by The Hairpin
Have you ever thought about how your furniture got its name? Apartment Therapy has an interesting analysis of what different companies decide to call their products. Not surprisingly, IKEA has an efficient and totally logical system.
“Upholstered furniture, coffee tables…
by David Rees
When you wake up beside your lover in the late afternoon, bathed in lazy caramel light…
Pass this guide to balding gracefully along to your friend who’s balding poorly. That’s what men like, right? To be helped? Or you could post it on his Facebook wall, I guess. One or the other, as long as it gets there, from you to him.
by Lamar Clarkson
Oh, Julian, it is so weird today, and, generally-speaking, no one cares about anything. You are wise beyond your six short years, little friend.
Why all clothing stores don’t offer free booze to their customers remains a mystery. (Other than the underage thing, the liquor-license thing, and a variety of additional things.) Because a drunk shopper…
“Once rinsed, it’s steamed with frankincense and myrrh or ginger and lemon to mitigate the smell, likened to liver. It’s then sliced into steak-tip sized strips, dried to a jerky-like consistency, and ground into a fine powder that can be poured into capsules. The refrigerated pills can be consumed…
“If there is a whale version of the King of Pop, he likely resides off the coast of eastern Australia, because that is where the popular tune of the season has always originated.” — Researchers have found that male whales make up fun songs that then spread like Top 40…