Posts by Jenifer Sako

Losing a pet is a shock to the heart. No matter if our beloved furry friend passes because of illness or due to an accident, we feel as if we have lost a member of the family–because that’s exactly what they areL family. We develop emotional attachment to their sweet fuzzy faces. Researchers (Quakenbush &...

A blonde walks into a bar. She see shelves and shelves of liquor. All kinds. The bartender says, “What’ll you have?” And the blonde says, “I don’t know. What do you recommend?” Not the world’s worst blonde joke, but rather a real life scenario that I’m 100% we’ve all been in. Bars have so much...

In the Indian state of Maharashtra, a peculiar but pretty creature scampers overhead in the trees. It has the quick movements of a plain, old eastern gray squirrel, but with its vivid streaks of orange, maroon and black, it’s much more splendid. It’s also big, measuring around 3 feet long. It’s called the Malabar giant...

Sarah Moore could not believe what she was hearing. Her 11-month old boy had toddled up to the keyboard in their home near Dayton, OH, and plinked out “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.” It wasn’t the fact that he knew the song that surprised her – Moore knew her son had a toy that played the...

An extraordinary building stands in the Dutch city of Utrecht, made extraordinary by the mural that two Dutch artists have painted on its side.  I know what you’re thinking: plenty of buildings all over the world are painted with murals. But this one is particularly unusual. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvbvix5AT2X/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Jan Is De Man and Deef Feed are...

When you think of Japan’s flora, the famous cherry blossoms probably come to mind first. But their brilliant flowering wisteria is also a show-stopper. Known as fuji, brightly colored wisteria flourishes in the spring, forming vivid tunnels and crawling up trellises in all shades of purple, pink, blue and white. Sometimes, depending on the temperature,...

Those obsessed with Game of Thrones are simultaneously breathless with anticipation and filled with terrible dread at how the wildly popular series will wrap up at the end of this eighth and final season. To help gird your loins for the final battles, murderings and sexy bits, scroll through this list of behind-the-scenes facts. 1....

As a prop for an Instagram pic, San Diego artist and college professor Yarely wove a flower crown and popped it on her Australian shepherd. Little did she know, that first crown would be the start of a brand. Now, Freya’s Floral Company creates beautiful flower crowns for dogs, cats – and also humans. Using...

South African National Parks announced the stunning news they had recovered the remains of a suspected poacher killed by an elephant and eaten by lions. And by remains, they meant a pair of trousers and the man’s skull. The incident happened at Kruger National Park when several men illegally hunting rhinos came upon an elephant....

The charming British pub is slowly becoming endangered. Once upon a time, they were open on every corner with adorable names like The Drunken Duck and The Bull & Spectacles. Locals and travelers liked to congregate in them for a pint and a scotch egg, some conversation and a view of the big match on...

A recent study published by the journal Waste Management revealed something disturbing. Their survey of 1000 people showed how labels such as “best by,” or “use by,” caused significant confusion around how long certain foods are safe to eat. Americans are throwing away totally edible food just because they don’t understand what “best by” and...

Labradors are one of those breeds with itchy teeth that beg to munch on everything from our favorite shoes to entire rolls of toilet paper. They know they are being bad, too, because when caught, they look up with big Disney princess eyes, their little eyebrows furrowed. It’s like they can’t believe what came over...

The once-groundbreaking social media company Myspace has done something huge – and not in a good way. All content loaded before 2016 was deleted because of a failed server migration. When reached for comment, Myspace appeared to accept blame, basically saying, “My bad.” Millions of songs, videos and photos are gone with no hope of...

The Stranger Things 3 trailer is here and it is a killer. https://twitter.com/Stranger_Things/status/1108337397341802496 The gang is the same, but they are now 13 going on 30. It’s like seeing your friends on the first day of  eighth grade – everyone has changed, yet they’re also still the same. https://twitter.com/jnlynbndct/status/1108896267189391360 Yes, the hormones have come home and...

Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh is perhaps the most influential and best known of all 19th century European artists. His life was marked with crushing mental illness and poverty, but in his life he obsessively produced extraordinary works in his groundbreaking style of vivid colors and bold brushstrokes. He sold only one painting, and...