Doug O’Brien
Recently, people on Reddit shared the small, everyday things they assumed were mandatory, but aren’t. Reading this list will make you rethink your own habits: Seeing it all laid out is surprisingly liberating. Most of the “musts” we followed weren’t actually rules; they were habits, expectations, or invisible pressures. And realizing you can skip them? […]
There’s always been a middle-class “struggle.” Money was tight, and luxuries were rare, but times change. What once felt like a rich-kid dream is now everyday life, and some things we once counted as necessities are now obsolete. Consider these memories from childhood: Looking back, it’s striking how quickly luxury becomes normal, and normal becomes […]
Since joining the Eagles in 1975, Joe Walsh has played every live show the band has performed for more than half a century. His fiery guitar work and wry solo songs became woven into the Eagles’ concert fabric after he replaced Bernie Leadon and helped shape their harder‑edged sound. That streak came to an unexpected […]
Just in time for football’s biggest weekend, Cup Noodles is tackling one of America’s messiest game-day dilemmas: chicken wings. Fans may love the spicy, tangy, garlicky glory of wings, but their aftermath, sauce-stained jerseys, sticky fingers, and furniture casualties, is a nightmare that even the best halftime commercials can’t fix. Enter Cup Noodles Wings, a […]
Nine Moments That Made TSA Shake Its Head in 2025 1. A handgun inside a guitar caseThe X-ray screen lit up like a bad action movie. At Newark, officers found a handgun tucked neatly inside a guitar case. The passenger insisted it was a gift and claimed total ignorance. TSA officer Gabrielle Connor-Findley heard the […]
Pizza used to rule the American dinner table with the unquestioned authority of a family dog parked under it. Friday night meant boxes, grease-stained cardboard, and a universal agreement that no one was cooking. But lately, the crown has started to slide. The cheese still stretches, the pepperoni still curls, yet pizza is no longer […]
January 6, 1980, still stings in Houston. The Oilers had battled their way to the AFC Championship, carrying the hopes of a city chanting “Luv Ya Blue” from afar as they landed in Pittsburgh. The Steelers’ Three Rivers Stadium was packed, a fortress of black and gold, but Houston fans held tight to their anthem, […]
January 6, 1973 doesn’t get the same hype as Woodstock or Star Wars, but for Gen X, it quietly rewired our brains. That was the day Schoolhouse Rock first aired, slipping between Saturday morning cartoons like a cool substitute teacher with a guitar. You weren’t expecting a lesson, but suddenly you were humming facts you’d […]
2026 marks 50 years since an incredible run of films hit theaters in 1976, and many of them left us lines that still live rent-free in our heads. Here’s a few with some famous or often-quoted lines that helped cement their legacy. Taxi Driver – “You talkin’ to me?” A line so iconic it practically […]
The screen confirms what Gen X already knows in its bones. As of today, January 1, 2026, MTV has shut down its remaining music and supplemental video channels. MTV Live, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, and the last spaces dedicated to music on television are gone. MTV itself still exists, but no longer as a music […]
By the time you hit your forties, New Year’s Eve stops feeling like an event and starts feeling like a negotiation. How late do I really need to stay up? How cold is it outside? And most important, where’s the remote? A recent poll of 3,000 Americans suggests this is not a personal failing. It’s […]
National Pizza Day may fall in February, but data shows that the strongest pizza cravings hit much earlier in the year. According to Google search data analyzed by the website Vegas Insider, the single biggest pizza-craving day of 2025 was New Year’s Day. The reasons are not complicated. New Year’s Day combines late nights, hangovers, […]