You may not be able to live out your rock star fantasy, but you can have your butt bitten like one. That’s right. Bite massage is a thing and it has an A-list following. Deep tissue, Sports, Relaxation, Swedish, Aromatherapy, Hot stone, and Shiatsu massages? They’re for the common folk. […]
Author: Heidi Hamm
Want to Live Your Happiest Life? Move to Finland and Ditch Your Pants
The results are in. According to the UN World Happiness Report, the Finns have us all beat. Never mind that Finland is one of the northernmost countries in the world, plunged into soul-sucking darkness for the majority of the day in winter months and burdened with some of the highest […]
Reusable Toilet Paper Is Apparently a Thing: Behold the “Family Cloth”
I had just spent a gazillion hours cleaning bathrooms (Boys are gross. The End), when a Buzzfeed article entitled, “What is the Family Cloth and Why Do People Use It? An Explainer” showed up on my newsfeed. Clearly the Universe in all its cosmic humor thought it would be fun […]
Lucas, A Boy With Down Syndrome, Has Been Named Gerber Baby of the Year
One-year-old Lucas of Dalton, Georgia has been named 2018’s Gerber Baby and it’s no wonder. He’s absolutely gorgeous, with a smile that dares you not to smile back, cheeks for days, and ohmygod, that bow-tie! Lucas also happens to have Down Syndrome. https://www.instagram.com/p/Be5djURhrDV/?hl=en&taken-by=gerber Since 2010, Gerber has run an annual […]
Terminally-Ill Children Tell Us What Really Matters In Life
I, like millions of others, am anticipating that my heart will be broken on Sunday. It has nothing to do with the outcome of the SuperBowl and everything to do with this week’s upcoming episode of “This Is Us.” I know what’s coming. And I’ll watch it anyway. I felt […]
It’s a Penis-Shaped Weather Map and Commenters Just Can’t Help Themselves
This past weekend I forced my kids to watch Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. This was one of the greatest movies of my generation and there was no way I was going to let them grow up without watching it. The big take-away? Not “E.T. phone home” or “I’ll…be..right…here.” Nope. […]
Spider Exacts Revenge On Man Who Set It On Fire
An unnamed man in Redding, California attempted to kill a Wolf Spider by lighting it on fire on Sunday. It didn’t go well. Most people who discover a spider in their homes resort to squishing it with paper towel, or stomping it with a shoe, or whacking it with a […]
Man Flu? It’s Actually Real, According to a (Male) Researcher
In light of a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, I feel I owe my husband an apology for all those times that I was less than sympathetic when he was sick. According to science, the man flu really does exist and it is as bad as men claim. […]