This post was written by Mengmeng Wang, Contributing Writer on October 31, 2008 When I was little, I always had holes in my jeans. Not because I wanted to look cool, but because that’s what happens when you constantly trip over things and fall down: I was a clumsy kid, not to be trusted around anything remotely breakable. Naturally, I became very familiar with the phrase “be careful [...]
DAYYYYUUMMNNNN. There are so many “free food days” across the country, I’m seriously considering giving up writing for Thrive and going on a road trip. I broke a sweat just researching these grub freebies: not only are there more than I imagined, but the area of “free food” seems to be very controversial. [...]
This post was written by matt wallaert, lead scientist on October 27, 2008 Living in NYC, I see people flip out all the time. A suit-and-tie gets a grande latte instead of a venti, and starts ranting and raving about how Starbucks employees are idiots, then storms out. Some hipster finds that tickets have sold out and flips out on the ticket clerk. I once saw a [...]
This post was written by Mengmeng Wang, Contributing Writer on October 22, 2008 Leave it to scientists to figure out how marshmallows are good for more than just roasting over campfires. In the 1960s, Professor Walter Mischel conducted an experiment known as the Stanford Marshmallow Test, in which preschoolers were left alone in a room with one marshmallow. The children were given the choice between eating the marshmallow [...]
This post was written by holly artz, intern on October 21, 2008 A few days ago, I was schlepping uptown when on the subway my very fashion conscious male friend was boasting about the Brooks Brothers shirt he was wearing. It was a meticulously fitted, powder blue striped oxford and when I reached out to touch the fabric, I swore it was so soft that Snuggles would’ve [...]
This post was written by lynn, creative director on October 20, 2008 That’s right, I said it. It’s good to be broke once or twice in your life. Then you figure out how to cut spending and save money because you HAVE to. You have no choice. You may wish you had all that money you spent over the last few years on those daily $5 mocha [...]
I can imagine a world without money…right up to the point where I picture walking into the movie store and just walking away with their DVD’s. Currency will always exist, because we can’t realistically live without cash, dough, dinero, moolah. Like Eskimos and their infinite colloquial terms for snow, our mouthful of monetary phrases hints [...]
This post was written by Mengmeng Wang, Contributing Writer on October 17, 2008 Every semester, I pay a visit to the NYU bookstore, where they proceed to rob me blind in return for textbooks. I come out of the store penniless and, like a mule, I lug my books back to my dorm, where most of them sit untouched and gathering dust for the rest of the semester. [...]
This post was written by colin nederkoorn, product manager on October 15, 2008 I left college chasing the American dream. I wanted a house with a two car garage, a good job and lots of stuff. For my first job, I had to choose between a job in the northeast or one in the southwest, so I used a cost of living wizard to help me make the [...]
This post was written by matt wallaert, lead scientist on October 14, 2008 As part of a series of articles on debt, the New York Times recently published an article with an interesting title: Given a Shovel, Americans Dig Deeper Into Debt. This is proof that time travel is easy: you only have to change a few words to travel back two years ago, when obesity was the [...]
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