When I was 15, my parents and I went to buy some kittens from a couple in rural New Mexico. Their first words to us were, “Did you know that cats can be retarded?” We didn’t. We took two. They were … challenging, but we loved them all the same. Well, it turns out that […]
In 1962, breaking up was hard enough and Neil Sedaka only had to worry about running into a former flame out with a new love IRL, not seeing their new romantic vacation selfies on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Vine and Snapchat, all hashtagged #mylove, #lovemybae, #GenderSpecificCrushDayoftheWeek. It’s the same old refrain: social media brings us closer […]
Coming out of the closet is like having a gay bat mitzvah. It’s a rite of passage during an awkward era of your life full of questionable fashion choices and uncomfortable self-discovery until you say some things in front of a bunch of people and suddenly find yourself with a new status in society. Your […]
The only thing easy about living in the 1800s was not having to swipe right to find love. When sociology professor Eric Klinenberg co-wrote the book Modern Love with Aziz Ansari, he also unearthed some real truths about how hard it is to find love and then put them in these handy charts. Having a visual […]
Usually, at a wedding, it’s the bride and groom who get the gifts. But at Brelyn Bowman’s recent wedding, she gave her dad a present. A “Certificate of Purity” signed by her doctor, certifying that her hymen was intact before getting married! For real! Like it’s a normal and not incredibly creepy thing to do! […]
Portable pools are amazing because they offer so much to families across the world. If you’re ever thinking about adding a swimming pool to your backyard, we strongly suggest you read this article before doing so. 1. Less Costly The cost of a portable pool doesn’t come nowhere near the cost of an in-ground concrete […]
In recent times, the term shift-left testing has become popular in the engineering world. But what does it mean? In plain English, it means conducting much more testing during the software development phase. Shift-left testing is usually used to describe more involvement by quality assurance or QA engineers during the development phase to detect defects […]
One day, you’ll be leaving work, your limbs heavy with dating fatigue. You’ll trudge to the subway with a sourness in your soul. I’m done with dating, you’ll whisper into to the dank subway air. That’s it. I will live underground in the subway tunnels like those mole people and never have to sit through […]
On an episode of the “Savage Love” podcast, a 24-year-old man called in to ask what he should do about his ex who always calls him to talk about her problems, but sometimes his calls or texts will go unanswered for months. He thinks they might get back together, yet it never seems to happen. […]
