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How To: Make Pop Rocks
Do you remember eating Pop Rocks as a kid? I do. It was like a chemistry experiment exploding in my mouth every time I ate them. I thought that eating Pop Rocks was just one of those things from the '80s that parents let us do, like riding in the car without a seat belt. You know, one of those thing ...
Combating Global Warming: Simple Action Steps
I read something the other day that said most people don't understand what global warming is. The phrase itself, "global warming," has been used so much in so many different contexts over the past few decades that a lot of the meaning in those words has lost its punch.
In the spirit of bringing a ...
5 Tips For Handling Failure
We are overjoyed when we know of friends who are experiencing triumphs and successes in life. Whether it be with their relationships, work, or whatever aspect of life, we celebrate with them. However, when we experience failure, often times we find it hard to deal with the situation. One reason I lo ...
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The Real Cost Of Dating [Infographic]
So there you are, you're just about to go on that first date. As a guy, you always want to make a good impression and be the expected gentleman you know you have to be in order to gain the respect of your date. There are some misconceptions when it comes to dating that both guys and girls are quite ...
Shopping By Color: The Designer Way To Buy Groceries
Whenever it is time to go grocery shopping over here I usually make the legendary list. Yup, it's all about optimizing, and the more detailed the list is, the faster the whole trip will be. I sometimes even try to list the items the way they are positioned in the store I am going to. That way, I can ...
World’s Most Secure House: A Zombie Bunker
Every once in a while I stumble over some crazy article in the newspaper that reports about someone rich building a doomsday shelter or bunker to keep safe from whatever might strike earth in the near future. Those articles have always been quite mesmerizing to me because it sounds like a huge endea ...
Creativity Takes Courage: 5 Ways To Build Your Courage
"Creativity takes courage" is one of my favorite quotes. It's an oldie but a goodie from Henri Matisse. It's so true. Creativity really does take a lot of courage. When creative people express their emotions through their artwork, writing or music, and they present it to the world to see on the Inte ...
North American Dialect Chart: Ya’ll Talk Funny
Lately, for whatever reason, I've been talking to more and more of my Twitter friends on the phone. One of the first things people usually notice when they talk to me is that I have a very southern accent (gimme a break... geez, after all, I do live in Atlanta). For some reason, that surprises a lot ...
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The Cost Of William & Kate’s Wedding [Infographics]
You can hardly go on the Internet today without being confronted with the royal wedding that took place yesterday. News reports estimated that there were over 2 billion people watching the ceremony and the partying. That's almost a third of the entire population of the world. Sure, I had a peek at t ...
Tulipmania: An Inspiring Field Of 3 Billion Tulips
If you didn't read the title of this article, and if you just glanced at these pictures below, what would you think that was? Perhaps a beautiful piece of artwork created by a child? Or maybe a tapestry of colorful fabric? Who would ever guess that is a patch of three billion tulips?
Yep, this is ...
Over Or Under: The Great Toilet Paper Dispute
When you think of the biggest toilet paper debate, you probably think of something worthwhile like the debate about whether or not it's important to use toilet paper made from recycled paper products, right? Well now that toilet paper manufactures are making toilet paper with green material that is ...
Environment: Mushrooms Break Down Disposable Diapers
When I was researching this topic today, I couldn't help but think of a recent article Richard wrote called Gross Foods That You Want To Eat Anyway. It was about how, according to a TED speech, we will have to change our food supply in the future so that we will still be able to sustain ourselves an ...
Beverage Costs vs. Calories: For Dieting Broke Partiers
As a beer drinker, I'm very aware of the high number of calories a beer contains. Lucky for me, I don't drink enough of it to gain weight; however, I know they don't call it a beer belly for nothing. It's kinda gross really when you think about how fattening some kinds of alcoholic beverages are.
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5 Tips To Turn A Bad Day Into A Good Day
Don't you wish that we never had to experience bad days? However, we all know there is no such thing as a perfect life. It can be really hard when we experience those days when things just don't go the way we want them to. What's even worse are those days when it feels like everything is falling apa ...
The Tornado That Stole A Burger And Fries
I live in Atlanta, and we have a lot of tornadoes that blow through here each year. We don't have as many as Tornado Alley, but we still get our fair share. People who have never experienced tornadoes get very frightened about them. They usually leave a path of destruction, and many times they ruin ...