Posts by Jenifer Sako

It’s here. It’s finally here. And now our children can share in the delight that was The Office. Written by Robb Pearlman and illustrated by Melanie Demmer, The Office: A Day at Dunder Mifflin Elementary follows a young Michael Scott as he aims to become the “World’s Best Line Leader.” I just preordered The Office...

If you want to live in a comfortable home, you need furniture. If you want to live in a whimsical, if-Disney-and-Tim-Burton-had-a-baby home, you need New Zealand woodworker, Henk Verhoeff’s furniture. Recently, Verhoeff’s unique skill in furniture-making went viral because images of his broken, weird, twisted, wonderful furniture appeared on line. And, wow. Just, wow. Verhoeff’s...

Step aside, Blizzard. There’s a new ice cream treat at Dairy Queen and we want some. Added to an already delectable menu of parfaits and sundaes, the new kid on the menu is a ice cream cone dipped in a cotton candy flavored shell. It’s similar to the chocolate and butterscotch dips, but it’s beautifully...

Oatmeal-for-breakfast eaters, Twitter is about to change your life. If you’ve been living under the impression water is the only liquid you can use for making your daily oatmeal, you could not be more wrong. What else do you usually have for breakfast? Why, coffee, of course. So, is there any reason you couldn’t combine...

Wendy’s is a little shy when it comes to social media, preferring to scroll through their Twitter feed silently and without comment. Oh, wait. That’s my great-aunt Wendy. The fast food chain, Wendy’s is super savage on social media, particularly Twitter where they have 3.6 million followers, and you should stay out of their way...

Recently, CNN tweeted something interesting and, frankly, surprising. According to a poll, 38 percent of Americans wouldn’t buy Corona Beer because of the corona virus. 38% of Americans wouldn't buy Corona beer "under any circumstances" because of the coronavirus, according to a recent survey. Just to be abundantly clear: There is no link between the...

As Dagmar Turner’s surgeons operated on her brain at King’s College Hospital in London, she did the thing that was most important to her–she played her violin. A video made of the surgery shows Turner drawing her bow back and forth across the violin’s strings as the surgeons continued operating behind a plastic sheet to...

Recently, cameras for Pathways for Wildlife and Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) caught hilarious footage of two wild animal buds hanging out one night. An energetic coyote seemed to be waiting for his slow moving badger friend to catch up so they could enter a culvert together to cross under a highway. In fact, the...

Something that makes Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales so exceptional is Chaucer chose to write it in the common Middle English language used at the time instead of Latin or French. No one knows exactly why he went this route, but The Canterbury Tales is one of the greatest English language works of poetry. Because...

During the 1979 Super Bowl, a commercial aired that forever remained with football fans. In it, embattled Pittsburgh Steeler, “Mean” Joe Greene takes an icy-cold bottle of Coca-Cola offered by a 9-year old boy and downs the whole thing. When Greene notices the boy walking away dejected, he calls, “Hey kid.” Then throws the boy...

Every once in a while, what started as a part-time job on the side becomes bigger than a person’s primary job. This has happened to a few entrepreneurs and celebrities. In trying to solve a problem or seizing an opportunity, they saw their so called side hustles explode, increasing their fortunes in the process. And,...

From what my teen tells me, if you slap the word “Supreme” on a hoodie, jacket or another piece of clothing, the value of that item explodes into something unaffordable and if he doesn’t get that hoodie he will be the laughingstock of the town. So, I didn’t believe him…until now. Folks, there are Supreme...

For many, the subject of money is an uncomfortable one. People tend to think wanting it is unsavory, having it makes you evil and making it means taking advantage of others. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you really want to get woo-woo about the topic of money, working hard and fairly and...

Like it or not, homework is a part of growing up. The problem is some children get hours of it, which can take time away from family and friends–and society. While it’s important for kids to review notes, practice what they learn and study for exams, it’s just as important for them to build character...

If your Easters are usually cold and windy, then you’ve got an egg-stra (ha) special treat to find in your basket this year to warm your bones. Yes, the geniuses behind Peeps have come up with those weird little birds that are flavored like Hot Tamales fire-hot cinnamon candy. For the unenlightened, Hot Tamales are...