February 29, 2020
Lots of Amtrak Tickets Are 50% Off Today
If you’ve been considering traveling by train this spring, Amtrak is offering a deal on tickets today that’s worth a look. In honor of Leap Year, Amtrak is offering tickets on a number of different routes at half off.
holidays
How to Make the Most of Your Leap Day
Saturday is Leap Day, the extra day that gets added to the calendar every four years because of... um... the way the earth moves around the sun? Something like that? Basically time is a construct, and every four years we’ve constructed an extra day to make sure all of...
Tell Us
Which Parenting Battles Do You Wish You Had Waged?
One might say that parenting is one big, years-long game of “Pick Your Battles.” Sometimes, you’re really clear about rules and consistent with consequences. And sometimes, you’re like, “Screw it, I’m just trying to survive this day.”
Android
How to Test the Best Features in the Android 11 Preview Builds
With so many Android devices still waiting on Android 10, it’s hard to believe the first preview builds of Android 11 are already available. There’s currently no official release date for Android 11 and it’s going to be a while before general users will have chance to check out a...
The Grown-Up Kitchen
How to Make a Perfect Over-Easy Egg
Out of all the simple breakfasts out there, an over-easy egg on toast is my favorite. These hardworking eggs are equally at home atop a bed of rice, a burger, or even a piece of pizza. Hitting that sweet spot where the whites are fully cooked but the yolk is...
Social Media
How to Use Google's New GIF Search Tools
Google released several new GIF search tools that should make it much easier to find the exact animate image you’re looking for. Users can use the tools—which use search data from the Tenor GIF app—to narrow down their search criteria more accurately and get suggestions based on the mood...
3-Ingredient Happy Hour
Make an Extra Fancy Manhattan With Benedictine
Sometimes I get so focused on gin and amaro that I forget about the perfectly good bottles of whiskey I have just sitting there, waiting to be consumed. It’s kind of odd, actually, because I used to be deeply into Manhattans and Manhattan variants.
Instant Flavor
Make a Smokier, Spicier Pimento Cheese With Harissa
I have never met a pimento cheese I didn’t like, probably because it’s hard to screw up a combination of mayo, various cheeses, and sweet, aromatic peppers. I don’t think the standard recipe needs much tweaking, but if you want your pimento spread to be a little bolder, a little...
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Harley-Davidson's CEO Is Done With Harley
Matt Levatich, who has been CEO of Harley-Davidson since May 2015, is stepping down from the job, the company said in a news release late Friday. In Levatich’s time at the top sales have fallen every year.
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Your Friday Boost: Watch This UCLA Gymnast Crush Her Beyoncé 'Homecoming' Routine
At this point, we ought to be used to the women of UCLA’s Gymnastics squad going viral—who could forget Katelyn Ohashi’s perfect 10 routine from last year?
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The Holy Grail Of GM Minivans Was Never Sold In The U.S. And That's A Shame
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Man Tests Old Myth That You Can Replace Engine Bearings With Pieces Of Leather Belt
For many decades now, a myth has spread across the motoring community that, in a pinch, you can use a leather belt as a connecting rod bearing. To test the validity of this claim, our favorite Russian car scientist from YouTube channel Garage 54, Vlad, dropped his crappy Lada Samara’s...
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Is This a Joke?
In the wake of a carpet-bomb of Bloomberg-sponsored memes, The New York Times reported rumblings of nervous activity over at Facebook HQ this week. Several meme accounts, including previous FyreFest shills FuckJerry, had mobilized into an entity called “Meme 2020”; Bloomberg appeared on dozens of feeds with millions of followers,...
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