Black Friday has gone beyond the best shopping day of the year to live in the pantheon of weird things Americans get killed doing. People forgo time with family and Thanksgiving dinner to line up at Wal Mart and Best Buy to get heavily discounted towels and HDMI cables. Planning for and attending Black Friday …
Those in power write the history. They’re the ones with the printing presses, the publicity, and the vested interest in seeing their cultural narrative promoted. That’s why it sure seems like white men are the only ones getting things done in the world. But lo! there were all kinds of people doing things throughout history, …
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Celestial Events Monday Next week, the big event will be the Leonid meteor shower. So, this is an excellent time to practice finding the Leo constellation, as the moon is rising with it over the eastern horizon around midnight. Tuesday Mercury, the little messenger planet, is popping over the horizon this week. You have to …
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Remember the good old days of childhood? When your biggest concerns were spelling tests and what was for lunch. You were king of the lunchroom whenever you scored a Lunchables. They were charcuterie plates for kids, an entire stackable meal, with dessert. But not all Lunchables are equal. Remember how they tried to give us …
This Halloween was 100% a let-down. We did our best with pre-portioned grab bags, candy chutes, and socially distanced trick-or-treat tables, but despite our accommodations, we’re still slap-dab in the middle of a pandemic. So it shouldn’t have come as a surprise when only a handful of trick-or-treaters showed up Saturday night. I bought an …
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Celestial Events Monday A reminder that during November, you can see five of the planets that share our solar system in the night sky. Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars appear soon after sunset, and Mercury and Venus rise during the early morning hours. Tuesday All the stars, planets and heavenly bodies are telling you to vote. …
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The lost city of Atlantis is more than just an underappreciated animated movie from the early aughts; it’s a mythical idea that exists around the world. Great floods are common in myths, as is the notion of an idyllic island of peace and prosperity just sinking into the ocean. But there are places worldwide that …
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Between the election and the pandemic, it’s hard not to wake up with a panic attack, even if you’ve never been someone with anxiety. We’re heading into a holiday season without the family get-togethers or gatherings of any kind, really. Coronavirus cases are already spiking, and we haven’t even gotten into the thick of flu …
Halloween is finally on the weekend, but we’re in the middle of a world pandemic, and that “close but no” feeling encapsulates what’s going on in the stars this week. There’s never been a better time to embrace the do-it-for-yourself attitude you keep telling people you have. Even though there’s nowhere to go, get dressed …
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During the pandemic, the streets filled with rats. Lockdowns shut people inside their homes, and without bars and restaurants open, rats lost out on some of their preferred food sources. The rodents flocked to Bourbon Street in New Orleans, searching for a meal and a good time. It’s tough to remember, but rats are a …