The answer: more than 298 cans. :( But I also learned about myself on the way. :) Life’s not about the destination. Even with all of the cool and not at all alarming stuff happening this past year, I was able to divert my attention to a personal goal of…

Improve your family dynamic with this one weird trick — It’s the day of the primaries in New York and my dad has a question. “Who voted?” he texts us — us being me, my mom, my brother, and my sister. “Just did!” my brother replies, while I quickly text back that I plan on heading over to the polls…

Dads always hated asking for directions—until now — It’s official. John Kortier’s expensive GPS system, a feature of his brand-new car, isn’t great at helping him reroute around traffic. Instead, Kortier relies religiously on Waze, a free app that combines maps with social networking to help fellow drivers avoid traffic and arrive at their destinations faster. Kortier, a…

Remember Adam Duritz? Of course you do — Dreadlocks have been part of cultures around the world throughout history, from ancient India to Greece to Africa. Dreadlocks as a fashion statement, however, erupted in the 1970s, in a trend sparked by reggae musicians and their fans. …

How do you save an inter-operating-system romance? — I’ll preface this story by saying that if my boyfriend of nearly two years had switched from iPhone to Android before we moved in together, I would almost certainly be referring to him as my ex-boyfriend. My life and relationship, up until a few weeks ago, was totally normal. Routine…

Image via Véronique Debord-Lazaro (Flickr Creative commons) When I was 12, I had a lot of questions, which is funny to think about now, because of course I did, because I was 12. At the time, my questions seemed very specific to me and not to any other 12-year-old girl. Was I the only one in the dark about periods and sex and love, but mostly periods? Probably. …