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Jan 16, 2023 Life

The Shocking Meaning Behind Your Dreams of Other People You’ve probably heard the phrase “it was just a dream” all your life. The phrase is used to indicate something is, like your dreams, relatively...

Jan 10, 2023 Life

The Surprising Reason You Should Never Kill a House Centipede Pop quiz: what do you do when you encounter an unexpected insect inside your house? For most people, their first instinct is to smash the...

Nov 8, 2022 Life

The Strange Story of the Largest Spider in History What if your biggest fear suddenly got even bigger? Many people suffer from arachnophobia. This means they shiver and shudder in fear at the sight...

Oct 17, 2022 Life

14 Things People With Healthy Self-Respect Do One of the things we all have in common is that we want the respect of others. But the first to step earning respect, and...

Sep 6, 2022 Life

6 People Who ‘Came Back To Life’ Describe What They Experienced What happens after you die? Normally, this is a very personal question that ties to a person’s cultural and spiritual beliefs. However, thanks to modern...

Aug 16, 2022 Life

8 Rarest Body Features That Exist In Humans Growing up, we all hear that we are special and unique. This is usually due to our special talents and personalities. But what if you...

Aug 9, 2022 Life

Kim Kardashian Calls This Tummy-Tightening Treatment A ‘Game-Changer’ Kim Kardashian is one of the original influencers. When she throws her support behind a new product or treatment, there will be millions of people...

Aug 2, 2022 Life

15 Photos That Drive Perfectionists Crazy It’s tough being a perfectionist. After all, you go through life expecting everything to be “just so.” And that certainly includes the photos that you...

Jul 26, 2022 Life

This Is What Happens When You Wash Your Hair With Coca-Cola What if your best new shampoo was sitting in your refrigerator right now? That may sound crazy. But a trend that has been taking the...

Jul 12, 2022 Life

The Untold Risks Of Microblading What if a cool new fad endsd up being a major threat to your health? That’s often the case with microblading. Many people see microblading...

Jun 13, 2022 Life

Ridiculous T-Shirt Fails That People Actually Wore In Public Every time you go shopping, you probably see some crazy t-shirts for sale. If you’re like us, you find yourself asking a simple question: “does...

Jun 7, 2022 Life

Woman Buys A Strange Paperweight, Then Opens It And Nearly Faints What if your life were like a movie, but it ended up being more like a horror movie? That’s exactly what happened to one New...

May 31, 2022 Life

6 Weeks After Giving Birth, Woman Gets Surprising News From Her Doctor “Well, this is surprising.” In many ways, these are the four scariest words your doctor can ever tell you. When you go to an appointment...

May 24, 2022 Life

The Scary Truth About Brazilian Butt Lifts Sadly, many people wake up each morning with one chief thought: they just aren’t happy with their butts. Because of this, countless people hit the...

May 10, 2022 Life

Divers Exploring Titanic Make Chilling Discovery Over the years, stories of the Titanic have often taken on the qualities of a good ghost story. By now, everyone is familiar with the...

Mar 29, 2022 Life

25 Satisfying Photos That Are Like Therapy For Your Eyes What if the best therapy was completely free? When we feel stress and anxiety, one of the best ways to feel better is through visualization....

Mar 8, 2022 Life

What Your Finger Shape Reveals About Your Personality Horoscopes weren’t really a thing in William Shakespeare’s time. Nonetheless, he casually dunks on the very notion of horoscopes in a famous quote from Julius...

Feb 15, 2022 Life

Experts Warn If You See This Bug In Your Yard, Do This Quickly What do you do when you see a bug? If the bug is in the house, most of us start running for a shoe or...

Jan 11, 2022 Life

Everything You Need To Know About Keratin Lash Lifts One of the great ironies about beauty is that we spend a lot of time, money, and effort looking like we just woke up looking...

Dec 14, 2021 Life

Optical Illusions That Reveal A Lot About Your Personality Have you ever wondered why optical illusions are so popular? There is just something special about an image where two people can stare at it...

Sep 21, 2021 Life

17 Tips To Get More Deep Sleep What if you could actually wake up feeling energized and well-rested? Some may think this is nearly impossible. But with just a few easy tips,...

Jul 20, 2021 Life

10 Common Household Items With Genius Hidden Purposes Ever watch a James Bond movie? Part of the fun of those films comes from seeing how common everyday items have been transformed into weapons...

Jul 13, 2021 Life

If You See A Red Ball On A Power Line, Here’s What It Means It’s not that uncommon to see objects attached to power lines while you travel. Of course, more often than not, you just see pairs of...

Mar 31, 2021 Life

10 Things That Happen To Your Body When You Swim Every Day Swimming is one of life’s best simple pleasures. You can swim in a pool or in a lake, or even in the ocean. And you...

Feb 23, 2021 Life

11 Myths About Sleep That Have Been Debunked By Science It’s said that we spend one-third of our lives sleeping, yet somehow it seems like not nearly enough. Much has been written about sleeping and...

Feb 9, 2021 Life

Top 10 Haircuts Making Waves In 2021 Hair care in 2020 was pretty wild. Salons and beauty parlors closed down during the worst parts of the coronavirus lockdown, just when working from...

Jan 19, 2021 Life

What Does It Mean If Your Left Hand Itches? According to a 2019 poll by the website Research For Good, over 50% of Americans have at least some belief in superstitions. Whether it’s knocking...

Oct 20, 2020 Life

15 Things You Never Think To Clean What is something that everyone in your house touches yet no one thinks twice about? You know to scrub dishes and mop floors and dust...

Aug 17, 2020 Life

4 Things Emotionally Intelligent People Don’t Do Sure, you’re smart. But are you emotionally intelligent? Emotional intelligence doesn’t come from a specific book or a rigorous education. Instead, it refers to how...

Aug 10, 2020 Life

What Happens To Your Body When You Wear A Face Mask Every Day There’s a lot of good and bad information running around about face masks right now. And let’s face it, it’s not a whole lot of...

Jul 20, 2020 Life

10 Common Mistakes That Are Destroying Your Nails Have you ever looked at your fingernails? I mean really looked at them. Sure we want them to be neat, perhaps even sparkly, but are...

May 18, 2020 Life

What Happens When You Stop Washing Your Hair Getting the best out of your hair often feels like you’re running a science experiment. Any day now, you’ll uncover the right mixture of chemicals...

May 4, 2020 Life

What’s So Special About Blue Eyes? Blue eyes mean a lot of things to different people. Are blue eyes inherently sad or cold? Many songs seem to tell us so. They’re...

Apr 27, 2020 Life

Everything You Need To Know About Disinfectant Wipes Keeping safe in the age of coronavirus means keeping clean, and there are a lot of stories going around about what to do and what...

Apr 13, 2020 Life

8 Ways To Become The Best You The beginning of every year is filled with people who love to say “new year, new me.” But if you fast forward a few months,...

Apr 6, 2020 Life

8 Ways To Boost Your Immune System Avoiding COVID-19 is a matter of following CDC guidelines, including social distancing, disinfecting surfaces, and washing your hands often. (See 6 Ways To Prevent Catching...

Mar 30, 2020 Life

20 Things To Do During The Coronavirus Lockdown So, you’re stuck inside like the kids from “The Cat in the Hat” and going a little stir crazy during the global coronavirus lockdown. The...

Mar 16, 2020 Life

What’s So Special About Gray Eyes? Gray eyes are a constant source of mystery and fascination. Gray eyes have been described as everything from sexy to brooding to passionate. But what’s...

Mar 2, 2020 Life

Average IQ By U.S. State Whether you love your state or hate it, there is one question that everybody wants to ask: just how dumb is my state? Thanks to...

Feb 3, 2020 Life

What’s So Special About Green Eyes? When you meet someone, what's the first thing you notice? For many of us, the answer is simple: the eyes have it! Eye color is...

Dec 30, 2019 Life

10 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Never Get A Tattoo Tattoos are a lot of things besides trendy. They can show the world the things you care about the most, because you’ve immortalized them on...

Dec 23, 2019 Life

10 Best Christmas Movies On Netflix To Watch All Season Long One of the best things about the Christmas season is having family members over. But one of the worst things is finding a way to...

Nov 19, 2019 Life

Countries With The Best And Worst Education Systems In The World When considering which countries have the best and worst education systems, one has to take into account various factors. Overall literacy and graduation rates are...

Oct 7, 2019 Life

Methods of Tattoo Removal Tattoos have become incredibly popular in the last 30 years. They’re no longer just for bikers and sailors — they’re for everyone. Many people have...

Sep 3, 2019 Life

12 Unusual Uses For Aluminum Foil Aluminum foil is a staple in every kitchen, but its value far exceeds keeping food warm and catching grease. How thick is aluminum foil? When...

Jun 21, 2019 Life

20 Unusual Uses For Everyday Items If you’ve ever used a potato to remove a broken light bulb, you’ll know that necessity is the mother of invention. Sometimes the best way...

Jun 4, 2019 Life

5 Hilarious Books By Comedians This book A good book can make you cry, make you laugh, and even make you think about life in a new manner. A truly...

May 29, 2019 Life

10 Kids Who Changed The World Before They Turned 20 Amazing things can happen when children put their minds to it. Unfettered by history or tradition, kids can sometimes think their way around a project...

May 6, 2019 Life

6 Amazing Facts You Never Knew About Mother’s Day Every second Sunday in May we take some time out to celebrate the woman who brought us into the world: Mom. Mother's Day has become...

Apr 30, 2019 Life

7 Marketing Disasters That Nearly Destroyed Their Companies The success of a company is all about advertising. They’re not really selling a product: they are selling fear to customers who worry they will...

Apr 25, 2019 Life

7 Star Wars Movies That Will Never Get Made With the release of the first trailer for Episode IX this month breaking trailer-viewing records for the franchise (111 million views in the first 24...

Mar 25, 2019 Life

7 Ingenious Household Uses For Coca-Cola One of the most ubiquitous brands in the world, Coca-Cola has been a kid’s drink, a medicinal drink, a mixer for adult drinks — but...

Mar 15, 2019 Life

Embarrassing Tech Disasters That Ruined Brand Reputations A surprising number of tech innovations go wrong in unfortunate ways, some with more deadly consequences than others. Here are seven that should have been...

Mar 7, 2019 Life

10 Failed Festivals Not Named ‘Fyre’ By now you’ve probably seen one or both of the documentaries dissecting just how Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival tanked so completely. But despite the thousands...

Feb 26, 2019 Life

Biggest Mistakes In Oscars History Hindsight being 20/20, the annual game of “who’s going to get stiffed at the Academy Awards this year” usually comes with a couple of great...

Feb 21, 2019 Life

5 Chillingly Creepy Coincidences You Won’t Believe Happened Many things can be explained away by the laws of probability — it’s nothing now to win the lottery twice, or even to get struck...

Feb 12, 2019 Life

10 PR Disasters That Weren’t Caught Until It Was Too Late The first rule of heading off negative publicity is to get ahead of it and turn the conversation in your favor. The second rule is...

Jan 29, 2019 Food

7 Foods We Won’t Be Eating 100 Years From Now Change is coming whether we want it to or not, whether we believe in global warming or not. Right now we live in a food...

Jan 15, 2019 Life

6 Kids Who Changed The World Before They Turned 16 At a young age, children should learn not only to set goals, but also to believe in themselves and realize that they can accomplish great...

Jan 8, 2019 Life

8 Surefire Ways To Sabotage Your New Year’s Resolutions (And How To Avoid Them) It happens every year: January rolls around; we wake from our end-of-year-induced food coma and vow to become a whole new person just like that....

Jan 2, 2019 Life

6 Obscure Holidays We Don’t Celebrate Anymore For some reason or another, holidays which are supposed to be traditional sometimes stop being celebrated. Holidays can be religious or secular, serious or frivolous....

Dec 4, 2018 Life

9 Inventions You Use Everyday That Were Discovered By Accident There are hundreds of everyday items modern life cannot exist without that weren’t invented so much as stumbled upon by mistake. Here’s some that, for...

Nov 20, 2018 Life

Best Christmas Movies To Watch With Your Family There’s so much to watch on TV during the holidays it can be hard to choose, but there are some that have become traditions in...

Oct 30, 2018 Life

Top 10 Greatest American Cars Ever Built While Americans weren’t the ones to create the automobile, they quickly became a force to be reckoned with in the automobile industry. By 1913 about...

Oct 23, 2018 Life

11 Products Everyone Will Be Running For On Black Friday This year Black Friday falls on November 23, 2018. For some retailers, the time between Black Friday and Christmas is when they make the most...

Oct 16, 2018 Life

How To Build Your Own WordPress Template In 8 Steps Creating the File Saving the File Using a File Transfer Protocol Client Creating the Page Downloading the WordPress Page Template Copying Everything Except the Header...

Oct 11, 2018 Life

Top 10 Credit Cards With Low Interest Rates There are a couple of factors to look at when looking for a new credit card, mainly the annual percentage rate (APR) and whether it...

Oct 4, 2018 Life

10 Ridiculously Easy Ways To Save $1,000 Every Year Most Americans live paycheck to paycheck, and sometimes it seems impossible to save up for that "big item" purchase on your wish list, whether it's...

Oct 2, 2018 Life

10 Space-Saving Closet Hacks If you live with a smaller closet, it can change your clothing game to maximize the usable space. While things may be spilling out of...

Sep 27, 2018 Life

How To Fund Medical Care In An Emergency What do you do when you have an urgent medical condition, yet do not have insurance or the money available to pay for it? Let’s...

Sep 17, 2018 Life

The Best Books To Read To Children Your children are priceless and you’ll do everything you can to keep them safe and let them know they’re loved no matter what. And part...

Sep 14, 2018 Life

10 Movies To Watch When You’re Depressed When you’re depressed, it’s hard to find something that will cheer you up. Whether you broke up with your partner, lost a job, or just...

Sep 11, 2018 Life

7 Ways Men Can Work In Exercise During The Workweek Work can be an obstacle to working out and the paradox is the more successful and exciting your career is, the less you tend to...

Sep 6, 2018 Life

9 Reasons To Stop Putting Off Estate Planning Estate planning might not be on your to-do list for this week. In fact, it might not be on your to-do list for the next...

Aug 27, 2018 Life

8 Vehicles Perfect For The Retirement Lifestyle Retirement comes with a lot of changes. When you retire, you might move to a new state, move to a retirement community, or move to...

Aug 20, 2018 Life

Must-Have Wardrobe Staples For Professional Men If you're a guy in your thirties or older and your entire wardrobe still consists of college attire (sweatshirts, T-shirts, jeans and long shorts), it's...

Aug 14, 2018 Life

10 Tips For An Active Retirement You’ve hit your golden years, and it’s time to enjoy your retirement. While your golden years can be a time of increasing health problems for...

Aug 1, 2018 Life

9 Tips For Choosing The Perfect Financial Advisor Working with a good financial advisor is the key to managing your portfolio, creating financial goals, and ensuring you are on the right track for...

Jul 24, 2018 Life

8 Best Cardio Workouts For Men In Their 40s Heart disease remains a top killer of men in the U.S., claiming up to 325,000 lives each year, with men over 40 being most susceptible....

Jul 17, 2018 Life

9 Great Summer Reads For Animal Lovers Summertime is a unique season for animal lovers. You can spend more time with your dog in the park, watch your cat bask in the...

Jun 18, 2018 Life

8 Tips For Managing Money With Your Spouse Money can be a huge source of contention between married couples. Due to different backgrounds, personalities, and behaviors, spending habits be much different between a...

Jun 4, 2018 Life

10 Gifts Dad Really Wants For Father’s Day With Father’s Day fast approaching, moms and kids everywhere are scrambling to buy Dad an awesome gift, while dads everywhere are praying it’s not another...

May 24, 2018 Life

5 Amazing Ways Self-Driving Cars Will Change Society The future of driving seems to be not driving. Companies are creating vehicles called "autonomous + human" that allow drivers to control the vehicle or...

May 23, 2018 Life

10 Movie Franchises That Went Off The Rails The most beloved movie franchises never start off bad – they become successful franchises because the public embraces the first film and wants to see more....

May 22, 2018 Life

25 Celebs Who Worked Minimum Wage Jobs Think you’re the only one who had to put in 10-hour days at miserable pay before you scored a better gig? Think again. Although they’re...

May 21, 2018 Life

12 Must Have Products Going Viral In 2018 There's no reason why every techie shouldn't have at least one... Must Have Viral Products... those words bring to mind cool products, interesting items, and...

May 20, 2018 Life

5 Tips For A Successful Maternity Leave You and your significant other have found out that you’re expecting a baby – it’s an exciting moment that you will never forget. Once you...

May 17, 2018 Life

10 Extravagant Men’s Watches That Make An Impression Whether you’re walking into the boardroom or boarding first class to fly to an exotic location, you need to make a great first impression on...

May 16, 2018 Life

8 Over-The-Top Retirement Communities In The U.S. Retirement is everybody’s dream – but some people dream bigger than others, as these over-the-top retirement communities prove. After working your entire life, you deserve...

May 16, 2018 Life

10 Most Iconic Scoundrels In Movie History From rascals to rogues, scamps to scruffy-looking nerf herders, the scoundrel is one of the most beloved characters in film. We count down the 10...

May 15, 2018 Life

8 Shocking Videos Of The Worst Basketball Injuries Ever https://youtu.be/bCPJDgLYWrk 1. Gordon Hayward It was the first 7 minutes of the first game of the season. All-Star Gordon Hayward had just signed with the...

May 14, 2018 Life

10 Binge-Worthy Shows On Netflix With new shows popping up on what seems to be a daily basis, it can be hard to decide what’s worth watching and what’s worth...

May 14, 2018 Life

Every Winner In ‘American Idol’ History After a two-year hiatus, American Idol is ready to crown a new winner as part of a two-night finale broadcast beginning Sunday, May 20 at 8:00/7:00...

May 11, 2018 Life

How To Choose The Best Laptop For Business Buying the right laptop for your business can be crucial to your success, whether you’re a one-person band or heading up a team of professionals....

May 10, 2018 Life

10 Celebrities Who Went Vegan Whether it be for skin improvement, higher energy levels, or overall improved health, many celebrities are making the switch to plant-based diets. Here are 10 celebrities...

May 10, 2018 Life

11 Star Wars Cosplays That Went Above And Beyond Star Wars fans love to dress up as their favorite characters, but cosplay is not just about accurately recreating costumes. The best cosplayers bring a...

May 8, 2018 Life

The Best Movies To Watch With Your Kids In today’s world, just about every movie is available at the push of a button. With the amount of time kids spend in front of...

May 8, 2018 Life

8 Unconventional Mother’s Day Gifts Mother's Day is the perfect time to show your mom how much you care and thank her for all the sacrifices she made to make...

May 6, 2018 Life

What Does Your Chinese Zodiac Sign Mean? Most people know what their Western astrological signs are: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc. But do you know your Chinese zodiac sign? Unlike the Western zodiac,...

May 4, 2018 Life

12 Movies That Killed Actors’ Careers Bad movies inevitably happen to actors, no matter how talented the performer. Usually, a movie star opens a bad film and moves on to the...

May 4, 2018 Life

10 Most Incredible Lego Star Wars Sets Ever Made Every true Star Wars aficionado knows the value of collectibles. Fortunately for the Jedi-lover, there are plenty of Lego sets based on the movies to...

May 3, 2018 Life

8 Most Expensive Cars In The World For the average person, a car represents an opportunity to get from point A to point B. If you’re lucky, it won’t break down on...

May 3, 2018 Life

21 Most Iconic Redheaded Celebrities Gingers, redheads, whatever you may know them as, are a special bunch of people. They’re known for speaking their minds, their deep souls, and a...

May 2, 2018 Life

Every Wes Anderson Film Ranked From Best To Worst Quirky indie director Wes Anderson is known for his signature visual style and his use of recurring cast members. Anderson turned 49 on May 1,...

May 2, 2018 Life

7 Amazing Scientists Who Changed The World Every once in a while, a scientific genius is born whose theories and research rewrite the narrative of human history itself. From physics to chemistry...

May 1, 2018 Life

U.S. States With The 10 Shortest & Longest Life Expectancies When considering where to live, we often look at issues such as weather, cost of living and population levels. But one thing you might not...

Apr 30, 2018 Life

Top 10 Bugs Bunny Cartoons To Watch For His 80th Anniversary Bugs Bunny is turning 80 and he doesn’t look a “hare” over 50. As one of the all-time greatest cartoon characters, Bugs Bunny will never...

Apr 27, 2018 Life

10 Space-Saving Bathroom Renovation Ideas Not everyone has the luxury of a massive full bathroom with matching his-and-hers sinks and a free-standing tub, though it’s in most of our interior...

Apr 25, 2018 Life

10 Best Coffee Table Books Of All Time Coffee table books are sophisticated and beautiful pieces of art to be displayed in your dining or living room. When you’re having guests over, you...

Apr 25, 2018 Life

8 Easy Ways To Reduce Your Monthly Debt Trying to save money can be daunting when it seems like your entire paycheck is out the door the minute it lands in your bank...

Apr 20, 2018 Life

10 Celebrities Who Became Artists Most celebrities are lucky to get famous for having one talent, whether that's singing or acting, or the occasional crossover artist who can do both....

Apr 11, 2018 Life

Top 5 Smart Cars On The Market For 2018 Are you in the market for a new vehicle? Smart cars – cars with automated driving features – are dominating the market, but which one...

Apr 6, 2018 Life

What To Read To Your Baby At Each Development Stage Studies have shown that most children will be able to read between kindergarten and second grade if they are coached by individuals are are close...

Mar 28, 2018 Life

7 Greatest April Fools’ Day Pranks In History What makes a great April Fools’ Day joke? It helps if it’s silly or funny, doesn’t hurt people except perhaps a slight bruise to one’s...

Mar 26, 2018 Life

April Fools’ Day Traditions Around The World History of April Fools' Day April Fools’ Day and its traditions of pranks and practical jokes are primarily practiced in Western countries. Some historians point...

Mar 22, 2018 Life

9 Simple Steps To Make Your Computer Run Faster Like death and taxes, the slowing of a computer is one of life’s inevitabilities. As computers become more cluttered and outdated, they show their age...

Mar 21, 2018 Life

Everything You Need To Know For Tax Day Tax Day is quickly approaching, but there’s no need to worry if you haven't filed yet. It's a relatively easy process, especially when you have...

Mar 19, 2018 Life

Which Serial Killer Shares Your Zodiac Sign? Serial killers share a sick and twisted pathology, but what about their astrology? One zodiac sign is shared by no less than four serial killers,...

Mar 16, 2018 Life

12 Worst TV Series Finales Of All Time Ah, the TV series finale. Devoted fans spend years watching their favorite TV shows wondering "How will it all end?" Unfortunately, not every great show...

Mar 14, 2018 Life

Why Do We Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Every year on March 17, people around the world wear green or risk getting pinched. Shamrocks are displayed in store windows, buttons saying “Kiss me...

Mar 14, 2018 Life

10 Things Millennials Will Never Understand Although different research firms capture the Millennial generation as being born anywhere from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s, Gallup Inc. uses the period...

Mar 9, 2018 Food

The 10 Best Irish Pubs In The U.S. For St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick's Day (March 17) is just around the corner, which means it's time to start planning your festivities. This year St. Patrick’s Day falls...

Mar 5, 2018 Life

How The New Tax Bill Affects Your Paycheck You might have noticed a little extra money tacked onto your paycheck recently and wondered if someone in HR messed up or if you need...

Mar 2, 2018 Food

10 Starbucks Hidden Menu Hacks To Up Your Coffee Game Starbucks, the icon of coffee shops, is famous for their delicious and unique menu items. They regularly roll out new drink combinations for holidays, special...

Feb 28, 2018 Life

Secret Keyboard Combos That Will Change Your Life Be it at work or home, you spend a disproportionate amount of time at your keyboard. But like any great relationship, your keyboard still harnesses...

Feb 28, 2018 Life

Release Date For Michelle Obama’s Memoir Set Not too long ago, the Obamas announced a joint book deal, and we found out that Barack’s deal alone was rumored to be more than...

Feb 27, 2018 Food

Ice Cream Lovers Rejoice! 8 Delicious New Ben & Jerry’s Flavors For an ice cream lover, the announcement of a new flavor from Ben & Jerry’s is something to celebrate. Since some new flavors don’t last...

Feb 22, 2018 Life

Where Should I Invest My Money? A Global Breakdown International investing has become a popular option for many looking to capitalize on their money. In general, international investments generate higher rates of return than...

Feb 22, 2018 Life

What It’s Really Like To Have A Newborn There is no better feeling in the world than hearing your baby’s first cry after being born. While you are holding your newborn for the...

Feb 20, 2018 Life

The Men’s Movement: Is It Really A Thing? With all the controversy surrounding Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement, it would seem as if being a man in today’s society is a precarious...

Feb 20, 2018 Life

Safeguarding Your Money: Banks Vs. Credit Unions If you spend more than a few minutes a day watching television, listening to the radio, reading the newspaper or surfing the internet, you've undoubtedly...

Feb 15, 2018 Life

5 Really, Really Stupid Criminals Whoever said crime doesn’t pay had an accurate description of these scandalous criminals. This list of some of the most idiotic lawbreakers will make you...

Feb 13, 2018 Life

The Most And Least Stressful U.S. Cities To Live In Stress can be both good and bad. Good stress is what keeps us alive and excited about achieving our goals and dreams. Bad stress can...

Feb 12, 2018 Life

17-Year-Old Snowboarder Gives Team USA First Gold Medal In the men’s snowboard slopestyle event that was expected to be ruled by Canada and Norway, an upset came on Sunday morning when 17-year-old American...

Feb 8, 2018 Life

What Is Cryptocurrency? A Breakdown Of Bitcoin & Blockchain Basics Philosopher Alan Watt asked the question, “What if money were nothing?” Many people think cryptocurrencies answer that question. Now that’s a little glib, but it...

Feb 8, 2018 Life

9 Easy Ways To Track Your Health With Technology Taking care of your health can be a struggle, but with all the latest tech innovations, tracking your health has become much easier. Wearable hi-tech...

Feb 7, 2018 Life

How To Connect With Your Stepkids The fairy tales of the world have essentially ruined things for well-meaning stepparents. Between the wicked stepmothers in “Cinderella” and “Snow White,” to television movies...

Feb 7, 2018 Life

Mass Storage Solutions To Keep Your Data Safe In this age of identity theft and cyber crimes, and in a time when about once a month a celebrity makes the news for having...

Feb 6, 2018 Life

5 Ways To Inspire Kindness In Your Children One of the most important character traits we can teach and encourage in our children is that of kindness. Kindness goes a long way in...

Feb 5, 2018 Life

How To Make Fitness A Regular Part Of Your Child’s Life Back in the day, kids spent their spare time playing outside with friends. Pick-up games of baseball or tag were the norm, children and teens...

Feb 5, 2018 Life

10 Deadliest Serial Killers You’ve Never Heard Of When it comes to history’s most notorious serial killers, we’ve all heard of Jack the Ripper, Ted Bundy and the Zodiac. But there are less...

Feb 2, 2018 Life

5 Fitness Apps To Keep You Motivated The New Year’s resolutions have been made, gym memberships purchased and running shoes dusted off. But now’s the time when we start to lag in...

Feb 2, 2018 Life

5 Great Mutual Funds To Consider In 2018 As you settle into the first quarter of the year, it’s time to revisit and rebalance your investor portfolio. There’s no doubt that picking the...

Feb 1, 2018 Life

Trump’s Travel Ban: What You Need to Know [caption id="attachment_2886" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com[/caption] One of President Donald Trump’s first orders of business when he took office was to introduce a...

Feb 1, 2018 Life

10 Tax Deductions You Don’t Want To Forget Tax season has officially begun and let’s not kid ourselves: taxes are complicated and not the most fun thing to do. However, when we try...

Feb 1, 2018 Life

5 Ways To Learn To Love Your Empty Nest Going from a full house to an empty nest can be a shock for some parents. We put so much focus on getting our kids...

Feb 1, 2018 Life

7 Amazing Inventions Created By Women Men have always claimed the reputation of being the big idea guys, the inventors. Between Edison, Tesla, and Galileo, men seem to take up all...

Jan 31, 2018 Life

Easy Ways To Increase Your Home’s Value Whether you're considering selling your home in the short term or you just want to enhance its value for your own enjoyment, there are many...

Jan 29, 2018 Life

How To Plan For Retirement The decision to retire is a stressful one. It marks the end of a long chapter in your life and the beginning of a new...

Jan 29, 2018 Life

The Good Old Days Weren’t So Good Growing up I heard a lot of people wax poetic about the “good old days.” To hear them tell it, crime was practically nonexistent. You...

Jan 26, 2018 Life

What First-Time Home Buyers Need To Know About Down Payments So, you’re about to purchase a home for the first time. You’ve heard that purchasing a home is a great investment in your future and...

Jan 26, 2018 Life

What Does The End Of DACA Mean? The DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) plan may soon cease to exist. There was a lot of confusion about the plan within its lifetime,...

Jan 25, 2018 Life

5 Online Stores For Truly Unique Gifts No longer the wave of the future, online shopping has become the norm for most of us. With more than 50 percent of millennials and...

Jan 25, 2018 Life

Global Chiefs Predict U.S. Economy For 2018 The U.S. economy is in a unique position in 2018. After a strong recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, American voters chose to do a...

Jan 23, 2018 Life

The Lifelong Dangers Of Childhood Obesity As parents, we work to instill all the things in our kids that we feel are important for them to be strong, functional adults. Whether...

Jan 23, 2018 Life

Easy Tech Setups To Secure Your Home And Data Technology is a huge part of our lives in a way that is unavoidable. Most of the changes that technology brings are benefits that can...

Jan 23, 2018 Life

Easiest Ways To File Your Taxes Tax season is here and while it’s not everyone’s favorite time of year, it is a necessary evil of life! Luckily, there are great software...

Jan 23, 2018 Life

How To Make Physical Activity Part Of Your Daily Life We all know exercise is good for us. We all know we should work out. Yet it’s all too easy to leave fitness off your...

Jan 23, 2018 Life

Trump Breaks His Silence On Government Shutdown The government shutdown ended after three days and so did President Trump’s silence on the matter. On Monday night, he tweeted: “Big win for Republicans as...

Jan 22, 2018 Life

5 Smart Ways To Spend Your Tax Refund Each year, approximately 80 percent of Americans who file a tax return receive a refund, with the average refund being around $3,100. If you’re like...

Jan 22, 2018 Life

The Tide Pod Challenge The late, great, irreplaceable comedian George Carlin once asked: “Whatever happened to natural selection? Survival of the fittest? The kid who swallows too many marbles...

Jan 22, 2018 Life

5 Signs Your Teen May Be Depressed The teen years are often a time of skyrocketing highs and abysmal lows. Hormones in both boys and girls can fluctuate wildly, making your formerly...

Jan 19, 2018 Life

Is It Safe To Invest In Tech? Over the past decade, the most popular technology companies coined the FANG (Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Google) have continually gone up in the stock market, rewarding...

Jan 18, 2018 Life

DACA: Is The Dream Over? In a move that is consistent with many other decisions made during his presidency, Donald Trump is pointing the finger at Democrats (and the former...

Jan 18, 2018 Life

From #Birther To #Girther: Why Trump’s Weight Matters When White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson revealed that President Trump is 6’3” tall and weighs 239 pounds, the revelation set forth an instant maelstrom...

Jan 16, 2018 Life

Easy Party Dips For Super Bowl LII You’ve planned the perfect Super Bowl party long in advance and everything’s ready: the barbecue, pizza, soda, adult beverages, dessert, and Pepto. Just kidding. Not...

Jan 16, 2018 Life

Hawaii’s False Alert & The Elephant In The Room “Seek shelter immediately. This is not a drill.” Early on Saturday, January 13, Hawaiians were upended with the island-wide alert across their TVs and phones....

Jan 16, 2018 Life

Online Savings Accounts That Earn You Interest Are you an avid saver? If you are and you save your money in a non-interest-bearing account or very low interest-bearing account, then you are...

Jan 15, 2018 Life

Why Martin Luther King, Jr. Matters More Than Ever In April 1968, barely three months after his 39th birthday, January 15, 1968, Nobel Peace Prize winner, minister, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King,...

Jan 12, 2018 Life

5 Hot Tech Startups To Watch In 2018 Tech Startups and Silicon Valley have captured our imaginations over the past two decades. Even amidst the repression of 2000 and 2008, tech has continued...

Jan 12, 2018 Life

The Trump London Dilemma: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? After rumors swirled about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle choosing to invite former President Barack Obama to their royal wedding over current President Donald Trump,...

Jan 11, 2018 Life

Most Popular Baby Names For 2018 Aww, what a cute baby! It’s the circle of life, and you want to make sure your little prince or princess has the best one...

Jan 11, 2018 Life

YouTube Punishes Logan Paul After Suicide Video In these days of 24/7 social media presence, bloggers, vloggers, and online personalities will go to all lengths to gain subscribers, fans, and followers. Logan...

Jan 10, 2018 Life

5 Most Expensive Places To Live In The US Finding the best place to call home will require the right amount of effort and research. Of course, your final choice will largely depend on...

Jan 10, 2018 Life

Texting Abbreviations & What They Mean OMG, WTH? Deciphering today’s textese, or SMS language, seems like an ever-changing endeavor. It refers to abbreviations commonly used in text messaging and internet-based conversations...

Jan 9, 2018 Life

5 Easy Ways To Improve Your Credit Score One number you will want to keep as high as possible is your credit score. This is the key to getting the best interest rates...

Jan 9, 2018 Life

When Tech Equals Stress There is one thing in this world you simply can’t get away from and that is stress. Regardless if you have a long commute to...

Jan 5, 2018 Life

Easy Classroom Treats OMG. You thought your evening was free once you finished post-dinner cleanup when, sure enough, one of your kids reminded you about the bake sale...

Jan 4, 2018 Life

The Best Quotes From The Golden Globes Who isn’t sick of awards shows, right? They’re just full of super rich, super famous people acting as if they’re happy for the winners. But...

Jan 3, 2018 Life

5 Apps That Help You Save Money Is saving more money on your list of New Year’s resolutions? If so, you’re not alone. Increasing savings, sticking to a budget, and getting out...

Jan 3, 2018 Life

8 Ways To Be Happier In 2018 Everyone’s got a New Year’s resolution list at this time, and they all say the same things: Lose Weight! Stop Smoking! Exercise! Find A Girlfriend/Boyfriend!...

Dec 28, 2017 Life

Top 5 Winter Coats For Men There’s cold, and then there’s Arctic cold. In Los Angeles, city dwellers can get away with a leather jacket or wool coat in the winter,...

Dec 21, 2017 Life

Outrageously Expensive & Lavish Company Holiday Parties It’s officially holiday office party season and we all want to do something that makes a splash! Though lavish holiday parties went out of style...

Dec 21, 2017 Life

Secret Santa Presents That Got People Fired Thinking of hosting a work Secret Santa party? Attending a work Secret Santa party? Well, before you do, here are three presents you don't want...

Dec 14, 2017 Life

5 Ways To Encourage Curiosity In Children Curiosity is a highly underrated aspect of our personalities, and though it’s usually naturally strong in children, it tends to fade away as we get...

Dec 13, 2017 Life

Android Or iPhone: Which Is Safer? If you use a smart phone in the United States, you’re in the majority. According to recent stats, more than 70% of adults in the...

Dec 12, 2017 Life

3 Must-Read Books For Expecting Parents There is very little in life as exciting as welcoming a new baby to the family! As exciting as the experience is, though, it can...

Dec 11, 2017 Life

Crazy New Year’s Superstitions Almost every culture around the world has superstitions about New Year’s day. Anything ranging from what you eat, to the color of your underwear is...

Dec 8, 2017 Life

5 Weird Things Only Texans Know About No matter where you grow up, home is always your normal. From the food to the weather and the traffic patterns, there’s going to be...

Dec 7, 2017 Life

Gardening Tips For Winter Just because the temperatures have dropped and the sun is down by the time you get off work doesn’t mean you need to completely abandon...

Dec 7, 2017 Life

Coming Out Gay In The South It’s not always easy being a member of the LGBT community, and many factors go in to how difficult it is to get by. Having...

Dec 7, 2017 Life

What’s All The Hype With Bitcoin? Bitcoin has been in the news frequently since it was introduced in 2008 as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. A form of cryptocurrency, bitcoin has...

Dec 2, 2017 Life

What’s The Difference Between Alexa, Siri & Cortana? As technology continues to expand at exponential rates, it is clear that constant innovation is something to be expected. In the last couple years, one...

Dec 1, 2017 Life

10 Ways To Make A Small Space Look Bigger While you may not be part of the tiny house trend, you’ve probably got a room or two in your home – if not your...

Nov 28, 2017 Life

6 Easy Ways To De-Stress After A Long Day In today’s stressful environment, it can be easy to arrive home after a hard day and find it difficult to relax. Maybe you’re coming home...

Nov 22, 2017 Life

5 Ways To Improve Your Luck Do you believe in luck? Do you think that someone is more likely to get a positive result than you are simply because they are...

Nov 17, 2017 Life

Life In 2027: 3 Tech Pieces We’ll All Be Using Daily Ready for the future already? After the madness of the last couple of years, we don’t blame you. While the tech we use daily right...

Nov 16, 2017 Life

What Is A 401k? The concept of a 401(k) is often a foreign one for many people, especially those who may not pay much attention to their finances. However,...

Nov 15, 2017 Life

How To Stop Fighting Over Money With Your Partner Fighting about money can ruin the relationship with the person you've decided is the most important in your life. Frequent squabbles about money is one...

Nov 7, 2017 Life

How To Protect Your Identity Information security means securing your financial and personal information from unauthorized users. Since many people have had their financial information compromised, four new vocabulary terms...

Nov 7, 2017 Life

How Much Tech Does My Child Need To Be Successful? We are living in an unprecedented world filled with technology. Access to mobile devices, the internet, and the ability to seek and share information in...

Nov 6, 2017 Life

Top 5 Gadget Gifts Of 2017 With the onset of the holiday season, many of us face the anxiety of what to get those special tech aficionados in our lives, and...

Nov 3, 2017 Life

Best Savings Plans For Millennials How many articles will be written about the financial plight of millennials? In case you haven’t heard: we’ve got it rough. Be it a burst...

Nov 3, 2017 Life

Must-See Classic Movies Do you sometimes find yourself bored with nothing to watch but reruns of old sitcoms? Tuck into some classic, don’t-miss movies and you’ll be stuck...

Nov 1, 2017 Life

How To Become A Better Prepared Parent How many times have you seen a new mom or dad struggling with the contents of their baby’s diaper bag, only to have the contents spill...

Oct 31, 2017 Life

What Your Zodiac Sign Says About Your Personality Whether you believe in astrology or not, the fact still remains that most of us are pretty interested (if not fascinated) in what the stars...

Oct 5, 2017 Life

Why I’m A “Woke” Mom Who Vaccinates My generation (millennial) may go down as the generation of mediocre trophy winners, but we certainly will not go down as the most spoon-fed generation....

Oct 4, 2017 Life

What Your Favorite RPG Character Says About You Cowboys. Pirates. Vikings. Ninjas. As kids, we all pretended to be them at one point or another, wielding invisible swords or swinging imaginary nunchucks on...

Oct 3, 2017 Life

5 Scariest Real-Life Haunted Houses You Can Visit There are plenty of haunted attractions during Halloween, but one of the most popular activities to do during the season of spooks is to visit...

Sep 29, 2017 Life

Apple iPhone X Explained So, what's all the excitement about the iPhone X? The price. That's what the people who don't want you to buy an iPhone X want...

Sep 28, 2017 Life

5 Ways To Score Free Movie Tickets For movie fans, nothing beats the communal experience of watching movies on the big screen, surrounded by an enthusiastic audience. Yet, with the average cost...

Sep 27, 2017 Life

6 Tips To Save On Car Insurance As with everyone in the United States, you need car insurance. Why risk a hefty fine and a ticket just because insurance can be expensive?...

Sep 26, 2017 Life

Hottest Halloween Costumes For 2017 Sept. 22 officially kicked off the fall season and for some, that means pumpkin spice lattes, seasonal beers, and sweater weather. But for others, the...

Sep 15, 2017 Life

The Meaning Of Southern Hospitality [caption id="attachment_668" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Iced Tea Tea Time Tea Summer Person Tea Party[/caption] If you’ve ever taken a trip down South, you’ve probably encountered an...

Sep 14, 2017 Life

How To Decorate A Tiny House With the cost of property growing, the reinvention of the American dream, and big city populations not getting any less dense, more people are...

Sep 13, 2017 Life

Overcoming 7 Parenting Problems There’s nothing like being part of a parenting board to quickly realize that most parents, mostly mothers, deal with very similar unfortunate issues. From unwanted...

Sep 12, 2017 Life

The Millennial Mom: for better or worse, changing how children are raised The generation of young adults referred to as millennials is commonly seen by society as eternal teenagers: an image millennials themselves don't mind cultivating. Taking...

Aug 1, 2017 Life

LGBTQ Parenting: What You Need to Know Being a parent is already tough at times, but for LGBTQ parents, there are unique challenges. For one thing, there are many people who believe...

Jul 20, 2017 Life

7 Quick Hacks To Save You Big Bucks We all know that saving money is good. There is nothing bad or disgraceful about being money conscious. But these days, people are spending hundreds...

Jul 20, 2017 Life

Going…Going…Gone! How To Spend Your Money Wisely At Auctions Public Opinion: Auctions are a great place to get deals. Reality: Auctions are competitions to see who will spend the most money to “win” the...

Jul 20, 2017 Life

Money Problems and How To Solve Them Of course, the money you save on your electricity bill isn’t something to brag about, but it is still improving your financial well-being. Benjamin Franklin...

Jul 17, 2017 Life

What Your Favorite Star Wars Episode Says About You Star Wars movies are much more than films. They are George Lucas’s extremely popular, fanatically followed science fiction films that span the course of four...

Jul 17, 2017 Life

What Your Handbag Says About You Let’s face it, even if you insist you’re not a bag whore, you are. You know you are. You can’t help passing by your favorite...

Jul 17, 2017 Life

Upcycle Your Way To DIY Storage Solutions Spend any amount of time in the local hardware store and you'll see a number of ways they want to sell you a complete storage...

Jul 17, 2017 Life

Parenting: The Good and The Bad Now, before you shoot me down to flames for writing this from the perspective of an adult who never had children, know this: I really,...

Jul 17, 2017 Life

7 Black Mirror Technologies That Already Exist The new 7 Black Mirror Technologies That Already Exist technology below that mimics what’s being shown in the show “Black Mirror” will change the...

Jul 17, 2017 Life

4 Easy Tips To Save Up For Your Dream Trip We all have one destination that we’ve always dreamt of. For some it’s the fjords of Norway, for others it’s the neon of Tokyo, and...

Jul 7, 2017 Life

How Smartphones Changed Our Lives In More Ways Than You Can Fathom You’re probably reading this article from your cell phone or it’s probably within four feet of you right now. Something that used to be considered...

Jul 4, 2017 Life

The Future Is Then: Tech That Will Change The World Your parents were promised flying cars, jet packs, and passenger trips to the moon. They ended up with iPhones, video calling, and an endless database...

Jul 4, 2017 Life

The Case Of The Case What can fly, help you defend yourself in a bar fight, show you the stars or microscopic life up close, open a beer bottle, pour...

Jul 4, 2017 Life

The Tables Are Turning, Or Are They? While most people are getting their music from clouds and using wireless ear buds, the retro world of playing music is undergoing its own business...

Jul 4, 2017 Life

Creative Ways To Cut Back on Spending When the going gets tough, sometimes you need to reduce your expenses to live a more affordable lifestyle. While it may seem difficult to find...

Jun 30, 2017 Life

6 Easy Steps To Start Loving Your Body Start loving your body not only because it’s good for your health, but also because it makes life better. Read on Loving your body is...