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I have told my cat countless times that he “looks so cute I could just eat him up!” And when he scratches at the oven trying to get in because he can feel the warmth, I jokingly threaten to bake him into a cat-sserole. Obviously, none of us would ever actually take a bite out…

Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the…

It’s not WHAT you know. It’s WHO you know! I wonder if MSNBC had a hand in this… Anthony Blinken says TEN Americans are still feared to be Hamas hostages, after terror group released Chicago mom and her daughter, 17, abducted during Israel rampage “Earlier this week, Martin Fletcher, one of MSNBC’s long-term Middle East…

Traveling to foreign lands can be an exhilarating experience, but amidst the thrill of adventure, it’s easy for tourists to overlook or misinterpret the customs and traditions of the places they visit.  One country where Western travelers should particularly take the time to educate themselves before venturing amongst its locals is Japan. Unfortunately, an adventurer…

An online trend in which people label impulsive cleaning as “manic cleaning” has raised concerns from those with actual manic experiences who feel the casual use of mental health terms diminishes the severity of conditions like bipolar disorder.  Many people have experienced a sudden urge to clean or dedicated a specific period during the year…

Professor Chandler Brossard When I was in college, I had the pleasure of taking a nonfiction course from the Writer in Residence, one of the last of the Beat Generation writers by the name of Chandler Brossard. I spent a lot of time in his office, taking his coaching and working to make my writing…