• Norah Jones: ‘When I met Ray Charles I couldn’t stop crying’

    The singer, 44, talks about her earliest memories, awkward teenage years, thrill-seeking days and her chance to make music with her childhood heroMy earliest memory is of a dream I had aged three: standing in the park near my New York daycare, I bit my lip, and it came straight off like Play-Doh. Weird, right?Mum raised me – she was a fierce, strong woman. She worked a lot, so I was always in classes: diving, piano, art and pottery. Mum often said she wanted to give me the childhood she wished...

  • I Can’t Stop Buying These $15 Boxes From Target (They're Real Marble!)

    This big-box store’s offerings hit all the right marks. READ MORE

  • Google Begs SEOs To Stop Showing Google Things; Show Visitors Things Instead

    Google's Search Liaison responded to a series of posts on Twitter, leading him to beg SEOs to stop trying to "show Google" things, explaining that the process of doing things to your site to rank better in Google is the opposite of the advice Google is giving. Instead, show things to your users/visitors that those people will like.The whole series of posts and responses are kind of sad. I mean, Google has been saying this for a while, build what your users want and not build stuff that you...

  • Underseen Movie: ‘Things I Don’t Understand’

    “You’ve got to get yourself together, You’ve got stuck in a moment And now you can’t get out of it. Don’t say that later will be better ” -U2 “Nothing fades as fast as the future, Nothing clings like the past.” -Peter Gabriel  “More Than This” What really happens to us when we die? It almost […]

  • Reader Opinion: More laws aren’t needed

    This is in response to the Responsible Gun Ownership letter 3-9-24. The letter stated that the NRA agreed with the idea of HF4300 regarding the storage of firearms and ammunition separately. Let's first clarify that the NRA does not support any laws in regard to gun storage.

  • Readers reply: is there such a thing as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ art?

    The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsIs there such a thing as “good” or “bad” art? Ultimately, isn’t it in the eye of the beholder? Karen Halliday, DublinSend new questions to [email protected]. Continue reading

  • Mark Hunt: UFC Won’t Be Around by August

    Mark Hunt, the former UFC fighter, has recently made a startling prediction: the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) won’t survive beyond August. This claim has sent shockwaves through the MMA community, leaving fans and experts wondering about the future of the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization. The Legal Battle Hunt’s enmity with the UFC began during his bout with Brock Lesnar at UFC 200. Lesnar, who later tested positive for banned substances, defeated Hunt via unanimous...

  • You Really Shouldn’t Buy a 'Cheap' Smart Ring

    Smart rings are becoming more popular, and with the Galaxy Ring set to debut in late 2024, they are likely only going to get more so. As tech becomes popular with the masses, cheaper versions often become available. Sometimes this can be a boon (competition is a good thing!), but the downside is that it also opens the door for shady companies to get involved in the tech space, and that’s exactly what seems to be happening with smart rings right now.

  • The Department of Education can’t stop messing up FAFSA

    There are few things on the Biden administration’s long list of failures that so exemplify pure ineptitude as the rollout of the simplified Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Three months after finally launching, the Department of Education can’t stop messing it up. The latest error from the incompetent and bloated agency was a calculation […]

  • James Carville, the Cajun Who Can’t Stop Ragin’

    A few years ago, when James Carville was teaching at Louisiana State University, he heard that one of his students had gotten into the school of her dreams to work on an advanced degree. He wanted to toast her. “I get a $25 champagne and four plastic flutes,” he recalled, “and I said to the students: ‘All right. You are not going to get out of James Carville’s class unless you know how to properly open a bottle of champagne.’ “I said: ‘Here’s what you’re going to do. You don’t pop it like you...

  • Talk it out or walk it off: readers’ tips for stopping a relationship squabble

    From using non-verbal signals to having a ‘no petulance’ rule, readers share their hot tips for keeping their coolWhile differences in perspective can be good for any relationship, when a disagreement escalates into words that can’t be unsaid, no one wins.But making sure dissent doesn’t devolve into drama is easier said than done. Even Joseph Grenny, author of the constructive conflict handbook Crucial Conversations, admits to having spent a night on the couch in protest over toothpaste spittle...

  • I couldn’t sleep after first Eagles call up – Tanimu

    New Super Eagles invitee, Benjamin Tanimu, who features for Tanzanian side Ihefu, talks about how he felt when he got the invitation for Nigeria’s friendly matches against Ghana and Mali, his time in the NPFL with Bendel Insurance and many more in this interview with ABIODUN ADEWALE Congratulations on your invitation to the Super Eagles Read More