Ali Wong leans on her mom and ex-husband to succeed as a working mom
Ali Wong (pictured) has two kids, aged 6 and 8. Learning how to lean on her mom and ex-husband while raising two kids has helped Ali Wong continue her success as a working mom. In an interview with InStyle, published on Tuesday, the comedian said she brings her mom and kids on her stand-up tours.…
Here’s what’s on Gen Z’s ‘micro-spending’ wish list
Sonny Angel dolls experienced a shortage in 2024 due to high demand from Gen Z consumers. Twenty-somethings are ditching traditional financial milestones in favor of filling their wish lists with more instant forms of gratification. Instead of buying homes and starting families, they’re “micro-spending” on more affordable items, Riani Kenyon, an anthropologist and Gen Z…
October is the most popular time to use this tax-savings strategy to offset thousands of dollars in income: Morgan Stanley
Investors use tax-loss harvesting to offset taxes on capital gains or income. If you own any underperforming stocks or ETFs and want to save money on taxes next April, it may be time to start thinking about a popular strategy known as tax-loss harvesting. According to a note Morgan Stanley published last week, October appears…
Cybertruck owners share their likes and dislikes as Tesla’s pickup approaches its first birthday
The Tesla Cybertruck is almost at the one-year mark of its first delivery. It’s been almost a year since Tesla celebrated its first Cybertruck deliveries on November 30, 2023. So what do its owners think of the vehicle? The angular, futuristic stainless steel electric pickup truck has consistently made headlines since Tesla CEO Elon Musk…
My coworkers helped me get through my divorce. As a gay man, I was shocked that straight divorced men were my biggest allies.
The author and his coworkers formed an unofficial club to help each other navigate their divorces. The Monday morning after proposing to my husband, I found myself the recipient of an impromptu engagement celebration at the office. It was 2012, and I’d been working as an executive creative director in a huge advertising agency in…
Garrett from ‘Love Is Blind’ season 7 had a major glow-up, convincing fans he and Taylor got married. Here’s what we know about their status.
Taylor and Garrett from “Love Is Blind” season seven. “Love Is Blind” is back — and this time, it’s tackling the famously difficult Washington, DC dating scene. Luckily, some participants were able to find love in the pods. Taylor, a 30-year-old clean energy policy consultant, and Garrett, a 33-year-old physicist, became one of this season’s…
I was a ‘cart girl’ on a golf course for 2 years. These are the 3 biggest mistakes I saw customers make.
If you follow these tips, you might become a new favorite customer among the “cart girls” at your favorite golf course. Not long ago, I started working as a “cart girl” at my local golf course. I was an 18-year-old college student looking to make extra money over the summer. I didn’t have golf experience,…
A top nutrition scientist had a stroke at 53. He did two things to lower his blood pressure — and cutting out salt wasn’t one of them.
The nutrition scientist Tim Spector changed his diet to lower his blood pressure after a stroke. Just as he was about to ski down a mountain in 2012, Tim Spector started seeing double. The epidemiologist and nutrition scientist made it down safely, but he later discovered he’d had a mini-stroke. Spector was 53 at the…
Putin’s weak response to Ukraine’s advance on Russian soil appears to be rooted in a persistent fatal flaw
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in September 2024. Russia’s weak response to Ukraine’s assault into Russian territory is partly due to a persistent flaw in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s leadership, a warfare expert told B-17. Ukraine launched a surprise attack on Russia’s Kursk region in early August and, by late September, said it controlled…
