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This 5-Minute Morning Routine This Ex-Navy Seal Does Will Get You Mentally Pumped for the Day

Shawn Ryan knows what it takes to get mentally prepared – not only for a new day, but for serious and potentially deadly situations: Ryan was a Navy SEAL and a CIA contractor. Now he’s formed his own company, Vigilance Elite, which sees him training law enforcement, civilians, and even actors on movie sets. Ryan...

The Internet Has Found a New ‘Grumpy Cat’

Grumpy Cat, aka Tardar Sauce, sadly passed away in May 2019, and she will be greatly missed. I think we can all agree on that. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxjs_9zBmjU/ We all know Grumpy Cat can never really be replaced, but this guy sure is gonna do his darndest. A 6-year-old Persian cat from Austin, Texas, named Louis is being called...

A Single Dad’s “Never Need to Know” Company Policy Should Be Corporate Policy Across America

We all struggle with the work-life balance, trying to figure out how we can have a fulfilling personal and social life while striving for a successful career. A single dad of two kids named Ian Sohn wrote a post on LinkedIn recently about how his employees need to stop apologizing for “having lives.” Sohn’s essay...

This Super Simple Hack Could Help You Fall Asleep Faster

Me, I don’t have a problem falling asleep. Maybe it’s because I’m exhausted from chasing two young kids all day, or for the knowledge that the little one is probably going to wake me up in a couple of hours for whatever reason he deems more important than my sleep. Whatever the reason, I’m out...

This Woman Convinced Her Mom That Keanu Reeves Was Her Boyfriend, and I Wish She Was My BFF

If you’ve been single well into your 20s, 30s, or beyond, then you’ve likely not escaped the commentary from well-meaning relatives hoping you’ll meet “the right guy” and settle down. In that case, you can probably sympathize with 32-year-old Zahra Haider. She was just looking to have a little fun with her mom (who is...

It’s Official: Burnout Is an Actual Medical Condition

People have been talking about being “burned out” at their jobs, with their kids, with the general rat race, for what seems like forever…and it turns out that we’ve been onto something. It’s not simply feeling tired, or that the events of a certain day or a trying few weeks are getting under our skin....

Smart-Ass Dad Had the Best Response to His Son Needing Signed Permission to Read “Fahrenheit 451”

Our kids bring permission slips home for all sorts of things, and sometimes we really don’t even bother to read them before penning our name and moving on – but thank goodness Daily Show writer Daniel Radosh makes a habit of reading what he’s signing, especially when it comes from his son, Milo. tfw your...

15 of Leslie Knope’s Most Iconic “Parks and Rec” Lines

This could have easily been a list of 50 or more, since Leslie Knope is amazing and most of her lines could be considered iconic, but I pared it down. For you. Say thank you, people, and enjoy scrolling through these 15 perfectly-crafted sentences. #15. You get the point, but she could have kept going....

Woman Goes on the Best Tinder Date Ever, Only to be Scammed out of $200,000

Cecilie Fjellhoy is a 29-year-old Norwegian woman living in London. Like pretty much everyone in their 20s, she recently turned to Tinder to find her next boo, and the results were disastrous. Like, “lost $200,000” level of disastrous. It all started when Cecilie matched with Simon Leviev. Simon told Cecilie that he was an Israeli...

15 People on How Their Ex Became Their Ex

There comes that moment in many relationships when you think to yourself, “it’s over.” You may have been ruminating on it for awhile, or it might have popped out of nowhere, but the fact remains that once it’s been thought, you can’t un-think it. The beginning of the end, as it were. And these 15...

5 High-Flying Facts About the Rocketman Himself: Elton John

Elton John is getting the biopic treatment in the new film Rocketman. The 72-year-old music legend is currently in the middle of his three-year-long farewell tour, and, amazingly, it seems like he’s bigger than ever. In celebration of his final bow from the stage and the new film based on his life, here are 5 facts...

New Law in the Philippines Requires Students to Plant at Least 10 Trees to Graduate

The world’s green spaces may be in peril, but Filipino students are doing their part to help. In fact, they don’t really have a choice in the matter; a new law will require all students to plant at least 10 trees before they can graduate from high school and college. Planting trees upon graduation is already...

Possums Are Awesome Because They Protect You Against Lyme Disease

Opossums may look scary but they do something few other animal can do: They eat ticks like they’re popcorn. Ticks are highly attracted to opossums–almost twice as much as they are to other rodents. Thousands of them end up on these fastidiously clean animals. As opossums groom themselves, they eat every tick they find. Ticks...

12 Oblivious People Who Were Absolutely Cringeworthy in Really Fancy Places

I’m from the Midwest, so I know all about being relaxed and chill and you know, generally not fancy at all. That said, there are definitely situations that call for minding your manners, and dinner out at a place where your meal costs as much as your next car payment definitely fits the bill. Unfortunately,...