30 By 30: Smiles At Every Size (How I Deal With Body Image)
It’s Tax Return Time: How Not to Blow Your Extra Cash on Crap
Megan Draper’s Miscarriage Confession Really Hit Home For Me
Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches” Show You’re Probably Much Lovelier Than You Think
Enough, Already: Stop Calling Me Selfish Just Because I Don’t Want Children (Yet)
The Running Community Responds To Boston Marathon Bombings With Strength, Positivity
I’ll Pass: If you’re extremely fussy about what you’ll eat (and you’re over the age of five), you could have selective eating disorder. (via YumSugar)
What’s Up, Doc? If you eat carrots regularly, you’re protecting yourself from cancer and heart disease. (via The Mirror)
The Plus Side of Migraines: If you’re a woman who gets migraines, you could recover more quickly after a stroke. (via American Heart Association Newsroom) More
We can’t always be with loved ones over the holidays. But it’s easy to send them a heartfelt card to let them know that you’re thinking of them. Or, if sentiment makes you uncomfortable, you could take our route, and send them an off-color Thanksgiving greeting from someecards. Browse through ten of our favorites, then send one of your own.
More
Clean Air: Oregon will phase out coal completely by the year 2020. (via Treehugger)
You know Thanksgiving is tomorrow, right? We assume you already know what you’re bringing to your parent’s/sibling’s/friend’s/in-law’s house for dinner. But if not, don’t freak out quite yet. There’s still time to save yourself and not ruin the holiday for everyone — without spending a fortune. We found ten things you can pick up tonight and bring to Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. And these aren’t your run-of-the-mill card store gifts; they’re indulgent and thoughtful, and are made from natural and organic ingredients. No need to thank us. We’re just here to save Thanksgiving, one cheap slacker at a time. More
Those of us who live in apartments or houses with limited cabinet space know how frustrating it can be to have a dinner party. We don’t want to resort to wasteful paper plates, but we also don’t want to resort to being the hobo who ask her friends to bring their own dishes. That’s why we love Maaike Seegers’s idea for Meltware. If you need extra dishes, just pour hot Carnauba wax in a mold and watch your new dishes emerge. Then, after the party’s over, just melt the wax down again. More
We manage pretty well in our data-saturated lives. But sometimes it’s beneficial to take a step back and look at how much information you’re actually processing within a 24 hour period. This informative clip from GOOD‘s blog does just that, and leaves us with just one question: Is all this data necessarily a bad thing? More
We’re sure you were in line at Barnes and Noble at 7:00 a.m. yesterday so you could get your very own copy of Sarah Palin’s latest masterpiece, America by Heart. No? Great, you aren’t nuts. But we know that you have a perverse desire to see what kind of backwards gems are hidden within the book’s patriotic pages. So, to save you the trouble of putting a paper bag over your head and flipping through the pages at your local book store, Slate’s Jessica Grose read it so you don’t have to. According to her, it’s safe to say that America by Heart won’t become a feminist classic any time soon: More
Lover or Loser — If you see your partner lose (at anything), you might not like him anymore. Subconsciously, of course. (via Eurkealert)
Selective Hearing — Meet the part of your brain that allows you listen to boring anecdotes at loud cocktail parties. (via NPR)
The Fanciest Drink You Can Find — Your champagne is nothing compared to Canadian Ice Wine. (via Luxist)
Carry-On Cuisine — Don’t try to bring any cranberry sauce through airport security. (via Eatocracy)
More
Nuts are a perfect way to get a little bit of sweetness with a crapload of protein. But sometimes, when you buy a bag of trail mix or mixed nuts, they’re coated in high-fructose corn syrup and preservatives or mixed with bits of candy. We found a sweet nutty treat that (dare we say it) even our beloved Michael Pollan would let us eat: Mrs. May’s Almond Crunch. More
Why Don’t More Women Talk About Masturbation?
Clueless Mom Gives Birth on a Bike Without Realizing It
The Sweetest Twitter Marriage Proposal You’ll Ever See
8 Things You Shouldn't Do Before Bed
True Or False: Marathoners Can Eat Whatever They Want
If you’re currently dating or in a relationship, enjoy it while it lasts. You’ll find the cause of its demise on this handy flow chart. Yes, dying old and married is one way your current relationship could end. But don’t worry — it will probably die way before you do.
As many of us prepare to board flights for a delightful day of holiday travel, a post on GOOD’s blog addressed the dismal state of airline food. Even though we know the food will be terrible (and overpriced), we can’t help but want our in-flight snack to be satisfying. That’s why flying presents a conundrum as far as eating (not to mention nutrition) is concerned.
Sorry! This poll is now closed.
Do you find that you’re often confused by what your underlings are trying to tell you? Your driver, your cook — they make these scrunched-up faces and you just don’t know what they’re feeling. We get it. The reason for your clueless behavior could be your ability to be self-sufficient. A new study showed that people of a lower socio-economic standing were better at figuring out other people’s feelings than those from the upper class. Researchers think this is because poorer people rely on the help of others more than people with money do. More
Whether you’re calmly assembling your cornucopia centerpiece or frantically trying to find an oven rack that fits your enormous bird, it’s time to face it: Thanksgiving is just two days away. Yesterday we found ten unusual pie recipes to spice up your after-dinner spread of sweets. But sometimes don’t you just get sick of pie? (Kidding. We don’t, either.) But we do know that pie crusts aren’t every baker’s cup of tea. So we found ten Thanksgiving cookie recipes that will be the perfect complement to dinner on Thursday (thanks to flavors like ginger, cinnamon, apple, cranberry, maple, and pecan). Just make sure to have a glass of wine or three prior to diving into the cookie plate — you may prefer not to remember how many you’re about to eat. More
Why do countless studies prove the benefits of eating a diet full of fruits and vegetables, yet under one-third of Americans eat two servings of fruits daily? A study from The Archives of Internal Medicine found that adults who had higher levels of alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, and lycopene in their blood were less likely to die over a 14-year period than people with low levels of these antioxidants that are found in fruits and vegetables. To us (and we’d hope to a lot of you) this is a no-brainer.
More
