Posts by Ingrid Cruz

Even though the job might sound boring and difficult, court reporters are essential to a transparent justice system. But while court reporting may be difficult, it is definitely not always boring. Court just doesn’t strike most people as the type of place where unhinged people run their mouths, but… Well. Court can get pretty nuts....

Twitter is often maligned, but it also exists to entertain us in a (sometimes) wholesome manner. Abigail Sanders decided to start a thread of “mom-style selfies.” She asked fellow users to send these selfies to their mothers with no context, and record their responses. Well, the internet delivered. Not only did fellow Twitter users dutifully...

The best teachers find a way to make their students passionate about learning. Most students are lucky to run into one or two teachers that can make important lessons memorable for all the right reasons. Third-grade teacher Veronica Duqué has garnered praise from people in social media who love the way she’s teaching her students...

The holidays are a fun blur of family reunions, gatherings, workplace end of the year dinners, food, and fun. Then, January 2nd comes along and makes us feel like the holidays slipped past us in a curious haze. Why does this happen? Well, holidays can change our perception of time. Part of this is because people...

2019 gave us a lot of new looks, discoveries, and news. There was unrest, drama, political in- and outfighting, and celebrity feuding. It was, frankly, exhausting. Not everything about 2019 was tough, though – it was also a year that gave us a lot of laughs! The year was full of many viral posts on...

On December 26, photographers and residents of places form Saudi Arabia to Guam scrambled to take pictures of the final solar eclipse to grace the Earth this decade. Unlike in some eclipses, you’ll notice that the moon didn’t totally black out the sun. Instead, it covered the majority of the sun, leaving a visible “ring.”...

Telling planets and stars apart seems like it would be difficult – until, that is, you remember that classic lullaby that put us all to sleep. Remember “Twinkle, twinkle little star”? Yep. Stars twinkle, and planets don’t. With the exception of our solar system’s sun, stars are all so far away that astronomers talk about...

If you have a Reddit account, you’ve probably seen fun threads discussing little-known “facts.” These often sound too strange or outrageous to be true, but Lifehacker went through the trouble of fact-checking some of the trivia shared on the site. As it turns out, knowledgeable Redditors know a ton of information the rest of the...

Life is full of joy, new experiences, happiness…and also inconveniences. And inconveniences can be soooo frustrating, right? Instagram user @dudewithsign has come up with a really smart way to let his frustrations show: He creates hilarious signs that he uses to protest everyday annoyances. And why shouldn’t he? People are protesting all over the world....

We’ve all been gullible about something in our lives. Maybe you were that kid that believed in a myth or strange “fact” until you were too old – I know someone who believed that a vending machine was called a “bending machine” well into high school (because you have to bend over to retrieve your...

Celebrities live in a different world. Being an A-lister means having access to the best and most luxurious things, the classiest places, and, of course, other celebs. If you’ve spent years being famous, it’s logical that you forget a few things about what it’s like to live a normal life. For the most part, this...

Having a baby isn’t just a major milestone. It also involves a lot of changes to the mother’s mind and body. Going into labor is stressful and, most of all, exhausting, so it’s important that women have time to recuperate afterwards. Blogger and new mother Katie Bowman wrote about her labor and delivery experience, including...

Children used to be taught that young boys push, bother, and mistreat little girls because they like them – and that’s because many teachers and authority figures used to think that boys are simply “that way.” But now, things are different. Margaux Dawn is one mom who decided to challenge old-fashioned and gendered behavioral expectations....

Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace are great places to find a deal – unlike in the store, you can (often) haggle over the cost of whatever you’re buying tp save money. The arrangement isn’t always so great for sellers though. In order to sell their stuff, they have to field spam, bots…and trolls who simply want...

Everyone has to do things at work they don’t exactly like. Maybe taking out the trash or dealing with eccentric customers wasn’t a part of your original job description. Or maybe there’s a silly rule at your job that you don’t like to enforce. Well, it turns out that cops also have to enforce laws that...