Are you returning to the office soon? Please take note of how to establish dominance as the resident alpha of your workplace. This video will give you all of the information that you need to have.
For National Ice Cream Day, Instacart compiled data for the most purchased ice cream flavor of each state. It’s worth mentioning that Instacart took vanilla completely out of the equation, seeing as it’s “hands down” the most purchased flavor in every single state. These are the results:
Scottie Pippen is jumping into the AirBnB business — for a limited summer promotion, that is.
The former Chicago Bulls forward (and two-time Olympic gold medalist) will be opening up his Highland Park home for three one-night stays for only $92. If you are one of the three guests chosen, you can look forward to the following amenities:
A virtual greeting upon check-in from Pippen himself.
Access to the home’s indoor basketball court, where you and your fellow guests can enjoy a friendly game of one-on-one or a round of HORSE.
The opportunity to lounge in Pippen’s personal movie theater and watch the Olympic Games during the days of the stays, including men’s and women’s basketball. Plus, guests can watch footage of the team’s historic 1992 run in Barcelona.
Do you like tacos? (If not, do you have even have a pulse?)
Tacos really are life — and you could get $25,000 a month for a short four-month consulting gig as the “Director of Taco Relations” for McCormick Spices. Your entire gig would be centered around tacos — according to the company, you would research the latest taco trends, try the latest taco tastes, and Tweet out about everything taco.
So, enjoy — but enjoy responsibly. No need to throw yourself into some sort of taco-induced tachycardia. — [eric]
Are you passionate about tacos, finding the latest trends & creating engaging taco content for social media?
We’re searching for our first ever Director of Taco Relations to be McCormick’s resident consulting taco expert. 🌮
Garage sales can have some sketchy things up for grabs. In this “Child’s Play” TV spinoff, Chucky gets his own demented series.
“Chucky” debuts on USA/SYFY on 10/12.
Rutgers University has completed a new study that finds that bisexual women are more likely to smoke menthols. The study, published this week in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, analyzed national data from 2015-2019 of respondents 18 years old and older by sex and sexual orientation.
According to the study, “Researchers found that 54 percent of bisexual female smokers preferred menthol cigarettes, and 50 percent of lesbian/gay female smokers preferred them, according to the university. That compares with 39 percent of smokers generally.”
Ow, ow, ow. A Detroit woman tracked down a dude that stole her car, then dragged by him by his dreads out of a barbershop. Customers then stepped in to make a citizen’s arrest while Bianca, sick of seeing him drive off in her car, slashed her own tires! Then she called the police.
This is one of the most humiliating scenes of revenge that we’ve ever seen.
Perhaps there are no more noble professions than an Amazon delivery driver. They bring us items in moments of need and in this case, they rescue families. A family was under attack from a creepy crawler, but this delivery driver took off his shoe and saved the day.
An appeals court has ordered that infamous ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic be given a lighter sentence for the murder-for-hire plot outlined in the hit Netflix docuseries. Joe Exotic – real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was given a 22-year sentence in 2020 for hiring people to kill his rival Carole Baskin. But on Wednesday, the court ruled that his sentence had been calculated wrong, and should be closer to 17.5 years.
Don’t expect Joe Exotic to be going free anytime soon – the court upheld his murder-for-hire convictions as well as a separate conviction for violating the Endangered Species Act.
Antonio Banderas (Mask of Zorro, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Desparado) has been added to the cast of the in-production fifth “Indiana Jones” movie, starring Harrison Ford.
The movie’s scheduled to snake its way into theaters on July 29, 2022.
“Everlong” from the Foo Fighters might just be the best alternative song of all time. Not saying most impactful or important, but just straight up 4 minutes and 51 seconds of pure magic. Did you know it has Chicago roots? Its true! But <Lavar Burton voice> don’t take my word for it. Check out what Veruca Salt member and Chicago music icon Louise Post had to say about not only being the influence for the song, but also helping Dave Grohl record the iconic track.
U.S. News has been assigned with the task of figuring out where the best cities to live in the US is, and there are three Illinois cities that finished very well, according to their metrics. Peoria, Chicago and Rockford are now listed as number 87, 102 and 133, respectively, as the best places to live in the United States.
Per U.S. News, Peoria received a score of 6.5 on a 10-point scale.
Job market: 6.3
Value: 8.1
Quality of life: 6.7
Desirability: 5.6
Net migration: 4.3
Chicago followed with a score of 6.3 on a 10-point scale.
Job market: 6.4
Value: 6.1
Quality of life: 6.3
Desirability: 7.7
Net migration: 4.9
Rockford received a score of 5.8 on a 10-point scale.