I read the headline with shock and disbelief: dead? Chester Bennington — the lead singer of Linkin Park — was dead? He couldn’t be. I mean, he is (well, he was) the voice of my childhood. It was Linkin Park and Bennington which carried me through the long, angst-ridden days of adolescence, and the […]
Earlier this week, Tostitos made a big announcement. Like a huge, game-changing sort of announcement: for a limited time, their chips will be sold in a “party safe” bag. But what the hell is a “party safe” bag? Well, it is a bag which can tell you if you are drunk. […]
When 32-year-old Florence Leung gave birth to her first child, she didn’t know what to expect. Of course, she may have read a book or two, and she probably received a ton of solicited (and unsolicited) advice, but Florence began her parenting journey as most new moms do: excited, anxious, clueless, fearful, bleary-eyed and sleep-deprived. […]
Remember the year 2000? We were worried about the Backstreet Boys’ career; the future of Geri Halliwell’s — and every other Spice Girl’s — career; and massive computer failures, international system failures, rogue missiles, and rolling blackouts, all courtesy of Y2K, some overhyped, bullshit computer bug. (Okay, okay; maybe the first two were […]
I hate winter. Like, I absolutely loathe it. Cold weather sucks. Shoveling is a huge pain, and black ice: does anyone enjoy randomly slipping and falling and cracking their hip bone against cold concrete? (Yeah, me neither.) If I had things my way, I would live in a tropical climate. […]
Late last week, “Sabahiyat” — a Moroccan television show — aired an unlikely segment: a makeup tutorial intended to help women hide bruises and scars. Of course, that may not sound like a bad idea. (If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably got a few wicked wounds from childhood.) But […]
Steve Bannon has quite the reputation. He is the former executive chair of Breitbart News, which, according to the company’s website, is “the biggest source of breaking news…thought-leading commentary, and original reporting…for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.” He is a driving force behind the alt-right movement, and much […]
What happens when the porn world, Westworld — an HBO series about an “amusement park” which allows visitors to live out their wildest fantasies via artificial intelligence — and the real world collide? Three words: talking sex robots. (Oh yeah, we are going there, and we are going there soon.) In fact, […]