Cooking meals at home is a wonderful way to save money instead of dining out and to eat healthier foods prepared with love. Cooking more often may require upgrading your cookware. But you can do this on a budget if you shop at local thrift stores. For example, one home chef discovered a cast-iron skillet for just $12.98 and posted …
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No. 6 Stanford ‘Not Surprised’ by Nebraska’s Dominating Sweep
Earning a preseason No. 1 ranking isn’t something new to Nebraska. Neither is starting the year at home for an AVCA event, which in this case is the 2025 AVCA First Serve Showcase. What is a bit new is the level of competition Nebraska faced out of the gate. After disposing of No. 3 Pittsburgh in four sets Friday night, …
Read More »My husband surprised me with an x-rated gift. Now I want revenge.
How to Do It is Slate’s sex advice column. Have a question? Send it to Stoya and Rich here. It’s anonymous! Dear How to Do It, My husband (we’re both men) brought home a guy for a threesome without telling me, saying he wanted it to be a “surprise.” It was. The guy happened to be incredibly hot, so I went along with …
Read More »How Red Sox surprised ‘The Password’ with ‘magical moment’ involving brother before MLB debut
NEW YORK — On the day he was called up to the majors for the first time, Red Sox outfielder Jhostynxon Garcia was able to share the news with his emotional parents, who cried on the phone when he reached them in Venezuela. Somewhat confusingly, though, Garcia was unable to reach his younger brother, Johanfran, a catching prospect in Boston’s …
Read More »Don’t be surprised if Giants’ Jaxson Dart replaces Russell Wilson early in season
How soon will Jaxson Dart replace Russell Wilson? The question that has hovered over the Giants since the 2025 NFL Draft officially remains unanswered. But based on Dart’s performance through two preseason games — and how he has handled himself in a variety of practice settings during training camp — it’s clear the Giants are at least getting him ready …
Read More »Calais Campbell Would Be ‘Surprised’ If He Isn’t Done After Season, And Broncos (Joint Practice) Aftermath
Calais Campbell has already intimated this – his 18th NFL season — could be his last. So when the veteran defensive lineman was asked by a local reporter here in Denver after practice Thursday if he would give thought to finishing his career with his hometown Broncos, Campbell gave a knowing chuckle. He had considered being a Bronco before (the …
Read More »‘I confess to being a little bit surprised’
Massachusetts health officials are raising the alarm over a notable uptick in emergency room visits linked to tick bites, including those from a species that had previously disappeared from the region. What’s happening? According to the Boston Herald, state epidemiologist Dr. Catherine Brown told the Public Health Council that tick-related ER visits this spring and early summer have outpaced the …
Read More »ChatGPT-5 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro — I tested both AI models and I was surprised by the one that came out on top
OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-5 is the company’s most powerful model to date. With increased memory, update reasoning capabilities and multimodal upgrades, the model is better at sustaining complex conversations and tackling tougher questions. Gemini 2.5 Pro is Google’s most advanced AI model and is designed to rival ChatGPT in reasoning, coding and multimodal tasks. With the release of ChatGPT-5, I …
Read More »Sudden Fed Resignation Surprised Colleagues and Gave Opening for Trump – The Wall Street Journal
Sudden Fed Resignation Surprised Colleagues and Gave Opening for Trump The Wall Street Journal Trump made his MAGA Fed pick. His next choice will be far more consequential CNN Trump to nominate Stephen Miran to serve on Fed’s board until January NBC News Trump’s pick for the Fed ‘fuels an existential threat’ as central bank independence is targeted, JPMorgan says Fortune ‘A Loyalist Inside …
Read More »‘Don’t Be Surprised if it Would Fit’
Dodge CEO Matt McAlear has all but confirmed what we already suspected. The American carmaker is leaning back into combustion-powered cars, and a Hemi V-8-powered Charger is very much back on the table. While McAlear didn’t outright substantiate rumors of the V-8’s return to the Charger, it was heavily implied. When asked during a press conference whether a Hellcat V-8 …
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