What’s the #1 favorite song of summer for all time? HINT: It’s a golden oldie you probably won’t think of… Done guessing? Well then, here you go… “The Ice Cream Truck Song!” I bet you didn’t see that coming. But it’s so true, ask any kid anywhere in America, and they’ll [...]

Mornings. Humbug. Unless you’re one of those lucky few who can hit the ground running as soon as your eyes snap open, the worst moment of every day begins with the shrieking of your alarm clock. And when it comes to HOW you get alerted to the fact that it’s time [...]

Dog… Cat… Which do you prefer? And the more interesting question: Why? Apparently, Popular Science magazine couldn’t get this question out of their heads, so they dug into the research and discovered that YES, there are some clear distinctions between cat people and dog people. The distinctions fall into a group [...]

In a country where it sometimes seems nobody agrees about anything, going to the dentist is something just about everyone agrees on. Nobody likes going to the dentist.  Sure, every six months or so, we dutifully hop in the car and make our way there. But it’s not something anyone looks [...]

One of the classic toys of yesteryear was “Creepy Crawlers.” Highly regarded by kids far and wide, it enabled you to customize and create rubbery toy bugs, causing only a few superficial burns in the process. What made this so much fun was that you could give mom or little sister [...]

STUFF happens. But it’s not always bad. In fact, many of the amazing things in our lives that make them safer, more productive, and simply more fun happened by accident. For example: In 1943, James Wright, an engineer for General Electric spent hours working to find a cheap alternative to rubber [...]

That sounds like all of us at one point or another. You know that you've got something unpleasant or tedious to do (like cleaning out your garage or organizing the files on your Google Drive) - so you say to yourself: "I'll get to it when I'm darn good and ready!"  [...]

In the never-ending quest to make a buck, savvy entrepreneurs have bypassed the more glamourous paths of technology and social media for what might be considered a more mundane opportunity: Vending Machines You might have thought that the ubiquitous vending machine was yet another industry overwhelmed by multi-nationals and big businesses. [...]

Remember that inspirational introduction from the classic TV show, Star Trek? It kicked off with “Space, the final frontier” and ended with “To boldly go where no man has gone before.” Well, space indeed remains the final frontier when it comes to boldly going – in October, NASA sent into orbit [...]

The custom of setting new year's resolutions has been around for quite some time (as far as the 1700s, by some counts). People worldwide make promises to themselves to start or stop a behavior that is supposed to better their lives. Some folks aim to kill their bad habits, like smoking, [...]