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I bet you remember the mascot of your favorite fast-food chain when you were young? If you grew up in the 1990s like I did, Ronald McDonald from McDonald’s restaurants is a red-haired clown / spokesperson you’re familiar with. Of course there are many fast-food chains who’ve adopted a mascot of some type like  Mascots are a great way to retain customer interest and increase brand reputation. But coming up with the right name and personality for a mascot isn’t always easy. To help you create a name for your mascot, I invested the last two days of my life...

As Forrest Gump so astutely said, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.” And as it turns out, anywhere you might do some thrift shopping is akin to a box of chocolates as well! Below, we’ve gathered photos of some of the most terrifying and unsettling items shoppers have stumbled upon in brick and mortar and virtual secondhand shops, courtesy of the Thrift Store Hauls subreddit. Enjoy viewing these pics that might make you reconsider your upcoming trip to Goodwill, and keep reading to find a conversation with thrifting expert Hannah Rupp!#1...

In the first episode of Buck Rogers, the 1980s television series about an astronaut from the present marooned in the 25th century, our hero visits a museum of the future. A staff member brandishes a mid-20th-century hair dryer. “Early hand laser,” he opines. As an observation of how common knowledge gets lost over time, it’s both funny and poignant. Because our museums also stock items from the past that completely baffle the experts. One of the Strongest Clues: The Map Few are as intriguing as the hundred or so Roman dodecahedrons that we have found. We know next to nothing...

At Three Chicks Feed, Seed & Cafe, the first thing a visitor might notice is an oversized statue of three yellow chickens wearing hats: one red, one blue and one black. With guests from nearly all 50 states and cities as far away as London, the cafe in Texarkana has become a hotspot in southern Arkansas. Since Three Chicks is part farm store, part cafe and part general store, there really is something for everyone. People come from all over for horse tack, lawn and garden supplies, a selection of locally made items and home-cooked food. They’ve won numerous regional awards...

  I’ve always been something of a serial monogamist. I was engaged for the first time at 19 — it didn’t take. I have lived with no less than three long-term boyfriends and my relationship resume is extensive. I’ve been through virtually every kind of relationship imaginable — the good, bad, and very ugly. During my “dating years,” I have been single for a collective total of roughly three months. Does that seem like a small number for a woman in her early 40s? It seems to be suffocatingly small to me. I’ve just never really done the “single girl”...