See a 14.5 Foot Tall Bike Ride Through the Streets of L.A. (Video)

12 feet to the pedal, 14.5 feet to the seat, and has been dubbed “STOOPIDTALL”.

The Battle They Didn’t Choose: His Wife’s Fight with Breast Cancer (Video and Photos)

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Before going to bed each night, Angelo Merendino and his wife would ask each other one question.

How to Eat in Public

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Josh Bowman is spending the next couple of weeks offering tips on how to do basic activities (you’re welcome). Today: eating in public.

Summers in Maine

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Guest blogger Justin Cascio looks back on youthful summers in Maine filed with ice cream, fireworks,adopted grandparents and a motorcycle riding chef.

Enjoy the Ride

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Atalwin has traveled the world to discover ‘the only terrain that is still relatively unexplored is the journey inwards.’

First Look: MY ONLY WIFE, by Jac Jemc

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This excerpt and the mounting advance praise for Jac Jemc’s My Only Wife has me excited for April 10th. “Ten years ago the narrator unlocked the door of a wrecked apartment, empty of any trace of his wife. As stunning as her disappearance is his response. He freezes on the facts of her, haunting his recollections. [...]

Ten things I've learned from my love of naps

I can power nap for 20 minutes and be good. I have thought about moving to Spain just for the opportunity to have a mid-afternoon siesta. They have those in Spain, right? I would hate to move there and be all like “damn.” One of the things I have in common with the Canadian rapper [...]

#34: Abooda

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He is hunting for toads—or, as he calls them, “ABOODA!”

Cruising on a Friday

 In her defense, it was black and one could make the argument it was hard to see. My teenage Drama Queen’s first semester of high school was officially over Thursday and the students had a day off on Friday.  With that in mind, I arranged to meet my friend Steve at his son’s apartment a [...]

A Story Without a Baby, a Near Drowning

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In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt and Cathreen take their one and only vacation away from the baby. And still Matt can’t get away from the fears of fatherhood. Though it’s his own fault, really.

Three Kids, Three Kinds of Diapers, One Long Weekend

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Even the shortest trips mean you have to bring stuff. A lot of stuff.

Wordless Wednesday

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Ten things I’ve learned from visiting Wreck (nude) beach in Vancouver

With a healthy demand and the right demographic, you can make an excellent living selling almost anything: sarongs, rain sticks, beer by the bottle, and of course “chicken…coconut buns!” Flaccid penises = no big deal…kinda funny. It is equally strange to be naked among suit-wearing people as it is to be wearing a suit at [...]

Let ‘er Rip

If you want to feel like a kid again, every once in a while you gotta act like one.

Sunny Hours

I’ve only got the sunny hours, brightest hours of day I never count the gloomy hours, I let them slip away I promised you all a bonus gangster rap song, but after much looking and soul searching (and let’s be honest—laughing my ass off at some of the lyrics) I decided to go a bit [...]