I know I said I don’t like scary stuff, but I want you to watch this. Creepy!

When I was in fourth grade, the school librarian created a display of Halloween books. Ranging from scary, ghost story-filled tomes to silly, costume idea-filled workbooks, the display was irresistible. As yet unaware of my own inability to properly process and then discard anything remotely frightening, I checked out a book of reportedly “true” ghost […]

Fuck YES! Moms with “Hourglass Figures” Linked to Babies Who Are Geniuses, Study Says

Don’t ask why, but I was reading this article for work. I grew up not far from Longview, Washington, so I read the piece with some interest. It’s a sweet story, and just as I was being swept up by the warm feelings of community spirit and neighborly kindness, I read this comment and was […]

Last night, I was listening to NPR on my way home from work when I heard one of those stories that is so captivating, it seemed to make traffic move more quickly. It was about two missing American soldiers and the platoon that will soon be returning home to the states without them. Their fellow […]

Is it just me, or does this article make no sense? Particularly this part: “Baltimore and Milwaukee were the only states with more contaminated sites per capita than Portland. The city of Los Angeles had the most contaminated sites: 271,360.” First of all, Baltimore and Milwaukee aren’t states. They’re cities. Same goes for Portland. I’m […]

Because life has a way of keeping you humble…. Just about the time you are feeling pretty good about yourself for losing 10 pounds, your dentist calls to tell you that the appliance he ordered to nudge your front tooth back into perfect alignment has arrived, and when you go to pick it up, you […]

I just love this crap. Awful words named for real people In fact, I love this whole website!: mental_floss

Holy shit. I’m old. And kind of a sap, apparently. (If you get the reference in the title to this post, you’re an old sap, too.) At 25, Care Bears get a new attitude