Hey batter, batter! The 162-game race to postseason begins! Major League Baseball is changing the way America’s pastime is played. Accordingly, let’s look at the new MLB rules. Opening Day for the 2023 season is March 30, with all 30 teams scheduled to play. Barring postponement, it will be the first time since 1968 that […]
Besides employment and family, “affordability” is a key factor when determining a location to live. In most places across the country, people are putting more than a third of their income toward housing. Money has grown in importance to people over the past 25 years. According to a Wall Street Journal-NORC poll, that need has […]
Experts have warned for years that cases of gonorrhea and syphilis are surging. While STD’s had initially declined during first months of the pandemic, they resurged by the end of 2020. The bulk of diagnostic testing shifted away from STD’s to focus exclusively on Covid. With fewer testing resources, more people went undetected, potentially spreading […]
Are you the smartest person in the room? What’s your IQ? Globally, the average IQ score is 100. Most people (about 68 percent) have an IQ between 85 and 115. IQ stands for “intelligence quotient” and is a standard of measurement used to assess a person’s mental aptitude. From 1932 through the 20th century, IQ […]
Grilled, thick, cooked “medium” with cheese, lettuce and tomato on top. That’s how I like my burger. This truly American classic is like a friend that I’m always happy to see. Why do we love hamburgers so much? Burgers are easy to eat. The meat has already been ground up and when served on a […]
Tax Day coming up on Tuesday, April 18. Taxpayers who end up requesting an automatic six-month extension will have until Oct. 16 to file. Tax Day was first introduced in 1913, when the Sixteenth Amendment was ratified. This Amendment gave the United States Congress the legal authority to tax all incomes. The reason tax day […]
Every Spring, the nation becomes obsessed with the NCAA basketball tournament. March Madness begins! Even the casual basketball fan fills out a bracket. For example, 80 million brackets are completed each year. This 68-team basketball bonanza has been known to crown a Cinderella or two, produce at least one shining moment a year, and turn […]
This article in The Sun about black wedding bands caught my attention. What I read surprised me…A couple who is very open about their relationship spilled the beans. The Sun article says: “We have a secret signal to attract other couples like us.” The secret signal, a black wedding band. According to the couple, the […]
More than 31 million people in the U.S. claim Irish ancestry – that’s more than six times the population of Ireland. As this lucky group of people expanded over the centuries, so too did American St. Paddy’s Day traditions. This year, Americans are projected to spend $6.85 billion on the holiday. St. Patrick’s Day Facts 174%: Increase in […]
Do you put the cereal in the bowl and then pour on the milk or do you fill the bowl with milk and then add the cereal? 11 percent of Americans serve it the wrong way by pouring your milk into the bowl before adding in the bran. Americans eat roughly 2.7 billion boxes of […]