The Best Gifts Between $250-$500 To Give This Holiday Season
It’s the holiday season, you’re on the hunt for something that’ll really wow your partner, parent or other loved one, and you’ve got some budget to play with. But what to get? These are our favorite gift options between $250-$500 this year, from a killer pair of headphones to Nintendo’s best video game console in years.
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo’s versatile Switch console has a variety of games to choose from, ranging from quirky party starters to serious first-person shooters.
The Dictator
Having pulled the improv equivalent of streaking through a mosque with "Borat's" ambush tactics, Sacha Baron Cohen retreats behind the veil of scripted comedy in "The Dictator."
Having pulled the improv equivalent of streaking through a mosque with “Borat’s” ambush tactics, Sacha Baron Cohen retreats behind the veil of scripted comedy in “The Dictator.
THE LEAGUE: Overture | TIME
With showers of blue sparks the great European expresses slid into Geneva’s railway station last week, and out of the windows came the bags & brief cases of many a diplomat. Both the Council and the General Assembly of the League of Nations were reopening. As usual, the statesmen did not wait for the gun. Hardly had they shaken hands with their favorite concierges before they were padding about the corridors, lobbying in each other’s bedrooms.
The Real History of Christmas Trees
Many people who celebrate Christmas have already decorated their own evergreens this year. But shortages of Christmas trees and price hikes have also become somewhat of a holiday tradition.
Here’s a look at how Christmas trees — both real and artificial — became such a popular holiday tradition in the first place.
The Origins of Christmas TreesRecords of using greenery to celebrate the holidays predate widespread use of the phrase “Christmas tree.
The Rice, the Bat, the Baby
This morning I removed a bloodthirsty bat clinging to the curtain in the family room and saved my wife and daughter from an eternity of undeath. And this evening I am making risotto, which my wife loves and says is superior to any found in restaurants, the Van Gogh Sunflowers of risotto. This is the life of a man who knows grandeur. I simmer the chopped onions and fennel in a pool of butter and shave Parmesan into a bowl while my clients sit on the front steps, enjoying the last of summer in St.
The Science of Cougar Sex: Why Older Women Lust
Men who cheat on their spouses have always enjoyed an expedient explanation: Evolution made me do it. Many articles (here is one , and here is another ), especially in recent years, have explored the theory that men sleep around because evolution has programmed them to seek fertile (and, conveniently, younger) wombs. But what about women? If it’s really true that evolution can cause a man to risk his marriage, what effect does that have on women’s sexuality?
The Story Behind Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies, & Scandal
While Ashley Madison’s users may have a lot of secrets, the website itself, launched in 2001, was never secret about who it was targeting: married people who wanted to have an affair. In fact, its most viral tagline is “Life is Short. Have an Affair.” Nearly a decade after a 2015 hack exposed personal information about millions of Ashley Madison’s users, a new documentary series on Netflix, out May 15, reveals more about what was going on behind the scenes both at the company and in some of the victims’ families.
The worlds most venomous snakes
Some of them are harmless, but others can be very dangerous. The most dangerous ones are called venomous snakes whose venom is strong enough to harm or even kill humans. This venom is a special kind of poison that they use to hunt and protect themselves. Venomous snakes can be found in many parts of the world, from the deserts of Africa to the rainforests of Australia. Knowing which snakes are the most dangerous can help us understand and respect these amazing animals.
This Custom Luigis Mansion Poltergust 5000 Labo Creation Is Impressive
One extremely talented Nintendo fan created his own custom version of the Poltergust 5000 vacuum from “Luigi’s Mansion.”
It’s all part of his attempt to win the Nintendo Labo Creators Contest for Australia and New Zealand.
Time Magazine Masthead May 12, 1986 Vol. 127 No. 19
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