Toilet paper like you've never seen it before
Now this is either one of the most brilliant inventions of our time, or the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. I'm still deciding. It seems those crazy Japanese are up to their usual tricks again and this time ...

Teachers wage war against Scholastic Book Club
If your elementary years were spent anything like mine, you remember once a month being on the edge of your seat as you wanted for your order from the Scholastic Book Club to come in. You'd spend hours looking through ...

So what do tween girls really think?
Well, come October we are about to find out. The first ever National Tween Girl Summit is going to be held in Washington D.C. this October. The all day event is expecting 250 9-14-year-old girls to attend, as well as ...

Finale fever
It's that time of the year again. Once more, we are entering the darkest phase of our society and the torture won't be over until...(sigh)...September. Yes. that's right. Our beloved TV shows are dropping like flies. Each day, more and ...

Oh Miss California, enough already...
When someone in the news makes the world long for the days of the Octomom scandal, it's time to take your 15 minutes of fame and go far away. FAR away. Now, I've been trying to ignore this whole "Carrie ...

Gossip Girl fashion comes to Target
Yes, I realize I am probably too old to be a fan of Gossip Girl, but the old adage is true: You're only as old as you feel (in which case, I'm about 12). However, in my defense, it was ...

Feel like some live music tonight?
Today I got to interview local musician and guitar instructor Sean Christiansen, who is also the owner of Rock N Blues Music Store. We'll be running a story on him next week in the M3 section and his upcoming album ...

Any Trekkies out there?
I was just a wee toddler when my mom, a die-hard Trekkie, introduced me to the show. And there's been no looking back since. She even made me a T-shirt in kindergarten that said "Junior Trekkie." And I know I'm ...

Jet-lagging my way through the day
You know it's a good vacation where you catch yourself saying "This is the coolest thing I've ever done" several times in one day. And that pretty much sums up my two weeks in New Zealand. Alas, vacations always must ...