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What is Fortnite and Why is my kid obsessed with it?

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By now it's likely you've heard all about Minecraft and what it is. It's all kids have been talking about for years and just when you think you know what game your kid is constantly talking about, they switch games. In case you haven't heard, all the craze now is Fornite. If you find yourself asking, "What is Fortnite and Why is my kid obsessed with it?". I'm here to help (because I am totally asking that question myself). Parenting is tough for so many reasons. Just when you think you know your child and what they are into, something changes. For me, my 8-year-old has been Minecraft Keep Reading >>>

Here’s Everything That’s Coming To Netflix In September!

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For some of us, Netflix is life. And I wouldn't dare go into the school year without knowing what's coming up. Why? Because for the first time in MONTHS the kids actually have a bedtime. And because they're so tired from school, they're actually GOING to bed. I mean, what's better as a parent than those two or three kid-free hours each night? Narcos Season 3, anyone? Yeah, that's coming back! How about Season 7 of The Walking Dead? Time to break out your zombie-killing samurai and the biggest can of pudding you can find. CORAL! Narcos Season 3, Dead Poet's Society, The Squid and the Keep Reading >>>

Here’s Everything That’s Coming To Netflix In August

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If you're a Netflix hound like me, the end of the month is your least favorite time, and the beginning is the best. At the end of each month, Netflix gets rid of a bunch of movies...sometimes your favorites...sometimes ones that were in your list but you hadn't quite made it to them yet. And it's heartbreaking. But, all is well because each new month brings a list of brand new shows to add to the list and August is going to be GLORIOUS! Take a look! Did your favorites make the list? What did you lose that you can't live without (Futurama, amirite?)? Tell us about it in the comments Keep Reading >>>

Did You Know You’ve Been Carrying Your Carseat Wrong? Here’s The Correct Way!

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If you've got kids you know what a nightmare carseats are. Not just making sure you've got the correct size for every single stage of development, but making sure it's facing the right way, and the seatbelt is attached properly, and the straps are in the right spot, and the buckle is where it should be. All in all protecting the littles is a vital, but honestly brutal pain in the butt. For a lot of us, it's a pain in the back, too. The back, the shoulders, the hips. Carrying around a hefty carseat filled with a hefty bundle of joy has never been fun. Turns out, though, a lot of us have Keep Reading >>>

This Premature Baby Hippo Is All I Care About This Summer

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While a lot of you were obsessed about a pregnant giraffe, I've been over here following along with the story of Fiona, a baby Nile hippo born around three months premature. Let's be honest, babies are just about the most globally captivating thing, so I understand the people glued to their screens for a chance to see a giraffe give birth. But what do we love more than that? An underdog story. Seriously, my family and friends will have to fend for themselves because this premature baby hippo is all I care about this summer.  This Premature Baby Hippo Is All I Care About This Keep Reading >>>

Why I Might Never Fly Again (And It Isn’t What You Think!)

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Last year you couldn't click onto Facebook without seeing a story of a police officer going bananas on someone and it was scary as hell. Sometimes the officer was in the wrong, sometimes they were in the right, but ultimately it made a lot of wing nuts start to challenge the police because they wanted to prove a point. Very. Stupid. Idea. Know what else is a stupid idea? This new trend of challenging airlines because you think you have the right to do whatever-the-hell you want. It's gotten so bad that I might not ever fly again. And not because the airlines have suddenly become the big bad Keep Reading >>>

Dear April The Giraffe…Just Between You And Me, Are You Really Pregnant?

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Dear April, Come on now! We all love you, but we are tired of waiting. I'm sure you are tired too, what with your handlers and veterinarians looking at your lady bits, getting felt up, being cooped up in a "birthing pen" all day, and getting no privacy from the spying eyes of eleventy billion people. They say normal giraffe gestation is 13-15 months. What's it been now, like 19 months? I am beginning to think you are toying with us...seriously, April, are you even pregnant? Dear April The Giraffe...Just Between You And Me, Are You Really Pregnant? Speaking of toys, I see you are Keep Reading >>>

When Did Prom Get So Damn Elaborate!?

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My prom invitations might have been chiseled on stone tablets, we may have had dinosaurs in attendance, and it may have been in a dark, dank cave, but I remember what a big deal prom was. I get it. Prom is a rite of passage for most high-school students. I have one little question, however. When did prom get so fricken elaborate, and what's the deal with 'promposals'?!? When Did Prom Get So Damn Elaborate!? Promposal? What the heck is that, even? Why is this a thing? Why can't things just be simple and straightforward anymore? In my day a guy would say, "Hey, do you want to go to Keep Reading >>>

It’s Cranston Vs. Cranston In This Funny ‘Why Him’ Trailer Parody!

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This is the movie I've been waiting for my whole life. Okay, maybe not my whole life. Maybe just since I saw Breaking Bad. In fact, ever since I saw Breaking Bad I've imagined Walt in all of Bryan Cranston's roles. I can't help it. He was That Good. But with Why Him coming out, it was hard for me to imagine Bryan Cranston as a loving family man without thinking of his cold-blooded, meth manufacturing counterpart. Thank goodness for Funny Or Die. They think like I think, and thus I bring you, "WHY WALT". Take a look! So the trailer for WHY HIM looks hysterical by itself, but this Keep Reading >>>

THIS Guy Is the Workout Inspiration I’ve Been Waiting For My Whole Life!

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It's time for that whole New Year Resolutions business again, and I'm pulling out the old classics. New year/new me. Gonna try to make this a year of taking care of myself and making sure I do things right. That means more water, more veggies, and more dancing. Maybe less kissing bad boys. Maybe...I mean, I still have to have a little fun, right? This guy is going to help me usher in the new year and the new me in style. In fact, he's the perfect guru to get me on my feet and going. Take a look! Seriously, have you seen anything as amazing as that before? Maybe not birth of your first Keep Reading >>>

You’ll Never Hear Jingle Bells The Same Way Again…

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It's hard to stay in the Christmas spirit. Between the shopping, and baking, and kids being home from school, and inlaws coming to visit (oh, good LORD, the inlaws), you can slip from "Merry Christmas To All" to "Get the Heck outta my kitchen before I deck your halls" pretty darn quick. Plus, with the Christmas season starting earlier and earlier every year, by the time the week of Christmas finally arrives, we tend to feel a little like it should be over already. So, I don't know about you but I sometimes need a Christmas infusion. Something over-the-top to put me back in the spirit and get Keep Reading >>>

This Woman Has Fingernails Growing Out Of Her Face!

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Imagine having a condition so rare that you're literally the only person alive who has it. That's exactly what happened to Shanyna Isom. This college student was having the time of her life when suddenly everything shifted. Her face started to burn all the time, and her hair started to fall out. When her mom noticed spikes sticking out of her head, they went searching for answers, but her doctors were baffled and no one had answers. It has all the makings of a horror story complete with no hope of getting better. As Shanyna grew more desperate, ready to take her own life, her mom scoured for Keep Reading >>>

“Special Needs Children Need To Be Special Somewhere Else…”

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Five-Year-Old Milo Castillo and his mom were regulars at Laurenzo's restaurant in Houston, Texas back in 2013. With his happy smile and sweet demeanor, Milo was a favorite amongst the waiters and staff. So when one waiter overheard a man at a nearby table say something horrible about Milo, he couldn't hold back. Milo has down syndrome. Earlier that week he'd celebrated his fifth birthday, and the waiters at Laurenzo's knew him so well that one of them, Michael Garcia, picked him up at the front door and carried him to his seat, much to the little boy's delight. Shortly after, Keep Reading >>>

For Anyone With Arachnophobia, This Spider Jumping On A Camera Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

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Spiders are everywhere. I once read something that said no matter where you are, there's always a spider within spitting distance. Or, in this case, jumping distance. According to spider-lover Andrea Van Veggel, "Jumping spiders are everywhere." Not exactly a comforting thought for people who are scared of spiders, but hopefully his video will show that even though they jump, they are really just cute lil' eight legged fuzzy-butts at heart. Take a look! This could be the stuff of nightmares for some of us but not for this spider collector whose beloved pet takes the leap of faith onto Keep Reading >>>

Girl Crying Because Dogs Don’t Like Hugs

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Anyone who loves dogs has probably spent a fair amount of time with their faces stuffed into their dog's fluffy, soft fur. It's one of our favorite things to do. I mean, here's this creature who wants nothing more than to love us, and he's like a warm, cuddly teddy bear who sometimes chases squirrels and other small creatures away with his manic barking. We love our dogs. We would do anything for them. Especially telling the over and over that we love them while hugging them as tightly as possible. Only problem is: a lot of dogs don't like hugs. Sure, some go all in. Some are like, "More Keep Reading >>>

This Dad Taught His Blind, Autistic Son How To Switch Gears While They Drive!

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When we have a child who has limitations, it's easy for the world to tell us what they can't do. Especially if their limitations set them apart from the 'norm'. Omar Chavez is one dad who isn't going to let limitations keep his son, Spenny, from doing those things he loves the most. See, Spenny is blind and autistic. He doesn't live the same life a lot of kids his age would live, but he's happy and the things he loves, he loves with all his heart. One of those thing? Going fast in the family's Subaru. Spenny LOVES going fast. And Omar loves to make that happen for him. Something Omar realized Keep Reading >>>

Because The World Isn’t Gross Enough, Diver Lets Fish Swim Inside His Mouth

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As a pet owner, there have been times I've let my animals do questionable things. I mean, most of us have. Like, when our puppy licks us on the face when we know full and well that pup has probably been eating things...gross things. Or when it's 2AM and we hear the dog retching and we jump out of bed to get them outside to puke...but it's a second too late. And we need to clean it, but again, it's 2AM and know what? That puke will be there in the morning. Yeah. Sometimes we're all gross. But as gross as I am, I've never been 'let fish into my mouth to eat food out from between my teeth' gross. Keep Reading >>>

The Tiles Are LAVA, And This Baby Will NOT Cross Them!

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Babies are funny, and they pick the absolute craziest things to be picky about. Like, if you're at the park with your kiddo and they find a worm on the ground, chances are they are going to pick up that worm, and eat that worm. But if you try to feed them a spoonful of home cooked sweet potatoes? Yeah, watch how fast they spit those potatoes out. Or, when you're in traffic and want to keep your baby safe, so you grab their hand before crossing the road...only to have them wiggle free and dash out mid-crossing. But then things like this happen...this baby has decided he will not cross the black Keep Reading >>>

Elderly Woman With ‘Healing Tongue’ Licks Eyeballs Clean For A Living

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The world is a weird place. We all know this, but sometimes it's easy to forget that outside of our sphere there are people who live differently than us. People who do things that we would never, ever EVER do. I think it is fairly safe to say this woman falls very squarely and strongly into that category. Not content with retirement, this elderly woman has started charging people for her to lick their eyeballs clean. Lick. Their. Eyeballs. Clean. In rural Bosnia and Herzegovina, 80-year-old, Hava Celebic or ‘nana Hava’ as she is known locally, claims to be the only person in the world who Keep Reading >>>

Mom Took One Year Of Selfies To Keep Herself Motivated As She Lost 126 pounds!

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Anyone who has ever had a lot of weight to lose knows just how hard it is to stay motivated. From every day obstacles like trying to decide what to eat, to the personal fear of seeing yourself in the mirror and not being able to see a difference, it can truly be a daunting task. After the death of her husband, Justine McCabe, 31, reached a point where she was gorging on fast food and barely left the house. She truly hit rock bottom. Three months into mourning she was coaxed into going to the gym by family and friends to perk her up and encourage her to lose some of her hefty 313 pound Keep Reading >>>

Hamster Has Epic Fail On Running Wheel

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Most of the time being a hamster is pretty easy. You eat, sleep, run on the wheel, poop on a little girl's hand, then do it all over again. Not such a bad life. But even hamsters have bad days every once in a while... While enjoying the 'run on the wheel' part of his day, this hamster has an unfortunate run-in with one of his siblings who also, coincidentally, is at the 'run on the wheel' part of his day. At first it looks like the two might just run on the wheel together, but things quickly take a turn for the worst for hamster #1 as he's first spun completely around the wheel, then left Keep Reading >>>

This Is Why Healthy Eating Is Hard

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The idea of traveling back in time to save humanity is great, but it's also a craps shoot. I mean, just when you think you're saving humans from one thing, something else entirely pops up. At least that's what this time-traveling dietician is figuring out. While he's doing his very best to change the course of humanity by letting them know what 'not' to eat, turns out what 'not' to eat is a constantly moving target. So he has to keep going back again, and again, and again, because if his goal is to fix the future for all of us, he's gonna have to make sure he gets it right! Take a Keep Reading >>>

Little Girl Gives Most Epic Wedding Toast Ever!

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The absolute best thing about little kids is that you can not control what comes out of their mouths. And the guests at this wedding learned that first hand when this tiny guest decided she wanted to toast the bride and groom. Surrounded by adults, some brave soul hands this cutie pie the microphone so she can wish the new couple an amazing life together, but what comes out of her life is, well, way more informative than a simple, "Best Wishes." This kiddo has her own way of bringing the newlyweds together and it's pretty certain not a single person at this wedding is ever going to forget her Keep Reading >>>

3-Year-Old Encourages Dad As He Fixes Her Hair

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Being a parent means sometimes you don't know what you're doing. Scratch that, being a parent means most of the time you have no idea what you're doing. And sometimes it can feel like everything we do as parents is overwhelming and new. Like this daddy fixing his daughter's hair for the first time. With his little one watching in the mirror, this daddy gives his all, determined to do a good job. But luckily he's not alone. This sweet baby encourages her daddy that he's doing a good job the entire time he's working on her hair. Take a look! Like I said, a lot of times parenting can feel Keep Reading >>>

Little Boy Doesn’t Have Anyone To Play With, So He Comes Up With A Plan To ‘Make’ A New Friend

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Not having anyone to play with is a rough thing for a kid, but this kid has a plan. While playing soccer in the backyard one day, he realizes his victory is a bit hollow because there's no one to actually play ball with. But that's okay because he knows just what to do. Take a look! If that's not the most ingenious plan for making a friend that you've ever seen, I'd be shocked! I truly had no idea where this was going the first time I saw it, but I have not stopped laughing since. And yes, in the end it's a commercial, but it's sooo good that did you care? 'Cause I know I didn't. I also Keep Reading >>>

Man Uses Broken Washing Machine To Play “Devil Went Down To Georgia”

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At some point in your life you've probably had a washing machine that didn't work as well as you'd like it to. Maybe it was off balance, or old, or maybe you just shouldn't have put those tennis shoes in it. Whatever caused it, that thing made a RUCKUS! And you roll your eyes, and sit there in embarrassment wishing you had a better machine, but you survived. Well, this guy decided to turn his broke-down, white trash washing machine into a cover! With guitar in hand, as soon as the spin cycle kicked in, this guy starts playing, "Devil Went Down To Georgia," ...and it is awesome! Take a Keep Reading >>>

Excited Kid Can’t Wait To Start 4th Grade At New School

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Remember that excited feeling you used to get on that first day of school? The butterflies in your stomach, racing heart, ready to tackle the new year but also just a little nervous that no one will like you? This kid knows that feeling Very well. Kevin is a new forth grader about to start at a new school, and when a reporter starts asking questions about what he's hoping for and what he thinks the year will be like, Kevin's got ALL the answers. Not only that, but apparently he has some dish on his mom, too! Take a look! Seriously, how cute is that kid? I hope fourth grade went well for Keep Reading >>>

I Can’t Get Enough Of These Two Fat Babies Jiggling On A Powerfit Platform!

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When I was a little girl, sometimes my mom would let me sit on the washing machine while she folded clothes out of the dryer. It. Was. Awesome. I'd sit there jiggling and making noises and having the time of my life. Bonus: she never had to worry about what I was getting into while she did the laundry. These two babies are all of us. Or, at very least, they are me. When these two plop down on a vibrating Powerfit Platform, mom turns it on and as soon as the vibrations hit...the babies do what all of us would do. Only, way WAY cuter. Take a look! I mean, are those the cutest little Keep Reading >>>

This Relaxed Baby Having Her Hair Washed For The First Time Is The Most Precious Video I’ve Ever Seen

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Having my hair washed is my favorite part of going to the salon. The way the warm water feels, and fingers massaging my scalp, it's ecstasy. But as much as I love it, I've never zoned out as much as this adorable newborn. While the nurse is washing this baby's hair for the first time, she closes her eyes and seems to relax completely, zoning out the world around her. With lips softly moving, and sweet little smiles, this kiddo gets into hair washing more than I've ever seen anyone get into it. As the nurse talks to her softly through the entire process, this kiddo just lays back and enjoys the Keep Reading >>>

Stranded Octopus Comes Back To Thank Man Who Rescued It

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A few years ago I saw a video where a a young female leopard killed a mama baboon, only to then discover the newborn that had been clinging to the baboons fur. The leopard could have easily eaten the newborn as an appetizer, but she didn't. It's as if she recognized that this was a new life, a baby, and she started caring for it as her own. She scooped it up into her mouth, brought it to a safer branch, and watched over it to make sure the hyenas didn't get to the newborn. Nature seems to recognize when things aren't the norm. That leopard knew that baby wasn't an adult who could defend Keep Reading >>>

For Her 100th Birthday, Macklemore Surprised His Grandma Helen With The Best Day Of Her Life!

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Macklemore LOVES his grandma Helen. And as soon as you see her, you'll love her, too. She's a spitfire of a woman. Ecstatic to see him, but even more so when he tells her that for her 100th birthday he's taking her out to do whatever she wants, for the entire day. That's all well and great, until you see the kinds of things this spitfire of a woman wants to do. Then? Then it becomes Epic. See, Helen is no dowdy granny sitting around knitting and watching birds in her backyard. I mean, she might do that, too, but apparently this feisty centenarian is still a teen at heart, and her choices Keep Reading >>>

I Thought Her Belly Was Huge, But I Never Would Have Guessed How Many Babies Were In There!

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All pregnancies come with their own set of risks and rewards, but this Utah mom went above and beyond for her brood! Guillermina Garcia found out she was carrying FIVE babies and though she was scared about the incredible health risks that come from carrying that many babies at once, Guillermina never once complained about her pregnancy. Even as her lumpy abdomen developed painful bruises from so many babies, this incredible woman stood strong and put the health of her babies above her own. Most quintuplets only make it to 29 weeks, but Garcia carried hers for an incredible 31 1/2 weeks, Keep Reading >>>

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