Best and Worst Cities for Single People … Where does Chicago rank?

It’s been a weird and frustrating year for dating . . . maybe SO weird and frustrating that you’d be willing to uproot your life out of Chicago and move across the country to improve things.  And here’s how to do THAT :

WalletHub.com just released a study ranking the 182 biggest cities in the U.S. from the best place for single people to the worst.

The rankings are based on 32 different factors including the percentage of single people . . . the gender ratio . . . the number of people using online dating . . . and the cost of things like dinner, drinks, entertainment, and rent.

And because it’s 2020, they also included the state’s coronavirus restrictions in the calculation . . . the fewer the regulations, the better the score.  That’s right:  Less regulation equals more dating opportunities.  It’s a difficult time to be single.

Anyway, based on all of that, the five best cities for singles are:  Madison, Wisconsin . . . Atlanta . . . Denver . . . Salt Lake City . . . and Columbia, South Carolina.

And the five worst cities are:  Glendale, California . . . Brownsville, Texas . . . Pembroke Pines, Florida . . . Warwick, Rhode Island . . . and Laredo, Texas.  (WalletHub)  

(Here are the full rankings of all 182 cities.)

Alice in Chains honored with MoPOP 2020 Founders Award

From the Museum of Pop Culture:

“The Museum of Pop Culture’s one-night-only annual benefit event streamed for FREE on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 with an unforgettable performance from Seattle’s own Alice In Chains, plus an acclaimed lineup of tribute artists who put their own spin on some of the band’s most iconic songs. The Founders Award event serves as the nonprofit museum’s principal annual fundraiser for youth development programs, access initiatives, community engagement, and world-class exhibitions. Donate to MoPOP: https://mopop.org/foundersdonation

This year’s celebration featured performances by award recipients Alice In Chains, as well as tribute performances from Chris Chaney (Jane’s Addiction), Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), Dallas Green (City and Colour), Fishbone, Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), KORN, Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Mad Season), Ann Wilson, Duff McKagan (Guns n’ Roses), Mastodon, Metallica, Dave Navarro, Krist Novoselic (Nirvana, Giants in the Trees), Corey Taylor (Slipknot), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Nancy Wilson, and the debut musical performance of Lily Cornell Silver (daughter of Chris Cornell and Susan Silver), among many others. The event also featured appearances from members of Pearl Jam, Sammy Hagar, Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave), Les Claypool, Robert Downey Jr., and many more.” 

Take the marriage test that Brian and Megan took

How well do you know your partner?

Well, take this test and see how well you know each other!

Questions:

1. What’s your favorite color?

2. What’s your favorite smell?

3. What year were you born?

4. What are you allergic to?

5. What is your love language?

6. How many kids do you want?

7. What is your biggest fear?

8. What’s your middle name?

9. What’s your favorite food?

10. How many years did you think It was going to take him to propose?

How well did you do?

Is it really true love!?!?!?

Whose Karen is it?

It’s that time of the week again!

Whose Karen is it!!!!!

Today’s Karen is not amused at all at being carded for some wine at Jewel.

Ok in her defense, that is super annoying.

She should obviously be old enough just by the ol’ look over method.

But the rules are the rules Karen! Don’t forget your ID next time.

Someone Invented a Pillow with a Built-in Hand to Hold

I’m not sure if I am ok with this …

If you miss curling up next to someone in bed and holding hands all night long . . . well, I’m not going to say this is the next best thing.  But it IS a thing.

A woman named Madeline Robertson was just granted a patent for a pillow that has a built-in cloth hand you can hold.  She says the hand will be made of a different material than the pillow, so it feels different when you lock fingers with it.

There’s no word on if or when she plans on making these pillows.  But hey, thanks to this patent, she’s the ONLY one who can make them.  (Boing Boing)  (Here’s the patent.)

 

TikTok Tuesday

Tuesday might be the worst day of the week.

But we have you covered with some of our favorite TikToks that we’ve seen recently.

This trend is ruining families.

@sarsslifealright TikTok this is the last time 😡 but anyways some are jokes some are stories 🥰🥰🥰 follow to keep up with the series <3 #fyp #foryoupage #fyp♬ original sound – Sara

This is beautiful and powerful. I don’t know who needs to see this today but…

@matthiasjbarkerThis is an #ACT metaphor for trauma from Steve Hayes 🙌🏼♬ Repeat Until Death – Novo Amor

Man tries to expose a man pretending to be wheel chair bound and things take a twist.

@extremely_annoyedWatch out for this dude♬ original sound – Extremely_annoyed

Justin Timberlake buys teen with cerebral palsy a wheelchair-accessible van

Jake Stitt, a 17 year-old with cerebral palsy, was trying to raise $35K along with his family in order to purchase a wheelchair-accessible van.

This van was needed in order for Jake to more easily get around since it is tough for people to lift him up into the chair in a car. The family turned to the community for help and was super successful, but when Justin Timberlake caught wind of the story he decided to step in and contribute as well.

He went ahead and bought the van for the family!

He hopes that the money that the family has already raised can go towards medical expenses that Jake will have to face in the future.

What a great story!

She thought he was cheating, it was actually a proposal!

Cheaters are not cool people.

This woman thought she had caught her boyfriend messing around behind her back. Turns out she was wrong in the best way possible!

They get extra points for the romantic gesture but lose points for trust.

That seems important right? Especially if you’re planning on being with this person for the rest of your life!

Oh well, congrats to these two!