Posts by Nicole Flasco

Who doesn’t love a movie? There’s action, love, intrigue, and suspense. These cinematic films can keep us on the edge of our seats or have us weeping into a box of tissues. But what about the things we miss? Here are 11 “easter eggs” our favorite movies have left behind. 11. Deadpool 2: Wade keeps a...

We all dread the job of doing dishes, but most of us are lucky enough to have a dishwasher to do the heavy lifting. Apparently, though, there are some dishwashers that don’t fit all dinner plate sizes. (Chargers, maybe? You know, those plates that go underneath other plates in fancy restaurants? Those can get pretty...

Ever wonder who Big Brother really is? Well, Belgian artist Dries Depoorter may be the Big Brother you need, as you can see from his new project “Tinder In”, which reveals the differences in peoples profiles on LinkedIn versus the infamous dating site, Tinder. This project makes a mockery of just how private you think...

What is science exactly? Berkeley says: “Science is a way of discovering what’s in the universe and how those things work today, how they worked in the past, and how they are likely to work in the future. Scientists are motivated by the thrill of seeing or figuring out something that no one has before.”...

I now pronounce you husband and…hologram? A 35-year-old Japanese man, Akihiko Kondo recently took the leap and tied the knot with the virtual reality singer, Hatsune Miku. That’s right. A hologram! Miku is 16-year old a Sailor Moon-like “Vocaloid” with long blue pigtails. But don’t let the age bother you. She’s actually a hologram created...

What if music lyrics were taken literally and Leona Louis has been “Bleeding Love” for years? What a mess. Or what if Adele did actually “Set Fire to the Rain”? Ouch. The Twitterverse went crazy when asked this same question and some of them will have you rethinking your favorite jam. I mean song, not...

I’m going to date myself, but remember when you scheduled your free time around TV? You and your family would rush home to catch your favorite shows, such as Roseanne or America’s Funniest Videos?  Remember the disappointment you felt when you missed that week’s show? Kids today will never understand the pain of waiting for...

With 2018 coming to a close, here is a look back on a few fun, odd, and funny viral moments before ringing in the new year. Tide Pod Challenge Over the years we’ve seen the cinnamon challenge, salt and ice challenge, and in 2018 the Tide Pod challenge was born. But WHY? What are teens...

I can and do get behind the idea of sleeping with dogs. My 50-pound “lap-dog” is a snuggler and protector. When he sleeps with my human partner and me, I swear we sleep sounder and feel more awake during the day. Turns out my notion that our pup helps me sleep is backed by science! A new...

Have you ever “paid-it-forward”? You know, did something nice for someone else because you were once done the same courtesy? When you put a smiles on a stranger’s face with just a small acts of kindness, your altruism can be contagious. With that in mind, one woman decided to attempt a little social experiment. <Eats...

Why does X in Xylophone sound like a “Z”? Or why does the word Psychology taunt us with its useless “P”? Rapper Lushlife and Computer Programmer Chris Carpenter wondered the same thing. Lushlife, Raj Halder and Chris were hanging out with their kids, playing an alphabet flashcard game when a peculiar card was pulled from...

Back in November, people were trying their luck at a new slot game where everyone was a winner! Ferrero, the parent company of Nutella, opened a slot machine filled with, you guessed it, Nutella. To play, shoppers hit a button, and, depending on how the slots landed, they would receive one of 20 possible variations...

Imagine you’ve woken up with a headache…again. There goes your day, ammiright? As a long-term sufferer of these “day-destroyers”, I’ve tried it all. Aspirin, diet, exercise, ice packs, and squeezing that weird pressure point between your thumb and forefinger – but all of it only provides temporary relief. On a recent visit with my chiropractor,...

America runs on coffee. (Sorry, Dunkin’) We will wait in line for easily fifteen minutes (or more) to enjoy the perfect bitter taste of java on our lips at a local Starbucks. I hear you saying, “Fifteen minutes is so long,” but have you ever seen an under-caffeinated me? It’s depresso. And don’t get me...

Deck the halls and call me Shirley. Because surely there isn’t a way to easily sort through Christmas movies on Netflix. Or is there? The Netflix elves have built secret codes to find the Christmas movies you crave more than eggnog or your aunt’s famous fruitcake. For your benefit they’ve split them into easily navigable...