Category Archives: Life

November 30

Go Blue! Beat ‘SC!

The greatest college football rivalry in college sports. Michigan vs. Ohio State. Series History: Michigan leads 56-37-6 Michigan points: 1,637 Ohio State points: 1,181 No other UCLA tradition generates as much fanfare, nostalgia and excitement as the Beat ‘SC game. What’s at stake? LA bragging rights and revenge.

November 29

Dan Eldon – The Journey is the Destination

Dan Eldon (1970 – 1993) was born in London in 1970 to an American mother and a British father. He was an English photojournalist, artist, and activist. When he was 22, he and three colleagues were stoned to death by an angry mob in Mogadishu in an incident before the Battle of Mogadishu. He left […]

November 28

150 years of Thanksgiving, the proclamation by President Lincoln that started it all

In the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln declared the first Thanksgiving. With this proclamation, Lincoln established the day as an annual holiday. The document below sets apart the last Thursday of November “as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise.” According to an April 1, 1864, letter from John Nicolay, one of President […]

November 16

Star Wars Subway Car

For their latest mission, Improv Everywhere staged a reenactment of the first Princess Leia / Darth Vader scene from Star Wars on a New York City subway car.

November 14

What It Feels Like to Be on Welfare

via the Huffington Post. By Brenda Della Casa Author of “Cinderella was a Liar”; Owner & Editor-in-Chief: Staggered Magazine; Editor-in-Chief, Preston Bailey Designs; Founder & Editor-in-Chief: Life In Style http://www.bdclifeinstyle.com Not too long ago, I woke up, grabbed my iPhone and popped onto Facebook to see what I had missed since falling asleep. What can […]

November 10

30 Things To Do Before You Die

Via Mind Body Green. Most bucket lists include things like, “Go on an adventure in a far-off land,” “Learn a new language,“ or “Buy a dream car.” Although all these experiences can make our lives more exciting, the reason we crave these activities goes a little deeper. What drives each of these desires is one common connector, an innate […]

November 09

One Night in Playland

So it was supposed to be a quiet evening at home. You know the type of night bookended by “Murder She Wrote” and a bowl of Ben & Jerry’s Half-Baked. Then Playland happened. Playland was a 10-acre seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach at the western edge of San Francisco, California along the […]

November 05

#LoveAlwaysWins

What if living your dream meant living a lie? Stunning, emotional video presses the I.O.C. to condemn anti-gay discrimination in Russia.

October 27

And so it begins… AIDS LifeCycle

This year during AIDS LifeCycle, rider 2158 will be me – Alex Gregory Goldsmith. Today my journey to Los Angeles began around Lake Merritt. Me and my friend (Workshop Girl – again no real names on this blog) rode around and did about 10 miles to kick off training. It was scary and invigorating to […]

October 15

This Man Just Got Divorced. Then He Wrote This Epic Marriage Advice.

via ViralNova Below are 20 wise marriage tips from a man that was recently divorced. You wouldn’t normally think that a divorced man would give good advice on being a husband, but this man has been through enough hardship to know what is worth fighting for: MARRIAGE ADVICE I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD: Obviously, […]