Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

10 incredibly useful online sites you didn't know about until now

If you had to guess, how many different websites do you think exists in the world today? From simple blogs to complex businesses, the internet spans the gamut dispensing and gathering a myriad of information. Keep your answer in your head because, at the

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

NBA free agency: Klay Thompson wants to stay with the Warriors, but can they keep him? - SBNation.com

Golden State will soon be in a predicament similar to Oklahoma City. The Thunder traded James Harden. What will the Warriors do?

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

25 Life Skills Every Man Should Know

You spend a lifetime acquiring skills, then check them on your way out — and for what? To survive in the wild? No. Here's how to Google efficiently, bet the horses, get a bartender's attention, parallel park like you're a stunt driver, and more.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Skills You Can Learn in 60 Seconds – Fun Skills That Are Easy to Learn

Learn how to saber a champagne bottle, cook anything over an open fire, run a faster mile, whistle loudly and more with this list of skills you can pick up in 60 seconds or less.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Photos: abandoned real-life ghost town

In the hills east of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, they used to mine gold. Now, Bodie is a ghost town, and for those allowed in at night, its slowly deteriorating houses, vehicles, and shops tell a story of time against the backdrop of the st

Science & Technology | Tech

F-35s in Japan are still losing dogfights to F-15s sometimes — here's why

F-35s focus on stealth, not dogfighting. "If you get into a dogfight with the F-35, somebody made a mistake. It's like having a knife fight in a phone booth."

Science & Technology | Tech

What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—And Our Ability to See? | WIRED

Our eyes are hardening; we can barely see our phones any more. We must learn to look at the wider world.

Science & Technology | Tech

The tech elite are abandoning Silicon Valley in droves because of 'groupthink' and out-of-control living costs— here's where they're headed

Peter Thiel, Tim Ferriss and other members of Silicon Valley's tech elite are decamping for more diverse and often affordable areas.

Science & Technology | Tech

A.I. perfectly predicted last year’s Super Bowl score. What happens to betting?

Last year, an artificially intelligent swarm predicted the outcome of the Super Bowl. Before that, it guessed who would win the 2016 presidential election, as well as the Kentucky Derby superfecta. If A.I. can predict these seemingly random events, what d

Science & Technology | Tech

Apple iOS 11 Has A Great Secret Feature

Complaints from iPhone owners about an Apple iOS 11 problem have missed that it is actually a great secret feature...

Sports | Sports

Benches clear twice in Red Sox-Yankees; 2 players, 1 coach ejected

Yankees designated hitter Tyler Austin and Red Sox pitcher Joe Kelly were ejected from Wednesday's game at Fenway Park, the result of the second benches-clearing scuffle on the night.

Well this makes sense.

Sports | Sports

Blackhawks Called In An Accountant As Emergency Goalie — And He Crushed It : The Two-Way : NPR

"The initial shock happened when I had to dress," Scott Foster said after the Blackhawks' 6-2 victory. "You just kind of black out after that."

Sports | Sports

The A's relationship with fans has reached a new low

The A's had an embarrassingly small crowd on Opening Day, but Dieter Kurtenbach writes that the fans aren't to blame.

Sports | Sports

7 reasons why this year's tournament has been the craziest ever

Trending News & Rumors for Football, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Soccer & More

Sports | Sports

Loyola-Chicago recalls 1963 champions as it pulls off buzzer-beater win

On the 55th anniversary of Loyola-Chicago's "Game of Change," this year's squad made a memory of its own, pulling off a buzzer-beating upset of Miami in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Loyola's 98-year-old chaplain said she never had a doubt.

Entertainment | Entertainment

Adam West visits London and teaches pedestrian safety in long lost Batman footage

Entertainment | Entertainment

Sylvester Stallone Already Has Us Pretty Fired Up About 'Creed II'

There are a lot of connections to "Rocky IV."

This is great, I didn’t think that they were doing a sequel.

Entertainment | Entertainment

This Clip From the New Mr. Rogers Documentary Will Brighten Your Day

Here's a first look at "Won't You Be My Neighbor?"

Entertainment | Entertainment

7 Documentaries You'll Never Get To See (And The Murky Reasons Why)

Documentaries banned by Disney, The Beatles and more

Entertainment | Entertainment

Soccer Is Infinitely Better When Will Ferrell Calls the Games as Ron Burgundy

Watch Will Ferrell call a soccer game in character as Ron Burgundy.

Politics | Opinion

See Robert Plant's Cosmic Take on 'Black Dog' From 'ACL' - Rolling Stone

Robert Plant returns to 'Austin City Limits' for the first time in 14 years as the Led Zeppelin singer headlines the hour-long October 15th episode.

Politics | Opinion

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Welcome to the Finger-Wagging Olympics

It's time to look at ourselves — and our collective moral outrage — in the mirror, says former NBA player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Music | Music News

Inside Jimi Hendrix’s blood-spattered record collection

Jimi Hendrix's record collection is viewable at Handel & Hendrix in London, on Mayfair's Brook Street. Here's what's in it

I want to see this!

Music | Music News

Nokie Edwards, the Ventures' Lead Guitarist, Dead at 82

Prolific, influential surf rock musician dies of complications from hip surgery

Sad news. He was a guitar legend.

Music | Music News

Vic Damone, Who Crooned His Way to Postwar Popularity, Dies at 89 - The New York Times

In an era dominated by Sinatra, Como and Bennett, Mr. Damone built his own following on records and television and in nightclubs.

Music | Music News

Is the Rock Star Dead? - Noisey

We speak with rock critic David Hepworth, author of 'Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of The Rock Stars,' about the rise and fall of music's chaotic anti-heroes.

Music | Music News

Rick Hall, Music Producer Known for Muscle Shoals Sound, Dies at 85

Mr. Hall turned small-town Alabama into a crucible of music, recording the likes of Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, the Osmonds and Mac Davis.

History | History

How Soviet troops taunted the Nazis during their final drive to Berlin in World War II

Amid the chaos and destruction in Germany during the final days of World War II, Soviet forces found other, nonmilitary ways to torment their foes.

History | History

6 nations that had no problems invading Russia in the winter

If there’s one generally accepted rule of warfare, it’s that you should never invade Russia during the winter.

History | History

John W. Jones: The Runaway Slave Who Buried Nearly 3000 Confederate Soldiers

He saved lives on the Underground Railroad—then cared for the Confederate dead.

History | History

Dec. 14, 1799: The excruciating final hours of President George Washington | PBS NewsHour

It was a house call no physician would relish. On Dec. 14, 1799, three doctors were summoned to Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, Virginia to attend to a critically ill, 67-year-old man who happened to be known as “the father of our country.”

History | History

Why Did the U.S. Sink Captured Japanese Subs After WWII? | Smithsonian

WWII had come to a close, and the U.S. was the first to seize a new class of giant Japanese submarines. The next step was to analyze them quickly and then sink them, before the Russians could learn their secrets.

Science & Technology | Science

You know that smell after it rains? Here's where it comes from

A new study may finally identify the mechanism through which the earthy smell of rain gets into the air, and it has to do with "frenzied aerosols."

I have always wondered about this.

Science & Technology | Science

Medical dilemma of 'three-parent babies': Fertility clinic investigates health of 17 teenagers it helped to be conceived through controversial IVF technique

A private fertility clinic in the United States has launched an investigation into the health of 17 teenagers who were born as a result of a controversial IVF technique that produced the world’s first “three-parent” embryos more than 15 years ago, T

This is seems wrong and ill-advised for SO many reasons.

Science & Technology | Science

Absolutely mindblowing video shot from the Space Shuttle during launch

Drop whatever you're doing and watch this. NASA has released videos shot from onboard the Space Shuttle's Solid Rocket Boosters in the past, but you've never seen one prepared as masterfully as this.

Science & Technology | Science

Microbial life found living on the exterior of the International Space Station?

A new report claims that Russian scientists have discovered traces of marine life living on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS).

Science & Technology | Science

Astronomers discover Earth-sized 'diamond' 900 light years away

The world's largest diamond, the Cullinan, is a tad over 3,100 carats uncut. Its estimated value is some $2 billion, and it only weighs about 1.37

Health & Fitness | Health

There's a Good Chance the Water You're Drinking Is Bad for You

Contaminated drinking water has become a more alarming issue in some US cities. Here's how to drink it the cleanest, safest way.

Tap water is better than bottled water!

Health & Fitness | Health

How to Exercise When You Don’t Feel Like It: A Lazy Person’s Guide to Working Out

If you prefer sweatpants to sweating, TV time to Tabata training, and crunching on chips to performing actual crunches, you and I could probably be best friends. The only difference? For some reason I pursued a master's degree in exercise science and am certified as an exercise physiologist.

Health & Fitness | Health

Which Trendy Diets Actually Work? Here's What You Need to Know: The Daily Details: Blog : Details

Not all diets are created equal. Here’s which ones actually work, and which will make you fat, drain your brainpower, and shorten your life. Choose wisely.

Health & Fitness | Health

How standing might be the best anti-ageing technique - Telegraph

Spending less time on the sofa lengthens 'telomeres' - the caps on chromosomes which protect the genetic code inside

Health & Fitness | Health

9 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Sleep

By Men's Journal Whether it's learning when to drink coffee, getting more sun or eating smaller meals, these nine tricks will help you make your sleep more efficient, effective and work harder for you during the daylight hours. Have A Daily Bed...

Politics | Politics

Barbara Bush 'racist' rant: Tenured professor could lose job

A California State University, Fresno professor's rant about Barbara Bush being an "amazing racist" could cost her a job.

This woman is absolutely disgusting. She should lose her job and never be allowed to teach again.

Politics | Politics

Ryan to retire as Speaker in January

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is retiring at the end of this Congress, ending his speakership a little more than three years after it began.

This is not good for Republicans.

Politics | Politics

WATCH: Parkland's Emma Gonzalez Admits to Bullying the Shooter. A Few Things...

A number of points here...

So in addition to everything else, she’s a massive hypocrite.

“Perhaps Emma and her peers who ostracized the Parkland shooter since middle school should have a march against bullying.“

Politics | Politics

Justin Trudeau’s Celebrity Schtick Has Finally Blown Up in His Face - VICE

Trudeau’s Indian misadventure was an epic misfire.

I am not Canadian. However, I am embarrassed to be on the same continent with this jackass.

"Try imagining Indian PM Narendra Modi hanging out in Ottawa for a week alternately dressed like a cowboy or a Mountie or a French-Canadian biker..."

Politics | Politics

Why An 'Assault Weapon' Ban Won't Stop Mass Shootings

Congress can't "stop the killing...by changing the law."

Food & Drink | The Cocktail Hour

39 Great Whiskeys You Can Actually Find at Your Liquor Store

A comprehensive guide to the whiskeys that you can actually buy right now. Whether you’re looking for massive peat smoke for a fireside winter night, an easy summer daytime sipper on the rocks, or a bold budget bourbon for a batch of Old Fashioneds, we�

Food & Drink | The Cocktail Hour

Study claims alcohol more important than exercise for living past 90 | abc7news.com

When it comes to living a long life - booze may actually help you live longer than hitting the treadmill.

I couldn't decide to put this in "The Cocktail Hour" or "Exercise & Fitness"!

Food & Drink | The Cocktail Hour

Does Drinking Alcohol Actually Kill Off Your Sore Throat Germs? Science Explains

Alcohol is a well-known disinfectant and some have speculated it may be useful for treating gut infections. Could alcohol be a useful agent to treat tummy bugs and throat infections?

Food & Drink | The Cocktail Hour

19 whiskey gifts for the sophisticated drinker in your life

Give the gift your whiskey-loving loved one really wants this year with one of these boozy gifts.

Food & Drink | The Cocktail Hour

10 great scotches that cost less than your tee time - Golf Digest

It's time to get into scotch. Here's 10 incredible whiskies that will help you do do it without breaking the bank.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

Man Language: How To Talk Like Frank Sinatra!

Below is a dictionary of the secret man language of Frank Sinatra. Throw a few of these words into your conversations among friends.

This is advice, right?

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

Trader Joe's Best Buys, According to Employees

Here's the best food and drink you can buy at Trader Joe's.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

7 Surprising Truths About Very Wealthy People

I once interviewed a dozen millionaires, one at a time, as a personal research project. Although I'd not call them very wealthy by modern standards. It was in the 70′s. They all agreed,

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

10 Costly Mistakes You're Making at the Grocery Store

Not all pounds of bacon weigh the same.