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Good point. As an anything-but-Amazon person I find it easy enough to ignore the ads/posts, but you have a point.

I'm happy to scroll past if it's keeping Buzzfeed afloat. Ads are how the internet works, people. Kudos to staff for creativity; kudos to me for completely ignoring and continuing to scroll.

Mine didn't even start until after 40 (graduated at 21) and they've been about semi-annual for several years now

I recently lost almost all of my downloaded music (dropped back-up external drive, no longer works!) and needed to start fresh with anything more than 10 years old. I start by just ripping all my old CDs, which I've stored in the garage. Only nope -- no laptop in the house with a… Read More

This was exactly what I (47) needed this week -- feeling strong about the future! Most of these people look vibrant and happy, and I hope I'm on that path too. The question is, why did my parents look so old at 40, let alone 60?

Another memoir that reads like literature is "The Man Who Could Move Clouds" by Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Everyone I've recommended it to loved it. It covers many layers and themes as well just being fascinating.

My long, random, infrequent hair grows on my right nipple. Every 6-8 months it's suddenly there. A true turning point in my life was when it showed up gray instead of the usual black.

During work time in my classroom I often tell a student to "pick a country" and we listen to radio garden (website with international live radio). Today France was chosen. I chose an all-Eurovision station, and after 2 1/2 songs I had to change it. Not even the novelty could make… Read More

The only one of these that was actually at my house when I was a child (I'm 47) was the nut grinder. My mom used it exactly once a year to make Christmas cookies. She never cleaned it out and only bought new nuts when the bag from the previous year (or years) ran out. Nuts have oils… Read More

Last June in a language class of 17- and 18-year-olds we were playing a game in which students were blindly assigned a famous person and have to guess who they are with clues from their peers. One student was assigned "Madonna," and they couldn't figure out the answer. Turned out… Read More