Category: Odds and Ends

This is all too relatable and gave us the laugh we truly needed right now! Naomi Watts proved she’s just like the rest of us who might be going a little stir crazy at home while social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic. It’s been about a month since Americans were instructed to stay home and on Tuesday, the 51-year-old actress took to Instagram and hilariously documented how bad things have gotten after not one, not two, but THREE of her important household appliances broke in one day. Yikes! Watts described…

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Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Moment/Getty Images These Photos Of #QuarantineCats Are The Cutest Pick-Me-Up By Daffany Chan March 17, 2020 Humans aren’t the only ones coping with quarantine as they practice social distancing in an effort to halt the spread of coronavirus — the internet is buzzing with pet owners sharing snaps of their furry friends during the period of self-isolation. The hilarious kittens are getting so much love that the hashtag #QuarantineCats was trending on Twitter on Monday, March 16. If you don’t have a feline pal keeping you company, check out…

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Modern life is hectic and demanding in a way that people often don’t have time to be with their families and partners. They’re so focused to fulfill ambitions or chase dreams that sometimes they lose the perspective and forget to look for a real source of happiness. Unfortunately, life happens so fast nowadays that when some unfortunate thing like addiction occurs in the family, most people wonder how come they haven’t noticed it? There are several reasons for that. People trust their spouses, so they will not deliberately look for…

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Starbucks 7 Spring Starbucks Drinks With No Caffeine That Won’t Keep You Up At Night By Daffany Chan March 15, 2020 When the weather begins to warm up, there’s nothing like an ice cold beverage to help you stay refreshed. Since you probably have a go-to coffee order from Starbucks, you might not be looking to add an extra jolt of energy to your day. If you’re looking for beverages that won’t keep you up all night, the chain has a respectable selection of caffeine-free drinks. Try out these spring…

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Wonder no longer! That prize goes to Demi LovatoYoung and the Restless. A source told of the new relationship:  Sounds like these two got together right under the social-distancing wire!  “Max is very into music and health, and he doesn’t like to party. He is a good influence on Demi and they have a lot in common. They have a few mutual friends in common, but Demi has been introducing Max to her closest friends via FaceTime since being quarantined. It’s very new but they are definitely hanging out and…

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Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images Can You Get Coronavirus Twice? Here’s What’s On Everyone’s Minds By Madhuri Sathish March 27, 2020 With nearly 85,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19, across the United States as of March 27, more and more states and cities have implemented shelter-in-place measures to encourage their residents to stay at home and practice social distancing. But given the recent rise of the new virus, there’s still a lot we don’t know. As the infection rate fluctuates and some sick…

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Around the time the last ice age was ending, agriculture sprang up at several sites. The south-western Amazon Basin has now been revealed as the fifth site at which this great innovation occurred. The planting took place in so-called “forest islands”, patches of soil averaging just half a hectare that are raised enough above the flood plain to allow trees to flourish. There is little doubt that humans have had a major impact on Bolivia’s Llanos de Moxos savannah for a long time. Ancient earthworks and canals attest to this,…

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Electric cars are giving the automotive industry a shake-up like nothing it has seen in a century. Some people, however, have dreams far bigger than simply replacing the internal combustion engine with a battery-driven motor and aren’t too fussed about little matters like practicality. Vehicle leasing company Vanarama decided to do a trawl through patents that have never come into production, and almost certainly never will. They definitely found some doozies, and even illustrated them, putting two to three patents from different sources on the same imaginary car. Many of these…

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ShareTweetPin “It’s such a strange time to be pregnant. This, a time when the mom-to-be should be preparing the nursery and spending way too much time shopping for baby’s perfect take home outfit. Instead, she shifts her focus to purchasing diapers and wipes online—worried there may not be enough to go around. Typically, it’s a time when she is anticipating a baby shower with all of her loved ones to celebrate. Now, she must distance from those dear friends and family to protect her unborn child as well as herself.…

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