The fun thing about having a 10-year-old child is that apparently 10 years is all it takes for the powers that be to dream up way better baby gear than we had access to when he was born. I come from the dark ages of sippy cups that spilled, non-gli…
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Lees meerYes, Virginia, you can legally get turnt in the Old Dominion: On Wednesday, the Virginia state legislature approved a bill allowing for the possession of cannabis for recreational purposes, setting the stage for retail sales in the state at some poi…
Lees meerWith international travel restrictions expected to loosen this summer (no guarantees, of course) you might already be planning some foreign travel. Before you make plans, make sure you renew your passport first, as the State Department says it’s cur…
Lees meerBy this point, you’ve probably had a camera phone for close to two decades and have almost certainly taken steamy photos of yourself, either to share or keep for your own confidence-building. Sure, you’ve probably got lots of experience in this depa…
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Lees meerIf you’re one of the millions of adults who avoid needles at all costs, you might be straight-up dreading your first COVID vaccine. Unfortunately, the best plan of action is to get it over with. It won’t be fun or even painless, but with a little pr…
Lees meerYou probably take your tongue for granted, or at least, don’t fully grasp the complexities of how it deciphers the flavors it encounters and sends those delicious or distasteful signals to your brain.Read more...
Lees meerWant to increase your PlayStation trophy ranking and prove your gaming prowess? Then you need to collect Platinum trophies. Platinum trophies are a badge of honor for many players, signifying you completed every challenge a game has to offer.Read mo…
Lees meerAccording to a new analysis, people who recover from COVID-19 are more likely to have conditions that affect their mental health or their brain and nervous system, compared to people who recover from the flu or other respiratory diseases. In other w…
Lees meerThroughout the pandemic, people have been leaving big city apartments for country-living in spots where quarantining is a bit easier. The exodus has left some landlords scrambling to fill vacancies. If you are in the market for a new apartment—or e…
Lees meerThe Google Play Music service is dead, but the app still haunts many Android devices. Its icon remains on the launcher and its data takes up space in the internal storage, but opening the app simply takes you to a screen with the message “Google Pla…
Lees meerIn what is becoming a recurring ritual, Google has removed a scammy Android malware app from the Google Play Store. This time, the offending culprit is FlixOnline, a malware app that roped people in by pretending to offer them free Netflix access. …
Lees meerSpaghetti is a straightforward dish almost anyone can make. Boil some pasta, warm some sauce (or make it from scratch), ladle the sauce onto the pasta. That course of action will result in an edible bowl of spaghetti, but it will also leave you with…
Lees meerNot all advice need be professional. Sometimes your problems merit a bit of unvarnished honesty from a dude equipped with nothing more than a computer and a conscience. Luckily for you, I’m that guy. Welcome back to Tough Love. (If you’d like to be …
Lees meerNew, freshly washed towels are great...until you use one and find yourself covered in lint. Even after you wash them again (and again), this problem can persist. Blame this frustrating process on the waxy, water-repellent layer of fabric softener th…
Lees meerMany of us have spent the last year pining for the things we were once allowed to do. Sure, there were the basics, like going to work and school with other humans, but there were also all the extras—things like in-person volunteering, the piano less…
Lees meerExercising first thing in the morning has a ton of advantages: it wakes you up, sets you up with a success before you’ve fully started your day, and ensures you won’t forget to work out later. But then there is the problem of breakfast. Read more...
Lees meerGazelle used to be a household name for phone trade-ins, but then a lot of companies sprang up to nibble at the service’s lunch. Between that and the general growth of manufacturer-driven phone upgrade programs that owners can avail themselves of ra…
Lees meerCredit card perks are great, but how can you be sure they’re worth the annual fee? These yearly charges can be significant—a 2019 study found that card fees average nearly $110 annually, although some cards charge a lot more, like the $550 fee for t…
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