Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Pickles

Orly Minazad
Orly Minazad is a freelance writer and regrets it every day of her life. She moved to the States from Iran in 1991 with her family seeking better opportunities only to waste them earning a Masters in Professional Writing degree from USC which no longer exists, cost a lot of money, and for which she has nothing to show. No, she is not bitter at all. Why do you ask? Oh, you didn’t, ok. She lives with her husband and son in Los Angeles where she spends the day loading and unloading the dishwasher.

Happy Ramadan! Here some tips on how not to be an asshole to your friends and family who are fasting. (CNN)

It’s been a busy week for the White House.

First, Happy Persian New Year/Nowruz, or as I call it, the new year that makes sense instead of the one we celebrate in the dead of winter.

And then this. The cast of Ted Lasso visited the White House to talk about the importance of mental health care. (The Antagonist)

And nothing proves that we need more and better mental health care than this woman using pasta to make pasta flour in order to make more “pasta”.

On a lighter note, let’s discuss a new tourist attraction coming to the Arkansas Capitol. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow an anti-abortion monument near the Capitol that keeps tabs on about how many abortions have been performed in Arkansas. (AP News)

We’ve all been lying to ourselves that more sunlight makes us less depressed. According to this study, there are people who are even more depressed during spring and summer. (Time)

Here’s one guy trying to sugar coat this constant rain that’s been terrorizing California.


Adam Sandler won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. No other country gets him like we do, apparently. (NPR)

Plan your next drug-cation with this list of Europe’s top cities for taking drugs. (Vice)

Bad Bunny is the greatest thing to happy to Carpool Karaoke. I almost forgive him for dating Kendall Jenner. (Boing Boing)

I agree with this. Please stop with the stunt ice cream flavors and just make good ice cream. I need it to be delicious. Not funny or entertaining. (Eater)

Mr. Pickles, the 90-year-old tortoise, and his much younger wife, Mrs. Pickles, 53, just became parents of three. (NPR)

In this week’s “Orly tries to get to the bottom of celebrity beef on Twitter,” we have Eva Longoria and some guy I’ve never heard of (Eric Braeden) completely overreacting to her because he is probably insecure or has the spring version of SAD. (Pajiba)

If you use cheese as tortilla it’s considered a no carb lunch.

In case anyone is still on the fence, Shrinking is a good show, especially if you’re sick of the cliche therapists usually portrayed on TV. (The Antagonist)

It’s that time of the year in Sweetwater, Texas, where hunters draw thousands of snakes out of their homes by injecting gasoline into rocky crevices, put them on display, milk their venom, and then skin them to make purses. (Reuters)

I love this and feel like kids these days are actually not being traumatized enough.

@mommyshorts

Throwback to the funniest day in my life as a parent. Don’t worry, this was 5 years ago and kids seem to have come out of it okay. Thanks to the artists for creating a core memory for our family! #momsoftiktok #momsover40 #ditl #throwbackditl #tribecamom #nycmom #artistsoftiktok #art

♬ Famous Mozart’s Turkish March(872150) – East Valley Music

It’s finally here. The 13th Annual Game Publisher Rankings. I don’t know anyone who was waiting for this, but I’m told it’s important. (Metacritic)

I do love a good ranking, especially when it’s trolling overrated players. (ESPN)

This is the tiniest folding clothes dryer I’ve ever seen and I don’t know how we’ve never thought of it before. Shout out to Japan for this design. (Core77)

As a person with zero artistic talent I can’t even begin to imagine how you make realistic looking animals out of sand but god bless. (My Modern Met)

Bridgerton is back, bitches.

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