I never thought I'd see the end of VHS or telephone land lines, but one is dead as a hammer and the other is on life support. And the list of technologies that are predicted to soon become extinct is growing. Children born today may never see a landline phone or fax machine. Check out the list of dying devices:
Even stacked together in a jar, all those pennies you have are fairly worthless. However, they may soon become collectors’ items.
‘The Hunger Games’ once again treated the competition like dots in a Pac-Man game, swallowing them all without a trace. It earned $61.1 million and took the top spot at the weekend box office for the second week in a row.
More and more scientific evidence shows that taking a nap in the middle of the day can be hugely helpful to your productivity. But it’s important to understand when the optimal time is to sneak in the snooze.
Whether you’re a devout church-goer or just someone who enjoys hunting for eggs way too much, there is one Easter tradition that can bring all of humanity together: Marshmallow Peeps. These colorful blobs of gooey, cute deliciousness have stolen the hearts and minds of every future diabetic.
The famed ACM award got a redesign before the 2003 show in Las Vegas. Now, artists pick up a silver statuette attached to a black base. If you look down at the trophy, you’ll notice it’s shaped like a cowboy hat. Overall, the award is much heavier than one would imagine. Artists that win two or three certainly will have sore arms after an night of lugging their loot around Sin City.
Hitting the big 4-0 has always been taboo in our culture – it was a thing to be feared. Women turned 39 several times before they would officially succumb to the inevitable 40. It has to happen though. You can’t trick father time, even if you can scam him with a couple nips and tucks along the way.
Traditionally, the first day of April is a perfect time to get your kicks by playing jokes and setting up pranks for your friends, family and coworkers. Some people like to prepare for this day by pulling pranks all year long for practice. Thank goodness we now have YouTube so jokesters can record these pranks and the reactions they cause and then post them for our enjoyment.
In a sure sign of our plastic surgery-obsessed times, the Quaker Oats man — who’s known as “Larry” for some reason — has been revamped to make him appear slightly slimmer and more youthful. But don’t worry — the oats themselves remain the same and are just as thick and gluey as you remember.
Nearly six years ago, California resident Janne Kouri tragically became paralyzed from the neck down in a freak swimming accident. Doctors gave him no hope for recovery. But now, Kouri is miraculously standing on his own without a walker. In fact, he was able to gave his wife, who married him after the accident, the wedding dance that they never had.
Given the massive success of ‘The Hunger Games‘ film adaptation — it raked in $155 million over the weekend, making it the third biggest opening of all time — internet parodies are already starting to stack up. But perhaps the funniest of all is a recreation of the film starring adorable Beanie Babies. Remember those?
Change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone. (Thank you, Definition.com) We are shakin' things up around this place. Maybe a change will do you good?
