Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Happening Now

Jason Bailey

Find Out What Your Name Would Be If You Were Born Today

“Time” magazine has a new feature that’s pretty cool. It figures out what you’d be named if you were born TODAY. And no, it doesn’t just spit out “Emma” for women and “Aiden, Brayden, or Jaden” for men.

Here’s how it works. It looks up the popularity of your name from the year you were born, then shows you what name is currently ranked in that spot today.

So if you were born in 1977 and your name is Benjamin, that was the 29th most popular name that year. If your parents gave you the 29th most popular name TODAY, it would be Christopher.

It also shows you what your name would’ve been in other decades. So you would’ve been Luis in the 2000s . . . Travis in the 1990s . . . Carl in the 1950s . . . Theodore in the 1910s . . . Elmer in the 1900s . . . and, coincidentally, Benjamin in the 1890s.

Click Here to find out what your name would be.

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One in Five People Refuse to Invite Vegetarians to Their Parties

Eat a dang hamburger or I don’t want you coming to my Memorial Day barbecue.

In a new survey, 1 in 5 people said they’ve deliberately not invited a vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free friend or family member to a party. Here are the four reasons why . . .

1. They were afraid they’d cause the person health problems.

2. They considered the person to be too much of an inconvenience.

3. They didn’t have the culinary knowledge to cook for the person.

4. They figured meeting that person’s diet needs would spoil the food for everyone else.

But here’s the twist . . . vegetarians might not WANT to go to your dinner parties anyway.

50% say they’ve avoided events because they felt like their diet would cause problems . . . and 25% have been to one where they went hungry because nothing met their needs.

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You Look Your Best at 10:06 A.M. on Monday . . . and Your Worst at 4:05 P.M. on Thursday

Well, this flies in the face of EVERYTHING Garfield told us about Mondays.

In a new survey, the average woman says she looks her BEST on Monday mornings . . . at 10:06 A.M. to be exact.

How can anyone POSSIBLY look good on a Monday morning? The theory is that the weekend recharges you . . . and you put a little extra effort into your appearance to start the week.

But that effort DIES as the week goes on . . . the average woman says she looks her worst at 4:05 P.M. on Thursdays. We’ll assume this applies to guys too . . . although who knows how much effort they put in on ANY work day.

Here’s how women rank their looks on all seven days: Monday is the best, followed by Friday . . . Saturday . . . Sunday . . . Tuesday . . . Wednesday . . . and Thursday.

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Olive Garden is Now Making Breadstick Sandwiches…Mmmmmmmm

OG SandOlive Garden is famous for their breadsticks. They may not be the most delicious thing in the world, but that’s not the point. The point is . . . everything tastes better when it’s UNLIMITED.

And Olive Garden just announced they’re upping their game next month . . . they’re going to start making breadstick SANDWICHES.

Starting June 1st, you’ll be able to get a chicken parm or meatball sandwich that uses breadsticks as the roll. They’ll only be available during lunch, and they’ll cost $6.99 for the meatball and $7.99 for the chicken parm.

The bad news is that the sandwiches AREN’T unlimited . . . you only get one. The good news is that they come with a side of unlimited breadsticks. No joke.

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Six Things Men Hate About Other Men

Guys, if we asked you what you hate about other men, you probably wouldn’t answer. You’d think it was some lame social experiment to prove that men are CATTIER than women.

But don’t sweat it. Someone on Reddit.com just asked that question and got a TON of answers. Once guys started talking about how men are annoying, they couldn’t stop. Here are six of our favorite answers . . .

1. “Who is ripping out their pubic hair and scattering it all over urinals across America?”

2. “I hate the guys who drink and try to fight everybody, including their own friends.”

3. “When guys comment on girls’ Facebook pics with idiotic crap like, ‘Wow, sexy’ and ‘Hey beautiful’ and other things that reek of desperation.”

4. “I hate guys that are so judgmental about how attractive women look, yet they themselves are ugly.”

5. “Dudes who can’t fend for themselves when it comes to domestic duties. Learn how to cook a couple meals, clean a toilet, and turn on a vacuum.”

6. “I hate that a lot of them can grow a full beard without childish, visible patches.”

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Emma and Noah Are the Most Popular Baby Names of 2014

The Social Security Administration just released its data on the most popular baby names for last year, and there aren’t any big surprises.

The most popular name for boys was Noah, for the second year in a row. Almost 1% of all the boys born in the U.S. last year got the name.

The most popular name for girls was Emma. The last time it was number one was 2008, but it’s never dropped lower than number three since. More than 1% of all the girls born in the U.S. last year got the name.

The top 10 names for boys in 2014 were: Noah . . . Liam . . . Mason . . . Jacob . . . William . . . Ethan . . . Michael . . . Alexander . . . James . . . and Daniel.

The top 10 names for girls were: Emma . . . Olivia . . . Sophia . . . Isabella . . . Ava . . . Mia . . . Emily . . . Abigail . . . Madison . . . and Charlotte.

The boys’ names that had the biggest jumps in popularity from 2013 to 2014 were Bode, Axl, and Gannon . . . for girls, the biggest jumps were Aranza, Montserrat, and Maisie.

The boys’ names with the biggest drops in popularity were Bently, Damion, and Amare . . . for girls, it was Miley, Karly, and Britney.

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