I I had to check that out, and I’m so […]
While it’s so soft and delicious when you buy it, the trouble with bread comes with the storage. Most of us store bread by just tossing it in the freezer, but is standing back and […]
This is not for the faint of heart. This is the systematic unraveling of the mind of a culinary genius. It’s cruel, it’s dark and it’s the most intense peanut butter-related torture video you will […]
The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous and beautiful structures on Earth. Soaring 1,083 feet (OK, 1,024 without the antennas) above the City of Light, it is one of the most-visited tourist spots […]
Well, this isn’t ideal. The world went nuts a couple of years ago and just refuses to step back in line. And to tell you how bad it’s gotten? Even the most chill, laid-back, self-reliant, […]
Well, the results are in. May I have the envelope? Maury Povich, host of the longest running television talk show in history, our polygrapher asked you when you planned to stop filming your show “Maury.” […]
Ever get nervous and talk really loud for no reason? Or just get excited and overdo everything and end up feeling like a total buffoon? Great news: Jamie Foxx gets it! See? Don’t you feel […]
Well, the wacky folks over at Kurzgesagt, a German animation studio, production house and design studio that creates elaborate, animated, science videos known for their “optimistic nihilism” (I accidentally learned something!), are at it again. […]
Oh, this is the sweetest thing, the absolute sweetest thing I have ever seen on American Idol. It’s just good. On this season of American Idol, they have all the regular auditioners. The hard-luck stories, […]
Conundrum: What does one do when they are a “do-nothing” sort of person in the world’s most industrious country? When despite one’s many accomplishments (including a post-graduate degree in physics, dabbling in music and even […]
Television cook show presenters are dark and rebellious souls. Of course, they will give you excellent advice on the structure of your trifle and support your dream of creating a buttercream so masterful it changes […]
America’s Got Talent is a great show. It takes us back through our history of vaudeville and childhood talent shows, only the talent is amazing (not like my school at all now that I think […]
I know a secret. It’s about Michael Jackson. I’m about to lay it on you. I know we all think, think, Michael Jackson died in June of 2009, but I’ve just seen something that will […]
Yeah, OK: Things have gotten dark. Real dark. So much darker than we ever expected. So much darker than we truly believed it ever possibly could again. We are hurting. This hurts. And we suddenly […]
I am a pretty decent cook…creative. There are few complaints. Do you know what I can make out of dollar-store ramen? Ramen. That’s what I can make from dollar -store ramen. What I can most […]
Plastic is a problem. These days, it seems almost everything is made of plastic, and it’s polluting our landscapes, waterways and oceans. It’s been found inside dead marine animals and birds, and there’s even recent evidence […]
Do you love Magic Erasers? Of course you do! They scrub even some of the toughest stains away — from your walls, your floors, your countertops. They’re, well, magic. But don’t buy them. That’s right. […]
Music defines generations, it’s a distinct call to the time and place it was created and speaks to that time uniquely. We can hear a song and remember exactly where we were and who we […]
When microwaves were invented, they were meant to revolutionize the way we cook (and they did totally change the reheating game). Soon after, the market was flooded with microwave cookbooks. Apparently the microwave was conceptualized […]
For those of us who frequent fast-food drive-thru windows, we know the routine: staticky voice comes over the speaker, repeats your order wrong half the time (if you can understand them well enough to tell), […]
No, it’s not an early April Fool’s joke. Retired boxer Mike Tyson’s cannabis company, Tyson 2.0, has launched a new THC gummy shaped like a human ear with a little chomp out of them. They’re […]