TikTok Great news, everyone! Cases of the measles in the U.S. are at a 30 year high! We did it! U-S-A! U-S-A! Oh. Did I say “great news?” I meant the opposite of that. It’s a tragedy. Currently, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are reporting 1,319 cases across 40 jurisdictions — and...
Andresr/Getty Images I was a waitress longer than I was anything else. I covered breakfasts at a highway diner, worked weddings at a local hotel, tended bar at an Irish pub. I’ve replenished salad dressings at salad bars when that was a trend for a while; I’ve married a million ketchups. I’ve counted beer bottles...
svetikd/E+/Getty Images I’m fairly sure my parents had no idea where I was 80% of the time during the summer. Or, they had an idea but it was fairly nebulous. I could have been at Kelly’s house, or Becky’s house, or the Other Kelly’s house. Occasionally, I was with Other Jamie or Other Becky. (It...
CPSC.gov Back in the ’80s and early ’90s, kiddie pools were basically puddle-sized and it didn’t take much to crack the side or deflate it entirely. Sometime in the early-’00s, however, “kiddie pool technology” really took off. All of a sudden pools were higher quality and way bigger at a more accessible price point. But...