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Month: April 2020

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Learn How To Make A Quarantini With Airbnb’s New Online Experiences

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Shutterstock Airbnb’s New Online Experiences Feature Includes A Virtual Mixology Class By Lara Walsh April 13, 2020 While your travel plans might be on hold for the foreseeable future, Airbnb is helping wannabe travelers tap into their wanderlust and potentially learn some new skills while social distancing. The lodging and tourism platform has launched a new update that lets users travel from the comfort of their own homes — and each option is cooler than the next. From meditating with sheep in Scotland to working out with an Olympian, Airbnb’s…

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Britney Spears: where to start in her back catalogue

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Our Listeners Digest series continues with the bold and experimental stylings of the pop princess turned showstopping star The album to start with Blackout (2007) Britney Spears sang on the title track of her 2008 album, Circus. The ones that entertain and the ones that observe / Well, baby, Im a put-on-a-show kinda girl. Quite right: her DNA was encoded with the drive to perform, and each successive album Blackout was her fifth took putting on a show to another level, as she grew away from chaste small-town beginnings toward…

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WATCH: Johnnyswim, Tori Kelly & David Crowder Sing Christian Classic “Because He Lives”

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ShareTweetPin Earlier this week, Passion Music released a belated Easter present for us all on the web. David Crowder, Passion’s worship leader, partnered with singing sensations Tori Kelly and Johnnyswim to piece together their own harmonious take on “Because He Lives.” As many artists are doing in the age of quarantine, each of the singers belts out their portion of Bill and Gloria Gaither’s classic from the humble surroundings of their own homes. Watch as Crowder, Kelly, and the Sudano-Ramirez duo–in the company of their baby girl–sweetly serenade the masses…

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9 of the 22 victims of the Nova Scotia rampage died in fires set by the gunman, investigators say

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(CNN)Newly released details about a murder rampage that spanned 16 crime scenes are as puzzling as they are disturbing. Police believe Gabriel Wortman, 51, acted alone in the shootings and arsons. He posed as a police officer, wearing an RCMP uniform and driving what looked like a police cruiser during a lengthy manhunt across the Canadian province,police said. Wortman died after a confrontation with authorities. Now, Canadian police say they’ve expanded their investigation into the US as they continue to speak to witnesses and search for a motive. The RCMP…

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The Cross & COVID: What the Resurrection and This Pandemic Have in Common

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ShareTweetPin Yesterday, we celebrated (at home) my favorite holiday, Easter. For Christians this isn’t about bunnies and colored eggs (even though that’s fun stuff), but most importantly, it’s about the Resurrection of our Savior. Even the most wayward believer will feel the emotion pulling at their eyelids on this day, the day we remember that Jesus died on the cross to free us from sin. I mean, what other person can you think of who would ask their Dad, a Father who controls the rising of the sun and the…

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Kim Jong Un Death Reports: South Korean Officials Say North Korean Leader Is ‘Alive And Well’ – Perez Hilton

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Despite a flurry of media activity on the possible death of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un over the last 24 hours, South Korean officials have come out to report the politician is “alive and well.” This comes after Kim’s name trended on social media for much of Saturday night, following various reports that he was either dead or “in grave condition after a surgery,” according to US intelligence officials who spoke about the matter with CNN. As late as Sunday morning, US Senator Lindsey Graham was further fanning the flames about Kim’s supposed…

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Big commercial labs given priority for coronavirus testing equipment by feds

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(CNN)President Donald Trump said Monday that he is confident the US is conducting enough coronavirus testing to begin rebooting the economy, declaring at the White House press briefing that “testing is not going to be a problem at all.” More than three months after the US confirmed its first coronavirus case, hospital and academic labs around the country said they’re still scrambling to find key supplies, from swabs to collect patient samples to protective gear for the medical workers taking the samples to the sensitive chemical reagents necessary to process…

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A 22m chair? Eileen Gray, the design genius who scared the pants off Corbusier

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Her ravishing interiors shocked Paris, thrilled the avant-garde and gave the world its most expensive chair. But the fast-living aristocrat wasnt just overlooked Le Corbusier actually vandalised her work naked A room fit only for nightmares and insomnia. This was the response of one critic to Eileen Grays radical scheme for a bedroom in 1923, installed at the 14th Salon de la Socit des Artistes Dcorateurs in Paris. The Irish designers daring De Stijl movement, who saw her installation pictured in a journal. I am highly interested and should like…

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People Are Sending Love To This Sweet Bulldog Having A Tough Time During Quarantine

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Courtesy of Rashida Ellis 20 Tweets About Big Poppa The Sad Bulldog Filled With Nothing But Love For The Pup By Cianna Garrison April 23, 2020 A costume designer named Rashida Ellis is social distancing with her bulldog Big Poppa during the coronavirus pandemic, and Twitter is so sympathetic to the sweet bulldog’s quarantine mood. Ellis noticed how a decline in interaction was making her pup sad, and she shared a photo of Big Poppa’s quarantine mood that had people on Twitter sending virtual hugs to the doggo. These 20…

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