Mid-century modern is an American design movement that emerged during the post-World War II period. The term “mid-century modern” was used to describe a design movement that began in the 1950s. The modern classicism movement has gained worldwide recognition. It is characterized by clean lines and minimal construction. A lot of people are fans of mid-century modern style because it can be achieved in a number of ways, while still giving people some freedom to add in the accent items of their choice. Today’s focus falls upon mid-century modern rugs, but not before we define and understand this style even further. Top 3 Picks Most Elegant Design: 10′ x 14′ Marilyn Monroe Glam Trellis Rug The golden accents paired with...
If you’re anything like me, you have a to-do list as long as your arm most days. Yet, it’s so satisfying every time you complete a task. It’s almost addictive how good it feels! You know—that feeling that you get when you clean up that room you’ve been putting off forever, dealing with that pile of laundry that has been sitting there for months to be ironed, or offloading things in your car trunk that have been that need to be dealt with. I know I’m not alone. The hard truth is these jobs are never finished. There’s always something else that could be done, whether it’s responding to emails, weeding in the garden, picking up the kids, cleaning, cooking,...
Kids start building life skills and coping strategies pretty much from birth, with each new developmental milestone laying the foundation for the next, as they learn how to relate to others and to problem-solve in evermore complex ways. As they get older and start school, kids learn reading, writing, and arithmetic. But what are the other essential life skills kids needs to know?There are all sorts of life skills – some basic, some fairly complex — that kids need to master in order to have the sort of social, emotional and practical wherewithal to be good at life. According to child-development experts, career planners and business leaders, here's where to start to ensure your kids are well-prepared for whatever (and...
KURT VONNEGUT: PLAYBOY INTERVIEW (1973) by David Standish By 1962, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., had been writing novels for ten years; three had been published—Player Piano, The Sirens of Titan and Mother Night—and nobody had ever heard of him. He didn’t count. Player Piano had been haphazardly reviewed when it was published in 1952, because it was a first novel; and had been as haphazardly dismissed when the reviewers found out that it looked a lot like science fiction—which is to say, trash. In 1959, “The Sirens of Titan” came out as a paperback original, with a screaming space-opera cover—and didn’t get a single review. Ditto Mother Night, in 1962, which carried a cover blurb implying that it was part of the Kiss My Whip school of writing.In the...
A bubble is basically air wrapped in soapy water, they form because soap molecules reduce the surface tension between water molecules allowing the mixture to stretch. If air is blown through the soapy water mixture bubbles form as air becomes trapped inside. Bubbles form the smallest possible shape to wrap around the air inside them. The familiar bubble shape of a sphere gives the least surface area for the volume of air inside the bubble. Surface tension is an invisible force which makes a layer of liquid act like an elastic sheet. Image a pond skater walking on water, it’s surface tension that allows them to do this! Bubbles Why do bubbles pop? If a bubble isn’t poked it will...
