Posts by Jenifer Sako

Airports aren’t the most fun places to be in the world. People are mean, or sick, or both. Stuff costs too much, and there’s a lot of waiting around. It’s enough to make you ride trains. But what if you had to work at an airport? Recently, a question was posted on Reddit: “What is...

Nine out of ten marriages end because SOMEONE feels the need to unload and reload the dishwasher after I’ve loaded it. I exaggerate only because I’m defensive. The fact is, fights between couples over loading the dishwasher the correct way are fairly common. As someone who is unfairly accused of being a dishwasher loading dud,...

You know all those little packets of moisture absorbing silica gel that falls out of new boxes of shoes, electronics, big bags of rice…really all kinds of stuff? These little packets that tell you 1) not to eat them and 2) to throw them away? Well, definitely don’t eat them, but don’t throw them away...

The Onion is one of the funniest sites on the internet. Every article is a satirical take on headlines from international, national and local news. The headlines alone can crack you up, but all the content is hilarious. Except some people just don’t get it. It’s like they’ve never left their homes and ventured out...

In Washington D.C., one extraordinary museum holds some mighty special trees. These trees aren’t giant oaks or flowered with cherry blossoms, though. The National Bonsai Museum, rather, is home to 150 species of trees pruned and cared for in the manner of bonsai – a traditional Japanese cultivation technique that produces trees in miniature. The...

Scientists from Michigan State University and Stanford University have worked together to develop a nanoparticle capable of ‘eating’ the plaque that causes heart attacks. The results of their study were published in Nature Nanotechnology. Led by Bryan Smith, associate professor of biomedical engineering at MSU, the team created a “Trojan Horse” nanoparticle that could possibly...

The coronavirus, or 2019-nCoV, that originated in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, has spread throughout mainland China and beyond. The virus makes daily headlines, though reports about this new respiratory disease are constantly changing, which makes monitoring it a challenge for everyday people. However, the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University has...

In 1963, Félicette participated in a 15-minute suborbital mission. She was the first and only cat to survive a trip to and from space, and now she finally has a memorial installed at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. In October, 2017, Félicette-fan Matthew Serge Guy started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the memorial. He...

Costco has a cult following, and why not? It’s a giant warehouse with amazing products at low prices. That is, if you can really use Peter Thomas Roth face cream in bulk. There’re also cases of organic apples, huge tubs of fresh spinach and 10-pound bags of carrots available for purchase. Make regular, advance meal...

Some people have all the luck, don’t you think? For some reason, it just seems as if the same people keeping winning, not matter what they do. One win leads to another and another…basically forever. Why is that? This kind of constant achievement may be due to a phenomenon called the winner effect. Consider animals...

If the first thing that gets you up in the morning is knowing that Baby Yoda exists, you’re not the only one. Officially known as The Child, he has stolen hearts the world over ever since he was introduced on Disney +’s The Mandalorian.  Now he is everywhere: you can have one as a cocktail,...

February marks Black History Month in the U.S., commemorating the remarkable contributions of Black Americans. It’s an incredible legacy essential for all Americans to know about. You can often find parks and other sites right in your hometown dedicated to facets of African American history, though you may need to look around a bit. Take...

Remember when you were a little kid and you watched the same movies a billion times? You could recite every line and the characters became your friends? Maybe now you have little ones of your own or young nieces and nephews enjoying that same stage in their blissful lives. So, you pop in or start...

If flowers are love’s true language, imagine what chicken nuggets say. Especially when the nuggets are skewered onto stems wrapped with a ribbon and presented like a bouquet. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt4hMzsngUs/?igshid=1b8xk5ctrmx7u A bouquet you can eat. Here, hold my flowers. Nom. The chicken nugget bouquet joins other brilliant tokens of affection like the bacon bouquet, doughnut bouquet...

Life doesn’t care if you’re cute. Even if you’re as adorable as Baby Yoda, AKA The Child from Disney +’s hit show, The Mandalorian, you’ve got the same problems as everyone else. Recently, #BabyYodaProblems started trending, bringing us really funny, though complicated, scenarios that every one of us – Baby Yoda included – faces as...