DID YOU watch The Brave Little Toaster when you were a kid and think, “Gee, if only my kitchen appliances could talk to me and take…
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I STOPPED drinking soda for good after high school. Which wasn’t too hard, since I never drank it much then, either. Syrupy, sugary-sweet cola of…
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VICES BY THEIR very definition are “serious moral failings” or, if you’re taking a harder slant, “wicked or evil conduct.” The nature of a vice…
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POT. DOPE. Weed. Bud. Chronic. The ganj. The list of monikers for marijuana goes on forever, but really, whatever you want to call it, it…
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The future of condoms is likely to be a different one if Bill Gates has anything to say about it. You’re not alone if you’re…
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Remember when Bobby would flip your backpack inside-out every day for a year during the 4th grade? And how your mom told you he was…
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Yesterday was a very normal day for me. By that I mean I started it off with healthy-eating intentions and got completely derailed by 11am,…
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Sorry, Johnny Appleseed, but it seems like you’re gonna be out of work soon, because it looks like daily kisses are better than apples when…
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“A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof,…
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Is it just us, or does every restaurant, bakery and cafe you frequent these days offering some kind of “gluten-free” alternative on the menu? Gluten…
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For those of you who like to book a quick midday flight to Dreamland every now and then, hold your sheep: we’ve got some potentially…
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This unexpected heat wave we’ve been weathering this past week (at least here in Southern California) is Mother Nature’s not-so-subtle way of reminding us that…
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