Babble

According to the Washington Post, there's a whole slew of sellers on ebay who are buying up seemingly "'eh, what's the deal" blankets, stuffed animals, and other toys. Why? Because the items have been discontinued by manufacturers, and sellers are hoping to capitalize on the desparation of one group in particular. The ...

When I first saw the headline, I thought, "Brilliant!" Who hasn't wanted to auction off a sibling to the highest bidder? Hell, in my youth I'd have thrown in my sister as a free parting gift in a high-stakes marble trade. This is the beauty of the internet: If you've got some old stuff lying around you aren't using, just ...

Oh, the hardships of being a white supremecist. Heath and Deborah Campbell tried to get ShopRite and a local grocery store to make a birthday cake for their three-year-old, named Adolf Hitler. And they actually wanted the cake to say "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler" (I guess just using "Adolf" was out of the question, hmmm?) But ...

Hmm, how can you not read an article that starts with the line, "Being sexy is often perceived to be a key essence of femininity." What is that? Yo, you are blowin' my mind on a Thursday morning. Anyhow, it's just a run-down of a survey of 1,000 women: How much sex they have now versus when they were younger, how much they enjoy ...

Fears of bullying and violence and discrimination have led many schools to adopt very strong policies against teasing. And lord knows most of us could probably dredge up a painful school year or two when the taunts of classmates made our lives hell. In our important relationships, we are encouraged to avoid poking and instead honestly share our ...

Taneka Talley was stabbed to death at her job---she was a clerk at the Dollar Store in Fairfield, California. Now the company is denying worker's compensation benefits to her surviving eleven-year-old son. The boy's grandmother, who won custody, is fighting the case, and her lawyer says, "They're saying (the killing) didn't ...

As the resident divorcing parent-blogger, I see a story with "divorce in it and I get all interested. Add "calculator" to that and I'm reading further, because I love a little online gadget that tells you something good. So hey, are you wondering if your marriage is forever, or if it will end in divorce? The rate of divorce is ...

Feel-good story? Members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, gathered a small protest near Omaha Central High School. The church is led by the Reverend Fred Phelps, and I'm sure you know who these folks are. They became famous when they protested at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, and have gone on to protest everywhere it would ...

I must have mentioned my very "Footloose" upbringing before: We weren't allowed to listen to the radio because our parents were worried about our exposure to sinnin' lyrics. The result was that my sister and I were glued to the radio whenever we went to a friend's house. And because of this, I probably err in the opposite ...

I'm a big fan of digging deep when it comes to science reporting. It generally isn't that hard to find some serious flaws: Small samples, questionable methodology, and conclusions that stretch far are sometimes par for the course. But when I posted about a study showing bullies may actually enjoy inflicting pain on others, I didn't ...