Record Heat Recorded
Oh look, my sneakers are melting. I don’t think I could live in a world without air conditioning. I already have a high resting body temperature, so when you combine that with high ambient temperatures, I fry like a blintz. This past summer, especially, was absolutely brutal, and not just for me either. The summer of 2019 has gone on the record as the hottest months in the history of… well, ever. There have never been hotter months than June and July of 2019. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the global temperature averaged at 62.13 degrees...
A Spectacular Solar Eclipse
Chile and Argentina just experienced a spectacular solar eclipse during a sunset. The view was the best from these two countries with a path of totality almost directly above the European Solar Observatory in Chile while also passing through the center of Buenos Aires in Argentina. A solar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes the shadow cast by the moon, fully or partially blocks the sun. This can only occur when the sun, moon, and Earth are nearly aligned on the straight line in three dimensions during a full moon when the moon is close to the ecliptic plane....
How To Stop Biting Your Nails
Bella Breakdown My good friend Melissa was a nail biter through and through. Whenever I would take a look at her nail beds, they would be bloody with her nails ground down to a pulp. Then, she learned how to cure her problem. As she tells me, it turns out that biting your nails is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder called Onychophagia. Who knew?! After doing some research, she found out that the best way to heal her poor nail beds was to pick up a different, healthy habit. If you are a nail biter like my friend, try...
Cut Your Bangs Straight-Across
Bella Breakdown Rocking straight-across bangs are so fun, and yet so frustrating. Even though they frame your face perfectly, all of a sudden, you realize just how fast your hair really does grow. It can be a huge pain to try and get your bangs professionally cut every time they start growing into your eyes, but at the same time cutting them yourself can feel scary and often turn out horribly wrong. In spite of the scare factor, if you cut your bangs correctly they can end up looking as though a professional did them, without the suffering of...
Cook Cauliflower The Right Way
Bella Breakdown Cauliflower is the renaissance man of vegetables. It can be cooked in so many different ways and be added as an appropriate side to so many different dishes. You can make it super healthy or cook it with butter and fry it to fatty perfection. In order to prepare it correctly, you need to add a few magic touches to your process. Step number one is getting rid of the leaves and the base of the stem. You only want those whiteheads and the last part of the stem, nothing more, nothing less. Then, you want to...
