The Quadrantids meteor shower, the first meteor shower of 2020, peaks tonight through this weekend.Read more...
Lees meerWhen my son was little, we used to play a game I liked to call “Tuck Mommy in for a Nap.” It kept him busy, helped him to practice his nurturing skills, and I got to lie down for a while. I know I’m not alone; parents of little children everywhere a…
Lees meerIn the early days of smartphones, you probably didn’t dare walk out of the AT&T or Verizon store without a screen protector and case already installed on your very delicate (and very expensive) device. A fall to the floor or any jostling in your pur…
Lees meerIf you can’t decide whether it’s time to quit a job, end a relationship, bow out of a social organization, or simply say goodbye to something in your life that might be kinda okay but not great, ask yourself three questions:Read more...
Lees meerIt’s never fun to lose your phone, but it can get worse. While Androids and iPhones have plenty of protections you can use to lock or otherwise find your device when you’ve misplaced it, or when someone has swiped it, these do you little good if you…
Lees meerIf you went home for the holidays and visited a local gym to break a sweat, you probably know by now that not all gyms are created equal. Some are shitty by nature, filled with old, rusty weights and uneven flooring. But even at a perfectly new and …
Lees meerSay what you will about the last six-ish Star Wars movies or so, but there’s no denying that zooming through hyperspace to reach distant planets is one of the coolest visuals in the entire series. Now, unless 2020 gets real weird, chances are humani…
Lees meerIf you’re planning to travel in 2020, the cost of that travel is likely a pretty important consideration. One of the biggest costs when it comes to getting away is airfare. Kayak recently analyzed historic flight prices to come up with the best plac…
Lees meerAs of Thursday morning, ongoing bushfires have continued to devastate Australia. At least 15 people have died, 17 are missing, and roughly ten million acres and one thousand homes have been destroyed in New South Wales, one of the hardest-hit states…
Lees meerYou can tell it’s January from all the gym selfies, fitness tracker screenshots, and overly-enthusiastic photos of carb-less meals filling your social media feeds. While you may have decided to put your concentration elsewhere instead of your daily …
Lees meerWhen you’re deep in debt, you can find yourself feeling guilty, sad, or downright hopeless. Whether it’s a few hundred dollars or a few thousand, feeling like you’re not in control of your finances can weigh on you to the point of inaction. But spen…
Lees meerIf you’re still thinking about your New Year’s Resolutions, here’s one suggestion that can benefit not only your own life, but also the state of our planet: do less.Read more...
Lees meerThe pacifier is a wonderful thing. It helps our littlest ones soothe themselves to sleep when nothing else will quite do the trick. Eventually, though, you want them to be able to self-soothe. They grow from babies into toddlers and you pine for one…
Lees meerAs we brace ourselves to kick off the new year, let’s do a no-spend challenge this January. If you’ve been reading Two Cents for a while, you might be thinking, “Lady, we did this last year. Catch up.” I know! That’s why I want to do it all over aga…
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Lees meerIf your New Year’s Eve adventures left you with a few open bottles of wine, you might want to throw those bottles in the fridge—even the red bottles.Read more...
Lees meerThe 106th Rose Bowl kicks off tonight at 5pm ET/2pm PT. This year’s New Year’s game is featuring the Oregon Ducks vs. the Wisconsin Badgers. The game is happening in Pasadena, California and is being broadcast on ESPN.Read more...
Lees meerIt’s New Year’s Eve, which means a lot of us will be drinking. Depending on how 2019 went for you, you might be potentially drinking a lot. My Limit is a free app that can help you monitor that consumption so you keep it within safe limits.Read more…
Lees meerAs we begin a new year and, arguably, a new decade, there are a few things I think we can safely do without. Here are three nutrition myths that I believed, or maybe wanted to believe, at the start of the decade—and why I’m leaving them behind.Read …
Lees meerYou know that Google search bar you see when you open a new tab in Google Chrome? Well, it’s not a “true” search field. It actually just redirects all the activity to your browser’s address bar and doesn’t return any search results within the new ta…
Lees meerMy favorite part of of interviewing people for How I Eat is bullying them into showing me the inside of their fridge, but my second favorite part is getting delicious advice on how to eat, drink, and live. Choosing my favorite excerpts from each int…
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