We all do it, unthinkingly, but could all of those tidbits we put on Facebook and Instagram about our kids—status updates, photos, videos—one day come back to bite them (and us) in the ass?
While no incidents have been reported to Health Canada, two children (a 13-year-old boy and three-year-old girl) climbed inside the chairs and died after inhaling its foam beads.
If you've been to the LCBO lately, then you may have seen this poster urging pregnant women not to drink lest they harm their baby. Sounds reasonable enough, right? Yet the campaign with FASworld Canada that ran from Aug. 25 to Sept. 12 to raise awareness of the risks of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder rubbed at least one customer the wrong way.
Some people are saying the new iPhone 6 Plus may not be a good fit—literally—for women. Sexist drivel or a legitimate concern? You see, the new model is large, possibly too large to fit comfortably in woman-sized pockets and woman-sized hands.
Ridiculous as it may sound, such pragmatics could actually curb sales of the iPhone 6 Plus, or at least lead to a lot of bitching by women whose phones keep dropping out of their back pockets.
In WTF news, Urban Outfitters had for sale a Kent State sweatshirt with mock blood stains on it. For just $129, you can pay a tasteless tribute to the 1970 massacre in which the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed Kent State U students. You may also know about it from the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young song, "Ohio."
Hey you with the Lindt bar in your hand! It doesn't matter if you have raging PMS, you've had words with your significant other, or that you've just had the day from hell. It's official—comfort foods don't have the power to comfort you.
No matter how staunchly we may feel otherwise, cookies and ice cream and chocolate don't provide any more emotional rescue than eating celery or even *gasp* nothing.
Did you watch the crowning of Miss America the other night? Forgive me if I missed the proceedings; I was too busy filing the dead skin off my feet to watch. But I hear there were lots of giggle-worthy moments, from wacky, misspelled pop-ups about "Jane Austin" and cheetah attacks to ventriloquism involving a doll one writer likened to the late Joan Rivers.
Who'd have thunk it? Pope Francis has turned out to be quite the progressive. When he's not baptizing the babe of an unwed mom or encouraging worshippers to breastfeed in the Sistine Chapel, he's marrying previously considered unmarriables—a single mother, couples "living in sin," and divorcees.
