Halloween is right around the corner, which means it’s time to figure out your pup’s costume!
There’s nothing more important than making sure your dog looks extra cute and extra spooky on October 31st. And lucky for you, all of these wonderful costumes are available on Amazon!
Chances are you’ll be able to solve 1 or 2 of the following riddles if you really put your mind to it — but can you solve them all? Don’t worry, the 6 riddles below are of varying levels of difficulty (we want to keep your confidence up).
#6. A word problem.
Continue reading when you’re ready to check your answer!
If you like to skip leg day, arm day, and all the other days at the gym, then these 13 tweets are for you.
Nobody likes to work out. Sure, there are people who say they do, but we all know they’re just liars who want to seem cooler and healthier than us. And we’re not buying it.
While I do agree with some food pairings (turkey and cranberry dressing together on Thanksgiving is a must), there are some food combinations that just go too far.
Take a look at these 18 truly horrendous foods…if you think you can stomach them.
Dealing with exes can be tricky business. They still manage to get on your nerves, one person is still hung up on the other, etc. We all have them, so here are 20 funny tweets about exes for your enjoyment.
Praise be the microwave. When things are busy (or if you’re just lazy like me) the microwave is a gift from God. I mean, there are days when the couple of minutes it takes to heat something in the microwave seems like too long to wait – and forget about preheating the oven!
That said, if we’re taking the time to try to eat something healthy, like a vegetable, it would be a shame to find out that popping it in the microwave (in those handy little steamer bags!) would mean we’re missing out on the nutrients we’re trying to get int0 our bodies.
So what’s the truth? Does microwaving our broccoli make it worthless?
Not necessarily, according to Professor Scott A. Rankin, chair of the Department of Food Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He tells CNN that while any kind of cooking results in some nutrient loss, “typical microwave heating results in very minimal loss of valuable nutrients in food.”
There are a few factors to consider when trying to measure nutrient loss during cooking, like how long the food is being cooked, the temperature you’re using, and the amount of liquid used during the process. In general, longer cooking times, higher temperatures, and higher volumes of water result in more nutrient loss during cooking.
Since microwave cooking generally requires no or little liquid compared to, say, boiling vegetables in water, that works in the technology’s favor. Microwaves also cook with more uniform temperatures, which means all of your food has a better chance of being cooked through without some of the pieces getting to a temperature high enough to leech nutrients. Add that to the relatively short cook times microwaves can achieve, and they actually might do a better job than most other methods in retaining the good stuff.
“The advantage of microwaving is that the come-up time is quick, and so it takes less time to reach a target temperature of food,” Rankin explains.
That said, microwaving is not the absolute best way to cook vegetables if your goal is to retain every last good-for-you nutrient packed inside – for that, you’ll want to steam them.
Of course, you can use your microwave to steam your veggies, if you’ve got the right equipment.
“You can use a microwave steaming tray with water in the bottom, or simply add your vegetables and a small amount of water to a microwave-safe bowl (not plastic!) and cover with a microwave-safe lid or plastic wrap, leaving one corner open to allow air to escape,” registered dietician Whitney Linsenmeyer tells CNN.
Basically, even if microwaves aren’t the best at helping foods retain moisture, they are decent at helping them retain nutrients while cooking. Just remember to keep your cook times short, and only use as much water as you need.
The bottom line, as Linsenmeyer reiterates, is that you make an effort to get nutritious food into your body however you can.
If you’ve never seen the television show My Strange Addiction, you know that there is no limit to how bizarre people’s addictions can get. From eating their cat’s hair to coffee enemas, we’re a little grossed out, but also kind of impressed.
What I’m trying to say is brace yourself before reading through the 15 confessions below.
#15. Chewing
“Chewing the inside of my mouth.”
#14. Only in albums
“All of my music is in albums. Only like one song? Well shit, have to download that album. Song only released as a single? Put it in a folder and pretend it’s an album.
I have Pendulums Hold your Colour 2 times, once in the 2005 and once in the 2007 version because they changed 2 songs but my brain is not satisfied if I only have those 2 changed songs.”
#13. Daydreaming
“I will listen to music for hours on end while walking around a room, imagining various stories and scenarios.”
#12. Stress relieving
“It’s extremely satisfying to pluck my pubes. It’s like, stress relieving. Strange, but stress relieving/addictive.”
#11. Like I can’t breathe without it
“Nose spray. Been on it since I was a kid and feel like I can’t breathe without it. Menthol is my favorite.”
#10. Sounds so good
“When I am out walking in wooded areas I spend a lot of time trying to find pine cones to stand on.
I do it because when you find a suitably dry one it feels amazing and sounds so good.
Do it. Tends to work best if they are stood upright.”
#9. Addicted to picking
“This is so gross but I am addicted to picking. Pimples, dry skin, scabs, anything pick-able I will dig at it till I bleed. No I am not on drugs. It’s so bad that I am contemplating hypnosis.
EDIT – wow didn’t realise I wasn’t the only obsessive compulsive picker, nor did I realise it was an actual condition. Not sure how to feel about the fact that this is a diagnosed disorder though Thanks for the tips and advice kind strangers!”
#8. Avoiding phone calls
#7. Picking and pulling
“Picking the skin on the side of my nails and toe nails. Pulling my eyelashes and eyebrows.”
#6. Specifically from old books
“Eating paper (although I don’t do it as much now). Not any paper though but specifically paper from old books – you know, this yellowish/brownish thin paper that smells really nice. I’ve been eating it since probably 12 and till about 27 or so. I’d just get some old book and keep tearing sheets of paper from then and chew them for some time and then gradually break them into pieces and swallow. Can’t even count how many books I’ve eaten this way, but at some point I had a drawer stuffed with book covers with no paper inside.
Now, you’re probably thinking “There’s no way it’s good for you”, which makes sense, but somehow I never had any health problems because of it, so I didn’t really have any motivation to stop, plus I was craving paper so much. Later I found out that it’s likely I have Pica disorder, which makes people crave uneatable things, but didn’t know where I could get help for it, so I continued.
Anyway, now I moved to another country and didn’t bring any old books with me, so I don’t really eat paper as much anymore (except for occasional pieces of toilet paper or tissues). But whenever I go back to the place where I grew up (which has plenty of old books), I sometimes still can’t resist and end up eating paper again.”
#5. It’s so satisfying
“I crack my ankles incessantly, sort of like how one might crack their knuckles. Idk what it is but it’s so… satisfying.
Edit: a word.”
#4. 100%
“Making sure my nose is 100% booger free.”
#3. 7 so far
“Donating sperm to lesbians.
I started off donating to some friends then they began recommending me to other lesbians through a fb group.
It’s so rewarding and I’ve fathered 7 so far.”
#2. Alongside Steve
“This one guy named Steve on YouTube. He’s like 60-something years old and I’ve been watching his videos for over 10 years now. All he does is post videos of him talking about mundane things in a monotone voice, and he doesn’t really do anything aside from hang around his house and play video games, from what I can tell. But I love his videos. They’re really weird and the fact that he’s been doing it regularly since like 2005 just makes it that much better. I feel like I’ve grown into adulthood alongside Steve. Although Steve has literally been doing the same things for the last 10+ years, whereas I’ve done a few different things, maybe.”
#1. Other brands are just not as good
“Band-aids!! I love band-aids. I have an entire drawer under my bathroom sink full of different styles/types of band-aids. But only Band-Aid brand… other brands are just not as good.”
Thanks for the tips and advice kind strangers!”