Dating is hard, what with the necessity of making conversation. While we can’t tell you what you should say on a date (possessing and distributing such knowledge is highly illegal), we can give you some pointers as to what you should avoid. Read on, Casanova, and prepare to become the smoothest cat on the block.
Do not say:
1. “You don’t mind if I put my parents on speakerphone, do you? Here, say 'hi' to my dad.”
2. “Wait, so you don’t Elephantitis? Really? I could’ve sworn…”
Did you watch Sesame Street when you were a kid? Of course you did! And here's the awesome thing:
So did we.
Sesame Street is clearly the greatest children's show ever. With a classic-characters-meet-pop-celebrities approach that helps keep things fresh and fun, the show has achieved an on-air immortality that most giant talking puppets only dream about. This year, Sesame Street is celebrating its 40th Anniversary. (That's right, y'all—Big Bird is as old as your parents.) So, in honor of our —and your—favorite childhood show, we've put together a list of five fabulous clips from around the web that feature Great Moments from the Street. Check it!
Whether you're putting together a five-page research paper, updating your personal diary, or just instant messaging, your typing style can be as revealing as your taste in clothes. Are you a speed demon? Are you slow and methodical? Do you obsess over accuracy, or do you let the typos fall as they may, counting on spellcheck to smooth things out in the end? By conducting thousands, hundreds a handful of surveys, we've composed the following analysis of the most prevalent typing techniques. Read on to see what your style says about you:
Yes, Sparklers, today is the day you have all been waiting for. After countless countdowns, plot-spoiling blog posts, and rumors about on-set love affairs, the cinematic event of the 21st century is finally upon us: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans comes out today!!!! I’ve been camping in this line outside the movie theater for 12 days now, and I can’t wait to slide my aching body into a velvet seat and let my sore eyeballs be caressed by the handsome visage of Nicolas Cage, that dreamboat hunkadoodle who plays an unhinged, drug-addled cop struggling to stay sane while investigating a murder in the Big Easy. I heard he looks super cute in all the scenes! Especially the one where he's hallucinating about the iguanas! Anyway, it looks like they're starting to let people into the theater, so I have to fold up my lawn chair and gather my socks and move on out. And since I was chilling outside a theater for almost two weeks, I had the chance to tackle a few more Chris Listens questions. Thanks for all your great submissions! Now bring me some Nic Cage!
A few months ago, we explored the topic of summer jobs. But what about the other nine months of the year? Speaking of nine months, what about babies? Speaking of babies, what about the age-old teen career of babysitting? (And who came up with that rather misleading name?)
Child care and high schoolers looking to save a little dough for a sweet pair of hand-painted Twilight kicks (idea: Bergstein's Twilight shoes?) have gone together since the beginning of time. (You know Adam and Eve made Seth babysit.)
Babysitting, other than a means of tax-free moulah, is fun. It can also be so exhausting and maddening that schools could cancel their pregnancy prevention programs and just make every student babysit for six hours. We examine the pros and cons:
To illustrate our posts, we use images from the bizarre and maddening site known as Shutterstock. Some of these pictures are so strange that when we editors stumble upon them, we email them to each other with subject lines such as "?!??!!!!!!!!!" "What the...." and "The people at shutterstock are on drugs."
We asked one of our favorite writers, Miss Kathryn Williams, to theorize about what the world is going on in one such confounding image. Here is her theory:
Scene: Gymboree. Two mothers sit next to each other, jostling babies in their lap. Both have strong Minnesota accents. It is 1998.
We think Sparkler rebel_of_nowhere should consider changing her username to rebel_of_now. :) —SparkNotes editors
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that things aren’t quite what they used to be? Pluto’s not a planet, Tinkerbell has her own movie, Michael Jackson is dead, and Harry Potter is being challenged by sparkling vampires. Is nothing sacred anymore? Here are five things I think are better off as they were wayyyy back in the old days:
Mystery: solved. We finally know where Sparkler safetylast_23's nickname came from! —SparkNotes editors
After years of spouting useless Humphrey Bogart trivia (he got his scar and lisp in WWI), scoffing at new movies (Paranormal Activity? Puh-lease!), and enduring constant sighs from my parents and friends, I’m forced to admit it: I’m a movie snob.
And I’m not your normal movie snob, either. I specialize in being a snob about movies made from 1918-1959. Why, you ask? Well, I’d tell you, but it would take about 5,000 words and it’s probably a really boring story for everyone but me.
This is my list of four old movies, comedies specifically, that I think everyone can enjoy. This is by no means a complete list of excellent old comedies, just four that aren’t mentioned as often as I'd like:
Back when we were bright-eyes and eager teens, we at SparkNotes had to go through all the joys and frustrations that come with getting your first driver’s license. Here are our stories:
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