Multi-tasking can be fun, even worthwhile It’s dinner time! And for my partner and me, that means enjoying our meal in front of the telly. Despite both of us being 23, we’re still iPad kids at heart — at least when it comes to our mealtime rituals. For whatever reason, dinner just doesn’t feel right without also having an episode of Bob’s Burgers  or Gilmore Girls  on. But many have critiqued this practice. Allegedly, eating in front of the television distracts you, causing you to eat too...

I love European cities, but now what we've done to them In a vlog filmed earlier this year, Russian YouTuber and political dissident Roman Abalin, better known online as NFKRZ, remarks that Lisbon has undergone what he calls a “Prague-ification.” As they stroll through its streets, he and the video’s co-star, Dave from the channel Dave in Portugal, remark on the “fake drug dealers” selling “baggies of oregano,” “street peddlers,” and other scams taking place in popular tourist spots....

On what might've been, and what happened anyway It can sometimes feel like one’s life could have turned out very differently if only one...