Is My Boyfriend Secretly Using My Sex Toys?

Youve got problems, Ive got advice. This advice isnt sugar-coatedin fact, its sugar-free, and may even be a little bitter. Welcome to Tough Love. This week we have a woman who recently learned something new about her possibly unfaithful boyfriend. I simply want to give you the tools you better enrich your damn lives. If for whatever reason you dont like my advice, feel free tofile a formal complaint here....

October 31, 2017 · 2 min · 293 words · Colleen Bailey

Madam Coudray’s 18th Century Manikin For Midwife Trainees

Angelique du Coudray was born in 1715 into an eminent French medical family in Clermont-Ferrand. Around this time, a conflict between male practitioners, who called themselves surgeons, and midwives arose. Soon after Coudrays graduation, schools began to bar women from gaining instruction in midwifery. Coudray was among those who supported female midwives. Moreover, she declared that without training, there would be shortage of midwives. The medical community listened and female midwives once again began receiving instructions in birthing techniques....

October 31, 2017 · 1 min · 160 words · Raymond Lester

Only Buy Bitcoin If You're Ready to Lose It

Ask yourself what youd do if your investment paid off tenfold, only to disappear in a fire. Frauenfelder got into this jam by trying to be safe. The rig was locked by a string of 21 words and a seven-digit PIN. Frauenfelder wrote the words on a piece of paper, which his cleaning service threw out. He memorized his PIN, but then forgot it. Recovering his money was so stressful, just reading about it drained the blood from my face....

October 31, 2017 · 2 min · 334 words · William Bowers

How to Feel Productive Without Being Productive

Most people are interested in getting something done. But maybe you arent. Maybe you just want tofeelproductive, or efficient, or hard-working, without having to actually accomplish something. You cant just start doing that. First it’s crucial that you plan, and first it’s crucial that you plan to plan. Obsess About Tools What do you better get done? Well, check your to-do list. You have a to-do app, right? Theoretically, you could effectively manage your tasks with a notebook and a pen....

October 30, 2017 · 6 min · 1112 words · Christina Walsh

Sheela-Na-Gig: The Mysterious Medieval Carvings of Women Exhibitionists

But the most extraordinary of all is that of a sheela-na-gig. Sheela-na-gigs are medieval stone figures of a naked woman spreading her legs. She is shown using her hands to pull open and proudly display her exaggerated genitals. They are not something you would expect to see in a church. These figures usually occur in isolation, unattached and freed from any background that could establish their provenance. Their origin and significance remain a mystery....

October 30, 2017 · 2 min · 266 words · George Allen

Can You Really Make Cookies From Cake Mix?

By adding 12 cup of oil and two eggs toanycake mix, you might have cookie dough. Thats a pretty bold assumption. I dont think a gluten-free mix would yield the same result as say, a standard yellow cake mix. For the most part, cookies arent a difficult process, and this is a really open-ended recipe tip. Theres no mention of oil jot down, measurement, cooking time or temperature to use, either....

October 29, 2017 · 2 min · 354 words · Laura Brewer

The Rock Houses That Inspired Tolkien

Healey scanned the area for a shelter and noticed some smoke rising out of a cleft in the rocks. Healey was cordially welcomed into one of the houses which he describes as curious, warm and commodious. He went on to describe how they were well furnished with plenty of provisions and had access to water. This was the first written account of the Rock Houses of Kinver. This soft Triassic-era stone is very easily quarried and natural caves can be quickly enlarged to form habitats....

October 28, 2017 · 2 min · 274 words · Natasha Gomez

Creepy Children's Books for Creepy Children

(Q: Why wont she eat? A: Maybe shes not hungry. Q: Why wont she go to sleep? A: Because shes demon spawn.) It turns out that people have opinions on disturbing childrens books. I myself thinkThe Runaway Bunnyis a little weird and stalkerish, but others love it. But there are some books that everyone agrees are justoff. The Little Mermaid Shegives up her voiceto be with a guy. Now, you might say, But this is a classic!...

October 27, 2017 · 2 min · 345 words · Diane Brown

How to "Credit Surf" to Score Huge Rewards Bonuses

Credit card companies want you to use their rewards cards. Play it right, though, and you’re able to beat them at their own game. Thats why they make these cards so damn appealing.Free travel? Yes, yes, and yes! Keep in mind, though:thats not the only way rewards cards are funded. The cost of these rewards programs is passed on to businesses who then pass the cost onto customers. In other words, youre paying for those rewards one way or another....

October 27, 2017 · 3 min · 574 words · Guy Shepherd

How to Sign Up for Health Insurance This Year

Believe it or not, the Affordable Care Act is still in effect. Do I need to care about open enrollment? Open enrollment is the time when anybody can enroll in a health insurance plan for any reason. Itsopento everyone, see? The other kind of enrollment is special enrollment, which applies to the rest of the year. Life events like getting married or having a baby open up an enrollment window just for your family....

October 27, 2017 · 3 min · 554 words · Heidi Guzman

Let's All Stop Saying Bless You

Heres a cool thing. In English-speaking countries they say Bless you, in most of Europe they say Health. Im not being a prig here! There are none, other than Bless you. What makes sneezing so special? Ill tell you why nothing, because sneezing has an Irish twin: coughing. Its just as infectious, just as disruptive, just as varied in its causes. And what do you do when someone coughs? If youre polite, nothing....

October 27, 2017 · 2 min · 301 words · Kenneth Murphy

Medieval ‘dos-à-dos’ Book Bindings

They became very common in England in the first half of the 17th century. As you could see, it has a very unusual kind of binding. This odd binding style is known as dos-a-dos, a French word meaning “back-to-back”. Some book binders took the style a bit further. The image below shows a dos-a-dos binding from 1736 featuring no less than five books. This is why these volumes are referred to as “upside-down books”....

October 27, 2017 · 1 min · 139 words · Brittany Moore

How to Find a Woman's G-Spot

In reality, its not that complicated. Its a part of a womans body thatfor some womencan create a lot of pleasure. Heres how to find her G-spot, and what to do with it once you do. What It Is The G-spot is named after the German gynecologist who discovered it - Ernst Grafenberg. (Fun fact: hes also the inventor of the IUD.) Theres actually still vigorous disagreement in the scientific community as to whether or not the G-spot truly exists....

October 26, 2017 · 2 min · 405 words · Matthew Allen