People love a good mystery especially one that involves vanishing ships, spooky fog, and compasses losing their moral and magnetic direction. The Bermuda Triangle usually hogs the spotlight, but little do most know there’s a Midwestern cousin lurking quietly up north: the Lake Michigan Triangle. Or as I […]
There comes a point in every parent’s life when you realize you’re not just running a household. You’re running a diner. No, not the cozy kind with checkered floors and sassy waitresses. I mean a full-blown, high-pressure, breakfast-rush kind of diner where the customers are perpetually hungry, impatient, […]
It’s the start of my long weekend, and instead of doing something wholesome like hiking or reorganizing my sock drawer (which has seen better days), I decided to do what any self-respecting overworked human does. I binge-watched my way to enlightenment. I started off with a documentary on […]
Apparently, cherries, kiwi, and grapes are the holy trinity of sleep. Yes, you read that right. Not melatonin gummies, not sleepy tea, but a fruit bowl away from a full REM cycle. According to an article I stumbled upon, these three common fruits (emphasis on common) can help […]
Some people celebrate October 1st as the beginning of the fourth quarter. Others mark it as pumpkin spice season. Me? I declare it the official beginning of the Month of Halloween. Yes, a whole month. Don’t argue with me. You can keep your one-day Halloween party and your […]
The other day, flattened by a stomach virus, I did what any rational human would do: I curled up on the couch with Gatorade, saltines, and a show about trauma, deception, and redemption. Because apparently, The Great British Bake Off was too wholesome for my queasy insides. Instead, […]
What’s the trait you value most about yourself? I recently stumbled across some startling numbers. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), fewer than 10% of U.S. 13-year-olds read for pleasure “almost every day.” Let that sink in. Back in 2012, it was 27%. By 2020, […]
The other night I was scrolling through my Apple TV streaming options, half-looking for a new series, half-procrastinating on actual work, when I landed on Platonic. Cute, funny show. I’ve enjoyed it. But what really got me laughing wasn’t the dialogue. It was the about page. Apparently, Platonic […]
Welcome to the era where your smartest-seeming friend is also the one most likely to confidently pass onto you a made-up fact. Tech labs have been trying for years to teach AIs not to hallucinate. That is, to stop inventing stuff that sounds plausible but is flat-out wrong. […]
There’s a quote floating around the internet that gets attributed to Anthony Bourdain like most great quotes about food, travel, and life. Whether he said it or not, it sticks: “Be a traveler, not a tourist.” And oh, how true that rings. See, a tourist skims. They drop […]
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