I struggled to make friends at work, and it was even harder to keep them once I left the job. A simple tip from a therapist helped.
The author, not pictured, struggled to make friends at work. I would describe myself as shy and awkward around people I don’t know. A blend of issues — including the pandemic, a history of depressive symptoms, and teenage friendships suddenly ending — has made it difficult for me to connect with new people. However, I…
PepsiCo is giving shoppers a break on chips after years of snackflation
PepsiCo said it’s giving shoppers more chips in bags of Doritos after sales of its salty snacks fell recently. There’s finally some good news for snackers reaching for a bag of chips at the grocery store. PepsiCo is adding more chips in packs without raising prices, company executives said during an earnings call on Tuesday.…
Taylor Swift brought luxury fashion to Monday night football in an outfit that cost over $51,000
Taylor Swift attended the Chiefs game on Monday in head-to-toe Vivienne Westwood. Taylor Swift attended her third football game of the 2024-2025 NFL season in style. On Monday, Swift returned to Arrowhead Stadium to support the Kansas City Chiefs — and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce — in their game against the New Orleans Saints. Swift…
An unknown actor scored a role in ‘Joker 2’ after a chance encounter with the movie’s director at the grocery store
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in “Joker: Folie à Deux.” If there’s one thing Theodore Martello figured out in his growing career as an actor, it’s that you can’t be afraid to take a chance. That’s exactly what he did one afternoon last year when he happened to be at the Bristol Farms grocery store…
Howard Stern tells Kamala Harris he hates watching her SNL depiction: ‘There’s too much at stake’
Harris has been depicted by actress and comedian Maya Rudolph on SNL At the outset of Howard Stern’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, the long-time shock-jock radio host made a remarkable comment. He doesn’t like seeing Harris being satirized on Saturday Night Live. “I hate it. I don’t want you being made…
OpenAI backer Vinod Khosla on why all the executive departures may be a good thing, taking on Elon Musk, and fixing AI’s image problem
Vinod Khosla Billionaire Vinod Khosla, 69, one of the most successful venture capitalists in Silicon Valley history, first blogged about the tremendous potential of AI in 2012. When OpenAI switched from a non-profit to a “capped-profit” company in 2018, he put his money where his mouth was when Khosla Ventures stepped forward with the first…
Hurricane Milton morphed into a Category 5 in 2 days. Take a look at the storm’s rapid evolution from space.
This side-by-side shows Milton’s rapid evolution from a tropical storm on Saturday (left) into a Category 5 on Monday (right). The Sunshine State is bracing for more severe weather in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified to a Category 5 storm on Monday, leading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state…
The economy is facing a ‘no-landing’ scenario that undercuts the financial relief many Americans hoped for
The US economy looks like it’s on course for what Wall Street has long considered the dream scenario — but that could actually diminish the financial relief many Americans have been waiting for. The no-landing scenario — in which the economy dodges a recession and continues to grow — was coveted by investors for its…
I stayed in a glamping tent and a tiny house resort on a small island near Singapore. One was a better escape from city life.
Only two accommodations are available on Lazarus Island: a tiny house resort and glamping tents. In August, I hopped on a 20-minute ferry from Singapore to explore Lazarus Island, one of the country’s eight Southern Islands. This wasn’t my first time on the island — I last visited in 2021. Back then, it had no…
