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Raising kids is hard, as every parent knows. Even “easy” kids require a lot of energy, time, and patience, and few parents end up with all easy...
Generation X, made up of those born between 1965 and 1980, has many claims-to-fame in their younger years game. Gen X brought the world Prince and...
Even decades into adulthood, most of us still remember who the popular kids were in high school, at least by face if not by name. Something about...
Whether you’re a cat person, a dog person, or neither, you likely know that cats have a reputation for being…mmm, particular. Cats like what they...
Imagine this scenario, if you will: You’re scrolling along, minding your own business on the internet, when this little nugget comes across your...
Anyone who’s eaten a taco knows the struggle: you get all your taco fillings tucked in just so, but as soon as you bite into one end, the delicious...
We Americans are known for our tendency to chit-chat with almost anyone. The more introverted among us might not love it, but in the United States,...
There are lots of reasons someone might want to visit Sweden: The islands of Stockholm. The Northern Lights. The natural beauty. The introverted...
Moviemaking magic is part art and part science, and most of us don’t fully know how the cinematic sausage gets made. Many people enjoy watching...
Gen X childhoods have become legendary, and for good reason. So many things that were “normal” for ’70s and ’80s kids are unheard of now....
It feels surreal to say, but as my youngest kid nears his 18th birthday, I can see the light at the end of the parenting tunnel. Not that being a...
When we talk about eating eggs in the U.S., we’re almost always talking about chicken eggs. Occasionally, we might see duck eggs or quail eggs on...
Freddie Mercury was known for many things: his dramatic showmanship, his larger-than-life personality, and his untimely death during the peak of the...
Have you ever watched a movie or read a book or listened to a piece of music and wondered, “How did they come up with that idea?” The creative...
When (or if) kids learn phonics at school, they’re taught the symbols that go with sounds of their country’s native language or languages. People...
If you Google “smartest dog breeds,” most lists that pop up put Border Collies in the No. 1 spot, followed in some order by Poodles, German...
Some years ago, I read an essay singing the praises of “scruffy hospitality,” and it resonated with me deeply. Rev. Jack King, the Anglican priest...
One hallmark of Gen X is that we don’t take anything too seriously, including ourselves. Self-deprecating humor is kind of our jam, which is why a...
When Americans are asked for their “full name,” they generally understand it to mean first, middle, and last name. First names can be literally...
The impulse and ability to create art is one of the highlights of being human. It’s a key quality that sets us apart from the animal world, one that...
The holidays are supposed to be a time of joyful celebration and warm family gatherings. But unfortunately, some families make joy and warmth more...
I don’t usually seek out technology documentaries. In fact, I usually blow right past them in search of a good Jane Austen adaptation. But while I...
The Silent Generation. Baby boomers. Gen X. Millennials. Gen Z. Gen Alpha. Social science and pop culture commentators have spent decades grouping and...
When we come across something that’s wrong or amiss, we often have a choice. Leave it for someone else to deal with, or do the right thing. Taking...
Ah, 1989. It’s not just an iconic Taylor Swift album, but one of the greatest years on record, according to many who lived threough it. Not...
We’re more than four years past the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it’s been a weird ride, to say the least. These years have been hard,...
Every few years, the weather folks start tossing around the terms El Niño or La Niña, predicting cooler or warmer temps, higher or lower amounts of...
A hospice nurse who uses her experience to educate and inform people about death and dying has advice that might be difficult to hear: stop trying to...
There are a lot of challenging things about being a parent; take your pick. The sleep deprivation, the overwhelming responsibility, the lack of free...
Humans have debated things large and small over the millennia, from democracy to breastfeeding in public to how often people ought to wash their...
Baby boomers, Gen X, Millennials (aka Gen Y), Gen Z, and up-and-coming Gen Alpha are the official generations we’re all familiar with. But it seems...
A family of kittens in western Turkey has won people’s hearts with an emergency visit to a hospital. Not an animal hospital, a human hospital. And...
When Bob Sheppard checked the mailbox at his Long Beach home on August 5, 2026, he found just one piece of mail: a weathered postcard from Copenhagen...
When you work a standard 40-hour, Monday-through-Friday job, weekends are precious. Two full days to relieve stress, relax, restore, and reinvigorate...
Few things bring people together more beautifully than art. Whether it’s music, sculpture, paint or fabric, the arts are a way for us to express...
Dr. Jesse McGuire has been playing the national anthem on the trumpet before professional sports games for decades. He has played it sick, in pain,...
A country music artist from the United Kingdom spent months traveling the United States, and one of his biggest takeaways is that his home country has...
The thing about Gen X being in our 40s and 50s now is that we were never supposed to get “old.” Like, we’re the cool, aloof grunge generation of...
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It’s perfectly natural for each generation to examine what their parents did, evaluate it, and decide what they want to do differently. That’s how...
Squatters’ rights laws are some of the most bizarrely misused legal realities we have, and something no one seems to have a good answer for. Most of...
Canada has been the United States’ friendly upstairs neighbor for so many generations that we almost feel like family. We’ve enjoyed an amicable...
Some people love to chit chat and find shooting the breeze with strangers an enjoyable activity. Others, not so much. Whether it’s due to social...
When you live in a hot, desert city that only gets 11 inches of rainfall per year, water is a precious resource. And yet, laws in Tucson, Arizona,...
We live in a society that prizes ambition, celebrating goal-setting, and hustle culture as praiseworthy vehicles on the road to success. We also live...
No matter how much cat owners love their furry felines, they all have one complaint in common: the cat box. No one loves managing a litter box. Unless...
One of the reasons so many people love dogs is that they usually make their bond with their favorite humans quite clear. Dogs wear their loyalty and...
A tiny baby turtle named Franklin has won the hearts and hype of millions for struggling his way to the ocean. In a video currently viewed 24 million...
Most Baby Boomers have been retired for years now, while Gen Xers are just approaching their retirement era. And according to a finance expert who...
Some of the world’s greatest works of art are born from flashes of inspiration, come together in minutes, and become even more beloved with time....
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