When soap was high tech and shampoo was the new thing
There was a time when shampoo was high tech. In fact, shampoo is a relatively recent invention — the first commercially available shampoo (really just a…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
The new shampoos come in a bar
Cruise down the hair care aisles in any big box store and you’ll see the usual lineup of liquid shampoos in plastic bottles, but there’s a new option…
A prayer labyrinth at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco (2008)
Center yourself with meditation or prayer Since the dawn of humanity, people have meditated and prayed to deepen their relationship with the divine….
Will our accents change now?
A British team spent four months in Antarctica in 2017. Linguists said that, in isolation, they began to develop their own very slight, but still…
This Boston spite house is half the width of the cars in front of it
Take that! Spite houses are built to offend SPITE. An ugly word for an ugly desire to hurt, annoy or offend. In the realm of human relations, spite is…
E-readers: The next step in evolution of reading
The ancient Sumerians etched cuneiform script into clay tablets as far back as 3,200 B.C. The first printing press that allowed for the mass production of…
Sidewalk chalk games solve kid boredom
It’s only February, but the novelty from new Christmas toys has long passed and the kids claim to be bored again. One easy (and cheap) solution: sidewalk…
Keep it simple with pre-spring cleaning
There’s no reason to wait until spring to do a top-to-bottom deep clean of your home. Save the stress and energy and start early with smaller tasks that…
Shakespeare
The love of the beloved Young love, romantic love, hopeless love, love unrequited, love betrayed — all the big ideas of love can be found in the plays…
Love found
“I really didn’t know this kind of love existed in the world until my son came into our life.” That’s what Pete Mercurio told People magazine about his…