Let’s face it. Most of us now feel sad or bored because we’re stuck at home. Many of us might be living alone, too.
When it comes to dealing with stress, boredom, and sadness, dogs could prove to be a great help, as they can offer tons of emotional support, and I’m not exaggerating with this one. A dog just being around already can offer comfort to a person. With that in mind, you might consider adopting a dog.
But before you adopt a dog, NPR has some things for you to consider before doing so. Check them out over at the site.
We've read for years about how overprescribing antibiotics and the use of anti-microbial soaps and cleaners are killing just enough germs to open the door for the strongest and most dangerous to take over, giving us antibiotic-resistant superbugs. But what about alcohol? We go through alcohol-based hand sanitizer like water these days, so will it have the same effect? SciShow explains how alcohol works on germs, but if you substitute "liquor" in your head, it sounds like a plausible explanation for hangovers as well. -via Geeks Are Sexy
Now that the statute of limitations has expired, Clay Jennings Desmond tells us about that night he and a friend went frog gigging and he decided to scare his buddy. It worked, but when the two made it back to civilization, exhausted from running and one of them still scared out his wits, the story had to be told.
Pointing at me, he said: “He heard something big in the bush while we were frog hunting. It sounded really big. I mean, like huge. When he turned his five-cell flashlight on it, oh my God!” He let out a theatrical gasp, his hand going to his throat. Limitations aside, he was a masterful performer with an audience.
I picked up the improv tale. “When I heard a stick snap, I knew it had to be something pretty large, real near us. I focused the light in that direction and saw this thing.”
“What thing?” asked the chorus of boys and girls outside the car. Our group of rapt listeners was quickly growing.
Scottie added inspired embellishments. “It was about seven feet tall,” he said with elaborate hand gestures, “had the face of a man, but covered with fur. It had big reddish eyes. It growled and snapped its fangs at us.”
A fine tall tale, told admirably. But the word got around, the police got involved, there was a search with tracking dogs, and even physical evidence. The seven-foot-tall creature became an urban legend that lingers on 60 years later. Read what really happened and how it got out of hand at Narratively. -via Damn Interesting
Chicken breasts can arguably be considered the leanest form of animal protein that we can get our hands on. Unfortunately, something happens when we cook such meat — it becomes dry and flavorless, and this makes us ask why. According to Wes Siler, it is because people don’t know how to cook it. He then offers what he calls a “fool-proof method to make delicious chicken breasts every time”. His method involves some olive oil and a few condiments.
Danielle Baskin, an entrepreneur, has a story that warms my Ferengi heart.
In a Twitter thread, Baskin says that, when she was 11 years old, she played Runescape. In the game, she set up shop in an area where new players spawned. She offered to train them in combat by fighting chickens. Their payment was to pick up the feathers from the dead chickens and give them to her.
Baskin then sold the feathers, marking them up 1000%, to archers who needed them for arrows. She would deliver the arrows to battle locations so that the archers wouldn't have to go shopping for them. She was paid with in-game currency. Sadly, at the time, that money was not convertible into real life currency.
Still, Baskin's arbitrage operation was a brilliant demonstration of the ninth Rule of Acquisition: "Opportunity plus instinct equals profit."
Andrew Higgins, a 10th-level mechanical engineering wizard, looked at the iconic eagle logo of the US Postal Service. He calculated that the physical properties of eagle in flight indicate an air speed of Mach 4.9, which is 3,760 miles per hour.
The Twitter thread continues with Higgins discussing the issue with other mages who have delved into the gnostic arcana of mathematics and physics. I assume that it's an intelligent discussion.
The environment is different when you're working from home. There are sounds that might be caught by your coworkers during work. In a Supreme Court hearing, someone flushed a toilet during an oral argument. The Supreme Court was hearing a case via teleconferencing. During the Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants case, and an attorney was making his argument when someone flushed the toilet. The identity of the mysterious toilet flusher remains unknown!
A mother bear in South Lake Tahoe, California saved three of her cubs to safety, and she continuously swam each of her cubs to safety. The mama bear deserves a great award for Mother’s Day, as The Huffington Post detailed:
“The mother bear was determined to save all three of her cubs herself and ensure that they see tomorrow by continually swimming each one to safety!” the South Lake Tahoe Fire Fighters Association captioned footage of the impressive rescue mission on Facebook.
The association said it was called to the scene to aid a cub that had been separated, but the determined mother was ultimately able to coax the little one into the water and swim it across.
Video shows the mama bear piggybacking her cub as she swims and climbs onto the opposite shore.
A proud and doting parent would celebrate any milestone of their child. This dad did just that. Head to CNN to see the full video of a dad going crazily happy over his 4-year-old son’s first home run!
Sushi master Masayuki Komatsu learned how to appraise the quality of his ingredients. Komatsu looks for four qualities : cut, color, clarity, and carat. He learned to look for these qualities from his father, a diamond appraiser. Watch as the former head sushi chef at Morimoto NYC tells Buzzfeed his plans to open his own restaurant along with how he crafts his dishes with care.
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"Sunset Selfies" is the brainchild of award-winning television producer John Marshall, but don't be fooled by the name. Its content is not just plain selfies behind sunsets - it's more creative than that.
He makes creative cardboard cutouts, photographs them with the sun setting over the water as a backdrop, and the results are astounding.
Maldha Mohamed, an artist who lives in The Maldives, has a moving portfolio of ethereal human subjects. Her entire Instagram feed is worth examining, but what caught my attention was her focused efforts on the human eye. Within a few life-size inches of human flesh, she can meticulously depict emotional intensity and realism. Mohamed talked to My Modern Met about her work:
Although the 22-year-old artist assigns titles to each completed piece, such as Lust and Desire, she says that many of her viewers find different interpretations of the artworks. When seeing one eye “cropped,” the imagination can muse on the rest of the human face and project different expressions.
“It excites me to paint (the eyes), as I try to make them as raw as possible, to give them depth and life,” the artist says. Maldha uses a variety of brushstrokes and textures on the wooden panels, adding dimension to the small portraits. In many of the pieces, this thick application of paint “swirls” around the picture like an emotional current.
Ever find yourself looking for something you could do? Heinz just released this new puzzle -- 570 pieces, all identical Heinz red.
‘heinz is known for its iconic slow-pouring ketchup. in a period when everyone has a little more time on their hands and puzzle popularity has skyrocketed, we wanted to help pass the time by connecting the two,’ comments brian neumann, senior brand manager at kraft heinz canada. ‘this puzzle is worth the patience—only this time, you can’t hold it at the perfect angle to solve it.’
the heinz ketchup jigsaw puzzle features 570 pieces that look the same — ketchup red. the company is giving away 57 of these puzzles around 17 countries excluding the US on its social media channels. overall, let’s say that this puzzle is an homage to our patience and minutes waiting for ketchup to slowly reach our plates.
Becore macrophotography, microscopic findings were documented by botanical illustrators. One of these illustrators is Ernst Haeckel, a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, and physician.
Haeckel spent his life researching flora and fauna “from the highest mountaintops to the deepest ocean.” He not only discovered, described, and named thousands of new species, but captured their forms with his incredible illustrations. Rendered with graphic precision and delicate shading, Haeckel’s work embraced the Darwin theory of evolution and helped to educate the world about microscopic organisms that were previously unseen.
In 1864, Haeckel sent Charles Darwin, two folio volumes on radiolarians. His gothic, white on black drawings impressed Darwin so much that he wrote back to Haeckel to express his gratitude. He said, “[They] were the most magnificent works which I have ever seen, and I am proud to possess a copy from the author.”
If you want to do a glamour shot, make sure you have a decent budget, lest you settle for a low-budget one and then get a glamour shot as terrible as these ones. For sure, many of these people instantly regretted their decision once they saw their photos.
Check out these terrible low-budget glamour shots over at Sad and Useless.
