When my older daughter was a baby, we needed a plumber for a broken faucet. The guy who came was running a probably-unauthorized side business hawking household products, and he pitched his product to me when he was done fixing the faucet: sink polish. “It’ll make your sink look new,” he told me enthusiastically. I…
5 Terrific Games You Should Be Playing Instead of Trivial Pursuit
Do people still play Trivial Pursuit? (I mean, it’s fine if it’s taking the form of a Pub Quiz, but as a family?) My recollection of Trivial Pursuit was playing it at slumber parties in the 1980s and being completely unable to answer any of the questions because it was a game carefully engineered for Baby…
Your Gender Neutral Toy Paradise Isn’t Gender Neutral After All
Target made a big deal last month about how they were taking down the signs designating toys being for girls or boys. I was a little startled by this, because I was pretty sure that I’d never actually seen a sign designating the girls’ aisles and the boys’ aisles: you were supposed to figure it…
Those Decluttering Tips Are All Filthy Lies
How about an article about decluttering? I asked my editor. It’s the New Year! Lots of people resolve to declutter! I could look up decluttering tips and then try them out and see how they go! Sure, she says. Sounds great. Do that one first. I have now established that I will even resort to…
Not All Dr. Seuss Books Are Classics. Trust Us.
There’s a new Dr. Seuss book coming out in the summer, unearthed (fully illustrated, even) from his home. The new book is called What Pet Should I Get? and I find the excitement a little surprising given all the obscure Dr. Seuss books out there that most parents have never seen. This isn’t going to…
The Halcyon Days When Scandals, Gaffes, and Flubs Ended Presidential Campaigns
“In a normal year, this could be a campaign-ending event,” people (mostly in the media) have said as Trump has re-Tweeted neo-Nazis, lied about his charitable donations, casually suggested pulling out of NATO, and most recently (as of this writing) asked a hostile foreign power to spy on us to benefit his campaign. (Editor’s note:…
Your Beard Is Full Of Bacteria But So Is Everything Else
Apparently today’s science news is that men’s beards are gross and full of poop. I guess I’ll skip straight to the good news for beard fans, which is that you can safely ignore everything about this news story. I mean, if a beard is stinky, then definitely wash it; that’s sort of obvious, yeah? But…
When Good Science Turns Into Bad Reporting
Sometimes you’ll see something that’s easily identified as straight-up bullshit, like celebrities talking about which herbs to take to protect against solar radiation when flying, or just about anything whatsoever from the naturalnews.com Facebook page. (No, we are not linking to that. Do not go to there.) But other times you’ll see articles that are…
Here Is Your Semi-Scientific Proof That Everyone Hates Comic Sans
Extreme font neepery is one of those hobbies that I’ve never gotten into. I mean, I have my preferences: I like serif fonts over sans serif fonts and I think anyone over the age of fifteen who uses Comic Sans for anything should question their life choices, but I am not someone who reads the…
Six Terrific Strategy Games You Should Be Playing Instead of Monopoly
Do you like board games? If so, you should keep reading because it’s always validating to see people recommend the stuff you like, and I’m probably about to do that. Did you like board games as a kid, but quit playing at some point because you realized that Clue was just an exercise in the…
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 6
- Next Page »