Let This AI Show You How to Begin Your Novel

It must be the future, because Im taking writing advice from a computer. But her latest creationwrites beginning sentences of novels, and its a genius: I am, or was. At the mid-day meal the sun began to set and the quiet dragged on. I am Eilie, and I am here to kill the world. The black stone was aching from the rain. The moon stood on its own two feet....

November 25, 2019 · 2 min · 303 words · Jamie Gibbs

Out of Place Ski Jumps

Competitive skiing as a sport developed in Norway in the later part of the 19th century. Later, Norheim migrated to the United States and started developing the sport in that country. Riding on this new wave of popularity, many large American sports stadiums began staging ski jumping events. A temporary ski jump erected at Soldier Field, in Chicago, in 1936. Image credit:www.skisprungschanzen.com In 1936, Soldier Field in Chicago hosted the first such competition....

November 25, 2019 · 1 min · 190 words · Gregory Wilson

Spotify Premium Is the Best Life Hack of the Decade

Lets think all the way back to the end of the last decade. or c) mine your roommates music library hoping they hadKid Aon mp3 already. What a difference 10 years makes! In 2019, streaming services have made our livesso much easierand I would arguebetter. To truly appreciate the impact of music streaming on quality of life, lets go backanotherdecade. In 1999, CD sales were at record highs. Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, and NSYNC sold millions of CDs and made tons of money....

November 25, 2019 · 2 min · 308 words · Sophia Vincent

The Funniest, Most Bewildering Short Videos on the YouTube Haiku Subreddit

TheYouTube Haiku subredditcollects good videos up to 30 seconds long. The best are sometimes funny, sometimes touching, sometimes bewildering. Ive been a connoisseur of the genre for seven years. Ive collected my favorites below. Theres a certain mix of humor and what the hell-ness that does well on this subreddit. Boy doing something silly is a common theme. As is a real-world situation with timing as perfect as any scripted farce....

November 25, 2019 · 3 min · 483 words · Jenny Brooks

These Airports Have the Longest Immigration and Customs Lines During Thanksgiving

According toUSA Today, unsurprisingly, inbound travelers from overseas also tend to spike around Thanksgiving day. What does this mean for you? Well, get ready for traffic, pissed-off people, and long lines. Which airport ranked the lowest, you ask? Below youll find the result of the results of the study, courtesy ofAirside Mobile: 25. Average waiting time: 13.8 minutes. Average max waiting time: 44.4 minutes. Average waiting time: 10.8 minutes. Average max waiting time: 38....

November 25, 2019 · 2 min · 355 words · Eduardo Jackson

How to Prioritize When Everything Is Important

Instead of getting overwhelmed, you gotta learn how to prioritize your priorities. Yes, thats entirely possible, and were going to tell you how to do it. And as luck would have it, I was a full time PM for many years,PMP-certifiedand everything. Heres how you could apply some of those techniques to your everyday life. First, answer the question: Is everythingreallyimportant? The first question you have to get past is whether or not everything really is of equal importance....

November 22, 2019 · 2 min · 308 words · Katie Taylor

Star Jelly: The Mysterious Phenomenon That Inspired ‘The Blob’

Thats how the mysterious droppings got the name star jelly. What exactly is star jelly is hard to determine. Or they are gelatinous food disgorged by animals. Star jelly discovered during autumn can be explained by this phenomenon. During this season, the adult female frog carries a batch of eggs ready to lay the following spring. As the eggs pass down the oviduct, each egg is surrounded by jelly secreted by the oviduct wall....

November 22, 2019 · 1 min · 208 words · Dave Clark

Thickening Your Bisque With Taco Bell Rolled Tacos Is Normal and Good

), which has been going on for seven years now. There is some mildly seasoned shredded chicken in the mix, but it doesnt have a particularly strong flavor. You bring that to a boil, and it actually smells pretty nice. Maybe this soup isnt so crazy after all, you might think. The recipe does not ask Wouldst thou like to live deliciously? Instead it demands Wouldst thou like to live mas?...

November 22, 2019 · 2 min · 358 words · Rebecca Brown

Hameau de la Reine: Marie Antoinette’s Pretend Village

The Mill, one of the structures in Hameau de la Reine, was purely a decorative element. No mechanism or wheel were installed in the factory. But the interiors were extremely elegant, and used for concerts, games, and dinners. There was a farmhouse, a dairy, a dovecote, a barn, and a mill. Each building was decorated with a garden, an orchard or a flower garden. Marie Antoinette would sometimes milk the cows and the sheep herself to get a taste of village life....

November 21, 2019 · 1 min · 183 words · Natasha Gilbert

How to Make Perfect Scrambled Eggs, No Matter How You Like Them

But its actually pretty hard to make them really,reallywell. Rubbery, dry curds are no good, but runny scrambles can be just as offensive. For big, fluffy curds that are still tender, youll want to cook thesehuevoson medium-high. Youll also want to pump em up with a little aeration. You could whip em the old fashioned wayusing your own brute strengthbut I like touse my immersion blender. You dont need to blend them long, just long enough to get a bit of froth on top....

November 21, 2019 · 1 min · 148 words · Nicole Smith

How to Introduce Your Kid to the Wild World of Social Media

Remember when we thought Stranger Danger made sense? We used to teach kidsnotto talk to strangers. A stranger could hurt you! A stranger could kidnap you! We were a walking contradiction. Thats why we started teaching our kids about tricky people instead. We can think about online strangers the same way. ; Where do you live? ; What are you wearing? ; Do you want to have a private conversation?)....

November 20, 2019 · 2 min · 300 words · Jamie Dennis

How to Make uBlock Origin Even Better at Ad Blocking in Firefox

Firefox is one of the best browsers for blocking ads and crappy web trackers, and it’s possible for you to make it even better using nuke-em-all online window extensions likeuBlock Origin. Now,Ghacksand GitHub users point out that uBlock Origins is even capable of blocking new types of ads, trackers, and website content that browsers like Chrome cant (or wont), even with the add-on installed. This special content uses canonical name (CNAME) records to get through content blockers by telling the web app the content being displayed is important first-party content that needs to be displayed on a website....

November 20, 2019 · 2 min · 289 words · Glenda Smith

Let Your Kid Paint With These Homemade Paint Popsicles

When my son was a preschooler, I was forever looking for new artsy activities to do with him. I especially loved activities where the set-up was part of the activity itselfyou get more mileage out of those. Wed makehomemade play doughtogether or mix together corn starch, water and food coloring to make sidewalk paint. Except that now hes nine years old and definitely too old for this sort of thing, right?...

November 20, 2019 · 2 min · 214 words · Daniel Rodriguez